House Dems Join Senate In Urging DOJ To Fight Voter ID Laws

[iwishiwas]

Source: talkingpointsmemo.com




House Dems Join Senate In Urging DOJ To Fight Voter ID Laws
Ryan J. Reilly | July 27, 2011, 1:10PM
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)


A coalition of 115 House Democrats have signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling on the Justice Department to vigorously oppose voter ID laws that are sweeping state legislatures across the country.

"Many of these bills only have one true purpose, the disenfranchisement of eligible voters -- especially the elderly, young voters, students, minorities, and low-income voters," they write in the letter.

"Restrictive voter photo identification legislation has the potential to block millions of eligible American voters, and thus suppress the right to vote. We urge you to exercise your authority to examine these laws so that voting rights are not jeopardized," the members write.

The letter was sent about a month after 16 Democratic Senators urged DOJ to use its full power to scrutinize voter ID laws. Several members of the House held a press conference earlier this month slamming the voter ID laws as "racist" and "Rovian." Last week, several Democrats took to the floor of the House to denounce the restrictive measures...........................

Read more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/house_dems_join_senate_in_urging_doj_to_fight_vote.php?ref=mblt

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NOW --WILL HOLDER DO IT???

[iwishiwas]

1. This is the press conf. that was inbedded in the story...

from earlier this month. I wonder if the DOJ has responded at all them??




House Dems Slam 'Racist,' 'Rovian' Voter ID Laws; Says DOJ Isn't Doing Enough (VIDEO)
Ryan J. Reilly | July 14, 2011, 6:00AM


The Obama Justice Department needs to do more to stop states from implementing voter ID bills which disenfranchise minority voters, a coalition of House Democrats and civil rights leaders said Wednesday.

Gathered by the steps of the Capitol, the members of Congress and civil rights advocates slammed what they called a coordinated plan by Republicans to prevent students, minorities and the elderly from exercising their right to vote. They dismissed a frequent argument made by supporters of voter ID laws -- that since photo identification is required for plenty of everyday activities, it should be required at the polls as well.

"You wanna know something? Getting a video from Blockbuster is not a constitutional right. Getting liquor from the liquor store is not a constitutional right," said Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI).

States coming up with these voter ID laws at the same time "was not spontaneous generation," Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said. ................................

............Indeed, evidence emerged on Wednesday that the conservative state legislative group ALEC had circulated draft legislation for conservative state lawmakers to propose to impose restrictive photo voter ID requirements................



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[Scuba]

2. More kicking for iwishiwas....

...I'm thinking a lot of people don't understand what is happening with these voter ID laws. The disenfranchisement is going to be very great if these are allowed to stand.

[iwishiwas]

4. I still am not sure what the students from the UW campuses

will have to do. I was a grad student not long ago in Madison and was able to vote on campus but am at a loss now what is going on.

[yourout]

3. Only if they if start hacking into Corporate servers.

[iwishiwas]

5. yeah, I just found out the FBI is investigating the KOCHroaches hacking.

[iwishiwas]

6. House Dems Join Senate In Urging DOJ To Fight Voter ID Laws

Source: talkingpointsmemo.com




House Dems Join Senate In Urging DOJ To Fight Voter ID Laws
Ryan J. Reilly | July 27, 2011, 1:10PM
S

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)


A coalition of 115 House Democrats have signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling on the Justice Department to vigorously oppose voter ID laws that are sweeping state legislatures across the country.

"Many of these bills only have one true purpose, the disenfranchisement of eligible voters -- especially the elderly, young voters, students, minorities, and low-income voters," they write in the letter.

"Restrictive voter photo identification legislation has the potential to block millions of eligible American voters, and thus suppress the right to vote. We urge you to exercise your authority to examine these laws so that voting rights are not jeopardized," the members write.

The letter was sent about a month after 16 Democratic Senators urged DOJ to use its full power to scrutinize voter ID laws. Several members of the House held a press conference earlier this month slamming the voter ID laws as "racist" and "Rovian." Last week, several Democrats took to the floor of the House to denounce the restrictive measures...........................

Read more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/house_dems_join_senate_in_urging_doj_to_fight_vote.php?ref=mblt

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NOW --WILL HOLDER DO IT???

[defendandprotect]

7. Do we still have a DOJ . . . ? Difficult to tell -- but guess that's the way they like it -- !!

[McCamy Taylor]

8. This is more important than the budget talks.

[msongs]

9. well there is some great news, nice to hear the DOJ is gonna get involved nt