John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

[Lakhota]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

We used to live in Indiana and they had voter ID, anyone that couldn't afford a state ID could get one free of charge, all they had to do was tell the DMV they needed ID to vote. SCOTUS upheld the law

 

[LeftofLeft]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

Mexico has voter ID laws. Better let them know, too.

 

[Shotgun_Sammy]

What's so difficult about getting a ID?

Since blacks fought so hard for it you all should be the ones yelling loudest about the illegals trying to vote and folks who should not be voting.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Let's be totally honest, one cannot function today w/o a valid ID. This voter ID thing is ludicrous

 

[Lakhota]

We used to live in Indiana and they had voter ID, anyone that couldn't afford a state ID could get one free of charge, all they had to do was tell the DMV they needed ID to vote. SCOTUS upheld the law

Yeah, that sounds nice - but it certainly isn't that easy everywhere. Some people don't even have a birth certificate.

Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws - ProPublica

 

[1stRambo]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

Yo, what do you expect a ghetto boy to say? Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis D-Ga., you know why they, the Democrats call him a Civil rights icon? Because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got his head bashed in by the Democrats who were running things at that time, simple as that Bozo!

"GTP"

 

[SassyIrishLass]

We used to live in Indiana and they had voter ID, anyone that couldn't afford a state ID could get one free of charge, all they had to do was tell the DMV they needed ID to vote. SCOTUS upheld the law

Yeah, that sounds nice - but it certainly isn't that easy everywhere. Some people don't even have a birth certificate.

Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws - ProPublica

They have one somewhere if they were born here...I suspect you just answered part of the problem

 

[Lakhota]

We used to live in Indiana and they had voter ID, anyone that couldn't afford a state ID could get one free of charge, all they had to do was tell the DMV they needed ID to vote. SCOTUS upheld the law

Yeah, that sounds nice - but it certainly isn't that easy everywhere. Some people don't even have a birth certificate.

Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws - ProPublica

They have one somewhere if they were born here...I suspect you just answered part of the problem

No, dumbass, many older people never ever had a birth certificate. In other words, one was never prepared or recorded. They were just born.

Google "voter suppression"...

 

[Shotgun_Sammy]

In between elections they could take the steps to get a ID.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

We used to live in Indiana and they had voter ID, anyone that couldn't afford a state ID could get one free of charge, all they had to do was tell the DMV they needed ID to vote. SCOTUS upheld the law

Yeah, that sounds nice - but it certainly isn't that easy everywhere. Some people don't even have a birth certificate.

Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws - ProPublica

They have one somewhere if they were born here...I suspect you just answered part of the problem

No, dumbass, many older people never ever had a birth certificate. In other words, one was never prepared or recorded. They were just born.

LOL Watch who you're calling a dumbass, Fauxahonatas and you'd have to be ancient not to have a birth certificate, try researching before you spew your nonsense

 

[natstew]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

John Lewis is a lying, racist, sack of shit!

 

[BluesLegend]

Requiring a photo ID to vote is racist, to buy beer is not racist, got it. /eyeroll

 

[Lakhota]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

John Lewis is a lying, racist, sack of shit!

Yeah, that's what the ignorant racists also thought in Selma 50 years ago when he marched with Dr. King. Apparently you haven't evolved.

 

[Ernie S.]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

So what? Marching with King makes him old, but not right.

 

[Lakhota]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

So what? Marching with King makes him old, but not right.

Was Dr. King wrong?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Keep in mind this is the same John Lewis who claimed the n-word was being shouted at him over and over and cameras at the event caught nothing. He screams racist at every turn and he's a liar

 

[Shotgun_Sammy]

Still have not heard a viable reason why getting a ID is that difficult?

And why would you want a bunch of illegals and felons voting in a election in your area? After all that blacks went through?

 

[Ernie S.]

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Thursday that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of poll taxes once used by Southern states to disenfranchise black and poor people.

In a piece called "The Unfinished Work of Selma," Lewis reflected on the Supreme Court's decision in June 2013 to strike down a core piece of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That provision, Section 4, determined which states and localities with a history of suppressing minority voters had to get permission from the Justice Department to change their voting laws. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that the section was outdated, and left it to Congress to come up with a new formula for designating which regions of the country warrant special scrutiny.

Congress hasn't done anything since. As Lewis noted in his piece, published on Mic, Republicans in statehouses around the country have moved quickly to pass laws making it harder for people to vote.

"Couched in language about 'protecting the ballot box,' Republicans have pushed voter ID laws that disproportionately impact certain blocks of voters -- African-Americans, women, Latinos, the poor and young people -- who tend to vote against them," he wrote. "In Texas alone, 600,000 voters were at risk of being disenfranchised by the new voter ID requirements."

Lewis said it's important to call those laws what they are.

"We should not mince words: These are poll taxes by another name, the very types of discrimination we marched against 50 years ago," he said.

Since the Supreme Court ruling, states that previously required pre-clearance from the federal government -- Mississippi and Texas, to name two -- have been able to pass laws that make voting more difficult for people who are poor, disabled or a minority, through such means as requiring a government-issued photo ID in order to vote. More than half the states in the country have introduced voter ID laws since 2011.

John Lewis Says Voter ID Laws Are 'Poll Taxes By Another Name'

The Unfinished Work of Selma - By Congressman John Lewis (D-GA)

Rep. John Lewis should know. He marched with Dr. King in Selma.

So what? Marching with King makes him old, but not right.

Was Dr. King wrong?

Doctor King now?.... He was sane and rational. John Lewis never has been and has lost all touch with reality in his later years.

 

[Lakhota]

Keep in mind this is the same John Lewis who claimed the n-word was being shouted at him over and over and cameras at the event caught nothing. He screams racist at every turn and he's a liar

Yeah, he's just another ******...