Voter ID supporters: “Integrity of the vote will be protected”

Rep. Hank Lott, R-Sumrall, agrees with Barker that having voters show identification at the polls prevents fraud.  “I understand we’ve had a lot of voting irregularity in certain parts of the state,” he said. “And going through what we just went through with the mayoral election in Hattiesburg, (voter ID) is progress.”  

Lott said the voter ID law will protect voters in Mississippi.  “We as Mississippians and as Americans deserve a fair electoral process, and I think voter ID helps insure that,” he said.

Holder DOJ strategy: Expand preclearance veto power to states never covered before

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Department of Justice wants to expand the voting rights act preclearance measures to states never covered in the past:

Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder said the department’s new strategy is trying to expand the Voting Rights Act “beyond those states that had been covered before,” and he added, that Section 3 cases “are not easily proven.”

“White House Strategy: Fabricating Fear and Injustice”

Newsmax Moneynews:  The same strategy applies to conjuring up fears over voting reforms like voter ID.

The financial crisis hit black Americans much harder than it did white Americans — more jobs and wealth were lost in the black community and in neither category have they since recouped as much as white individuals have. The fundamental problems are slow growth, especially in blue-collar manufacturing and construction, and deep-seated problems in the black community — lagging educational attainment, high rates of teen pregnancies and the like.

Instead of effectively addressing those, the president and Democratic members of Congress offer palliative solutions — more Medicaid, food stamps and other entitlements. They also raise alarm among black Americans that Republican-dominated state governments are conspiring to steal their right to vote and charge the GOP is contaminated by racists. The inconvenient truth is that in 2012, 66.2 percent of eligible black Americans voted versus 64.2 percent of eligible non-Hispanic whites, even though some 34 states have voter ID laws.

VA Governor McAuliffe makes it easier for violent felons to regain their voting rights

Gov. Terry McAuliffe is making it easier for felons to regain their voting rights.
    

McAuliffe announced Friday that he is reducing the waiting period for violent felons to apply for reinstatement from five years to three years. He is also removing drug offenses from the list of violent crimes that are subject to the waiting period.

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