Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Voter ID

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[Sub-Driver]

Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 04/28/2008 Pelosi Statement on Supreme Court Decision on Voter ID

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision today on Indiana’s voter identification case:

“The Supreme Court’s decision is disappointing. The Court’s decision today places obstacles to the fundamental rights of American citizens—especially the poor, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities—to participate in the electoral process. Requiring American citizens pay for underlying documents needed for an identification card and travel to distant motor vehicle locations for processing hinders—and diminishes—their right to vote.

“The right to vote is a foundation of our democracy. American citizens who wish to vote must be able to do so.”

[matthew fuller]

The Court’s decision today places obstacles to the fundamental rights of American citizens—especially the poor, the elderly, the dead, the convicted felons, the illegal aliens, and individuals with disabilities—to participate in the electoral process.

[sappy]

unless you are in michigan or florida and a democrat.

[sappy]

“The right to vote is a foundation of our democracy. American citizens who wish to vote must be able to do so.”

Which is why the Dems created Super Delagates. JUST IN CASE, those votes don’t fall in line with what Dem leadership WANTS

[devistate one four]

But, somehow dem voluteer folks always end up costing the rest of us money. ???

[TRY ONE]

“The Court’s decision today places obstacles to the fundamental rights of American citizens—especially the poor, the elderly...”

So, Ms. Peelowsee, how does the elderly register for Social Security without an ID?

[MozarkDawg]

The Court’s decision today places obstacles to the fundamental rights of American citizens—especially the poor, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities—to participate in the electoral process. Requiring American citizens pay for underlying documents needed for an identification card and travel to distant motor vehicle locations for processing hinders—and diminishes—their right to vote.

Barbra Streisand

This business that citizens can't pay for this is ridiculous -- you can't afford the fee for I.D., birth certificate from city hall to get the I.D., then you are given it free-of-charge by virtue of the tax payer. Congress, especially a Dem-majority, can come up with every other kind of welfare program imaginable, but they can't conceive of this one?? State legislatures??

Travel? Please ... again, there are all manner of transportation services provided to the elderly/disabled to get them to the doc, the grocery store, downtown, etc. Congress simply makes this service a part of getting I.D. for those who insist they cannot obtain the necessary to participate on Election Day. Just how are these oh-so-unable folks to get to the polling places, if they can't get to city hall to get their birth certificate, eh?

The thing is, just how many American citizens, LEGIT, are there who are so encumbered by the requirement of photo I.D. to vote that they don't? How do these people manage to obtain anything else, such as SS bennies, bank accounts (which REQUIRE birth certificates if one does not possess valid photo I.D.) or other mandatories of life if they don't have the I.D. already??

It's a red herring, Nance, a straw man -- we all know what you're griping about and it's not that poor, elderly or disabled American citizens will not be able to exercise the right to vote.

[Sub-Driver]

Call her office!!!!

[keepitreal]

The Court’s decision today places obstacles to the fundamental rights of American citizens—especially the poor, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities—to participate in the electoral process.

But, Nancy, in liberal world it's not a fundamental right unless the Court says so.

[MozarkDawg]

My boy is disabled and he is registered to vote and the State of Indiana gave him a free ID. I just don’t get it, I guess.

I wrote my post before reading yours ... there ya go.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

The same way it happened in Florida. You hand the democrat voters several ballots at a time! (that’s why they got “dimpled ballots”; they had at least 3 in the stack when they punched)

[RasterMaster]

Pelosi should recall the blantant determination by DUmocrats to disenfranchise THOUSANDS of military votes every election cycle before opening her pie hole.

Pelosi and her kind want “the right to vote” for those using false identifications, those here illegally, and those who vote using the name of deceased DUmocrats, yet still believe Americans defending their sorry a$$es should have their votes thrown out and not counted.

[Paine in the Neck]

What about the fundamental rights of legitimate voters not to have their vote diluted by fraud, huh? Isn’t that disenfrachisement, when my vote doesn’t count as much as it should?

[tet68]

Requiring American citizens pay for underlying documents needed for an identification card and travel to distant motor vehicle locations for processing hinders—and diminishes—their right to vote.

“The right to vote is a foundation of our democracy. American citizens who wish to vote must be able to do so.”

Gee Nancy all that hindering by having to travel to distant
polling places must stop also, maybe citizens should be able to vote from their beds....

[MozarkDawg]

and where does it say we have the right to vote?

The Constitution of the United States of America.

Amendment XV:

1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

and Amendment XIX:

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

[Jeff Head]

They’re mad because it is not so easy for a dead man to get an ID and show it at the polling place, less difficult for an illegal, but still difficult just the same.

[Paine in the Neck]

Gee Nancy all that hindering by having to travel to distant polling places must stop also, maybe citizens should be able to vote from their beds....

Or their graves?...

[AuntB]

“IOW, Pelosi is saying, “Damn...how are we going to get the deceased and illegal alien vote now?”

Exactly!!

Good for the court.

[jrd]

that does not say anything about proving who you are

[AuntB]

Has anyone heard if McCain had anything to say about this decision?

[MozarkDawg]

And further, and more importantly, there is no constitutional right to vote. Period.

Do none of you people know/read your Constitution?

Section 4 - Republican government

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.

At the time of ratification, the right to vote only extended to men of property. The later amendments had to be added to ensure the right to vote would be secured to ALL citizens.