Posted on 06/03/2009 8:48:44 AM PDT by cbkaty
The Department of Justice on Tuesday said the state of Georgia's system cannot check driver’s license information and Social Security numbers to prove that prospective voters are U.S. citizens.
Georgia’s voters have an entirely different perspective. Rasmussen Reports polling conducted during Election 2008 found that 77% said prospective voters should first be required to show a legal photo ID first.
Georgia’s voters also held that view two years earlier despite a state judge’s ruling that a new law requiring a photo ID at the polls was a violation of the state constitution.
Nationally, three-out-of-four U.S. voters (76%) said a person should be required to show photo identification at the polls before being allowed to vote.
While the Justice Department expressed concern that photo ID requirements might disenfranchise some voters, a plurality of voters nationwide have the opposite concern. Forty-two percent (42%) believe it is more common for people to vote illegally than it is for legal voters to be denied that right. Thirty-three percent (33%) disagree and say it is more likely that people are prevented from voting who should be allowed to do so.
The state of Georgia complains the latest Justice Department action will allow non-citizens to vote, but the Justice Department said the state’s system discriminated against minority voters. The ACLU and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) have sued the state over the law.
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Views on the need for photo ID before voting have held constant for years. Polling in both 2007 and 2006, to found that Americans overwhelmingly requirements for photo identification.
This is the second time this year the Justice Department has made headlines bucking popular local actions that it fears might violate minority rights. In March, 68% of Arizona voters had a favorable view of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose aggressive enforcement of laws against illegal immigration triggered an investigation by the Justice Department.
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It is spelled, TARP!!!, maybe you have heard of it!!
I would take the like of lawsuits by the republicans as an endorsement.
How does it violate the State constitution?
While the Justice Department expressed concern that photo ID requirements might disenfranchise some voters...
"might"? Might disenfranchise? Ya' gotta' prove it did, don't you?
...but the Justice Department said the state’s system discriminated against minority voters.
And how did the Justice Dpt. prove that? Or did they? Do they have to prove it happened, or can they just tell a judge it does, and the judge can agree or disagree if he wants to?
Now! Will the state of Georgia IGNORE the Hussein dictatorship and run its polls to protect legitimate votes???
That means ACORN "revived" dead people, all of the Atlanta Falcons x 3 and a few stolen characters from Disney World.
GA. voters have this exactly right.
In fact this should be adopted in all fifty states given the corruption and voter fraud as perpetrated by ACORN in all fifty states or if you’re Obummer in all fifty seven states.
Texas dims did us in again. I got this in an email from one of my coworkers yesterday.
There was a deadline Tuesday at midnight for bills and the Democrats were so unwilling to vote on a bill that would require Texans to show photo identification to vote that they filibustered hundreds of other bills in order to keep the Voter ID bill from even being debated. Sadly, we were also unable to address bills which could have reduced property taxes, combat illegal immigration and given price reductions to consumers for insurance and utility costs. Although it is important that legislators vigorously fight to protect the values of their constituents, I do not believe it is right to avoid debating an issue. This undermines the democratic process. I also do no believe that this action truly represented the will of the citizens of Texas.
This session did yield positive news for those of us supporting smaller government and less deficit spending, better schools and less taxation and regulation. For example, Texas remains one of only six states without a deficit. In this troubled economic time I’m proud that Texas has the strongest economy in the nation and the top cities in the U.S. for job creation.
The Legislature also ensured that the state budget remained both balanced and smaller than the rate of population growth or inflation compared to the last session, with an impressive 1.9 percent decrease in the spending of taxpayer dollars. Additionally, we rejected of some of Washington’s so-called stimulus money that would have created a perpetual drain on our economy and increased the tax burden for all residents for years to come. Through the passage of the appropriations bill, current state employees will receive $800 in supplemental pay while, Texas retired teachers will receive an $500 check, subject to a ruling of constitutionality by the Attorney General.
Job creation, improving the quality of our public schools, transparency of state government and a balanced budget will continue to remain some of my top priorities.
it just doesn’t matter what the majority wants anymore....its what the minority wants so they aren’t discrimanated against....when i went to school we were taught that rules and laws were made up in society reflecting the will of the majority not the monority...this countrys lawmakers have lost their minds...
This is what the 10th amendment is..tell doj to smack it!
repeal the 17th now!
Administrative Activism at its best (not one person at DOJ is an elected official).
Is the rule of Law over? More folks need to read Thomas Paine et al. GA legislature (the people)need to clearly tell DOJ to mind their own business.
God Bless
a bit of irony is that we send troops to other nations to ensure they are free to vote in a fair election without persecution and here in our own country we can not get a fair election for our own legal citizens....it is time for this the people to take a firm stand and take this country back even if it means by force....like others have said, they work for us yet they vote themselves payraises, pensions for life etc etc and laugh in our faces...wake up America!!!
Other than complain and vote, I am at a loss at what to do.
Below is a copy of the e-mail I just sent to good ol’ Saxby.
It’s token but at least he knows one more VOTER is paying attention.
Mr. Chambliss,
SPECIFICALLY, what actions are you taking on behalf of Georgia’s citizens to insure the integrity of our votes?
The DOJ’s recent ruling that Georgia cannot require proof of citizenship dilutes my vote and the vote of
every single legal citizen in the state of Georgia; not to mention the impact on election results for national office.
Please don’t respond with platitudes and generalities. I want to know specific, detailed actions/meetings/
letters/conversations etc. in which you are involved to protect my vote in light of Eric Holder’s recent ruling
Soon there will be only one voter id required: skin color. If you are black, you can vote.
Republicans really dropped the ball on this back when they were in power.
“Can you imagine what the independence-minded Georgians of Revolutionary War times would say about the wusses currently populating state offices?”
I’m sure they are rolling over in their graves as we speak. This country does not have that spirit anymore. We are soft, we have been trained to accept whatever Washington D.C. says anymore without question. This is the result of decades of dumbed down public schools. It’s created a few generations of sheep who look to whomever is in power to guide them around the pasture.
BEYOND MARXISM:
Even Karl Marx limited voting to CITIZENS without a criminal record!!!
Our federal government has gone BEYOND KARL MARX!!!
Amen!
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Although it is important that legislators vigorously fight to protect the values of their constituents, I do not believe it is right to avoid debating an issue. This undermines the democratic process. I also do no believe that this action truly represented the will of the citizens of Texas.
Democraps are DANGEROUS when they HAVE or are out of POWER!
POWER is what it's all about for them. Constituents desires be dam*ed !!
“you don't need the bullet when you got the ballot”
Take away the legitimacy of the ballot, people fall back to the bullet.
I still have "some"....hope that decent hard working Americans will come to their senses..... I am also astounded at how many Americans still believe in the tooth fairy...
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