Apparently, the state of Texas has justice, too.
From CBS News:
“A federal court has ruled against a Texas law that would require voters to present photo IDs to election officials before being allowed to cast ballots in November.
A three-judge panel in Washington ruled Thursday that the law imposes “strict, unforgiving burdens on the poor” and noted that racial minorities in Texas are more likely to live in poverty.
CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen reports the law required new forms of voter identification even for Texas residents who have long voted accurately.
The court ruled that the new voter identification law in Texas would have an unconstitutional impact on the right to vote for poor people and especially Hispanics and African-Americans – the same minorities who were protected earlier in the week from Republican redistricting by another federal court panel.”
Although a Florida ruling on Wednesday blocked a similar measure from going into effect, it’s perhaps more meaningful that a voter ID requirement has been rejected in such a conservative Southern state as Texas. And after all, the state is home base for True the Vote, the organization behind the nationwide Republican campaign to institute voter ID laws ahead of a contentious election season.
Again, I understand the principle behind voter ID requirements. Every American wants to see the country’s electoral system strengthened.
But to impose such requirements in an election year, and to do so without parallel campaigns to ensure that registered voters have proper ID, seems to most people as a political ploy to disenfranchise the voters of one party and, thus, increase the chances of success for the other — especially since instances of voter fraud are so rare and voter ID laws could potentially keep millions of Americans from the polls this fall.
Voter ID laws are a solution without a problem that would do more harm than good. I’m glad the Texas judges saw it that way, too.
About Hector Luis Alamo, Jr.
Dead voters and illegals can now rest assured the Obama administration will use their votes wisely.
Well on a positive note, we are talking about the great state of Texas. No amount of voter fraud in the world (that will be coming) would result in an Obama win there anyway.
But regardless of the state in which they reside, if the poor are getting public assistance they have to have and show an ID. Why is it that ID requirement is not an unforgiving burden thus any different with respect to being a burden when requiring a voter ID? I think we all know the sneaky answer.
Hell, Texas Should follow the Obama Chicago way and just say screw it. We will do whatever we decide and you can take us to court – putos.
BL you have are so predictable.
Ditto.
Or likewise, rather.
I agree that BL is dominated by progressive thought; so is the Latino community in general.
But what annoys me most about conservative critics who say BL has become “predictable” in its advancement of progressive principles is that these critics wouldn’t care so much about repetitiveness if BL was regularly espousing conservative arguments.
The other side uses redistricting which was just thrown out here in Texas, you should have seen it, laughable. Each side uses what it can to edge out and win. Since my candidate isn’t in the race I won’t vote, but for Latinos the better option is Obama.
No Hector, we strive for balance. I can say we need “affirmative action” for conservative views on BL since socialist views dominate, but we dont play that game. We truly seek balance in editorial content. I think there is a growing portion of Latinos that are seeking this – and I think they will take up your offer to write rebuttals to the “progressive” Latino voice here.
And this changing of the language “progressive”…it’s like saying, “sanitation engineer” when we all know it’s simply the garbage man.
If the Latino community was truly dominated by lofty “progressive” thought as you claim, then why is it a segment of the population that is fraught with underachievent, entitlement mentality, dysfunction, and a nasty persecution complex?
Oh, I forgot, them wascist white folk that keep us Latinos down.
It’s not a racial thing. It’s just that race and class are interrelated in America and have been for centuries. But most white people are just as poor and struggling just as much as Latinos and blacks.
And I am a progressive. How am I not?
I do not agree. why
what is so wrong about asking for ID? we see fraud in many instances, even where I work. If you are legal to vote, produce the ID. what is the big deal. And I am Hispanic, so don’t try to play that card with me……
If you want people to have IDs, make the government pay for it. There are some people who live nowhere near a DMV, they’d have to take a full day off to spend it in the DMV, they have to pay to get there and back if they don’t have a car, and then they have to pay for the ID. If it’s such a big deal, then the government should just provide one to everyone. That way asking for an ID would be fair.
Right now, it’s just exploiting the people who can’t afford to do what I mentioned above.
Having to have an ID to prove you’re a citizen so that you can vote is pretty standard. Hell, in most of Latin America you need 3 separate IDs!
I don’t see why anyone would oppose this unless they want illegals to vote, or for some to commit voter fraud.
You get an ID once and then renew it every few years….You can do it by mail or on line and the cost is minimal. I don’t buy the argument that getting an ID is too hard.
Did anyone even READ the article? Here’s an excerpt:
“Again, I understand the principle behind voter ID requirements. Every American wants to see the country’s electoral system strengthened.
But to impose such requirements in an election year, and to do so without parallel campaigns to ensure that registered voters have proper ID, seems to most people as a political ploy to disenfranchise the voters of one party and, thus, increase the chances of success for the other — especially since instances of voter fraud are so rare and voter ID laws could potentially keep millions of Americans from the polls this fall”
@juan getting a id not hard,its a cop out by democrats.anyone can get a id.its just an excuse and those who say its hard know its not true
Again why are many on here happy that this happened????
Why is it that it is required document to do many other less important and mundane things and yet no one opposes this requirement?
It seems like trying to get Mario Ramirez to think critically is impossible. No matter how much you present him with empirical evidence that shows things like voter fraud is extremely rare and that undocumented immigrants aren’t trying to “take over” the country, he doesn’t care. I honestly think he’s either insane and severely racist or has a serious problem with reading comprehension.
Walter: It’s all political. The Democrats need this to steal the election, but Americans will vote Obama out regardless of the fraud perpetrated by the Democrats.
Walter: It’s all political. The Democrats need this to steal the election, but Americans will vote Obama out regardless of the fraud perpetrated by the Democrats.