pIs the Voting Rights Act still needed?

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No, it's no longer necessary

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Yes, absolutely

@Mar '13 c 151 comments V 315 votes

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DrSilicon voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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DanielZ endorsed PNWest

v Yes, absolutely
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Obsidion voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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fantasyflygon endorsed Sonny

v Yes, absolutely
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LilliB voted

v Yes, absolutely
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May 14
vws endorsed zachsquatch

v No, it's no longer necessary
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May 13
DaQuietOne endorsed mtkopf

v Yes, absolutely
May 13
joyshusband voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
May 13
Fyi1957 endorsed falco_alba

v Yes, absolutely
May 12
ThomasN456 endorsed Roco

v Yes, absolutely
May 9

Aftermath

v No, it's no longer necessary

Voting in this country should be simple. You Register, show up with proper picture id at your assigned precinct, pull your levers and leave. I don't want to hear anything about not needing id to vote. Everyone has an id or they can go to their court house and get one. The only reason to allow someone to vote without identifying themselves is to cheat. One man, one vote. I understand however that would have not allowed Obama to win, and the news media would be tore all to hell crying about how people are racist for asking for id. These same poor people that claim to have no id can sure identify themselves at the food stamp office and have no trouble cashing thos...

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May 8
WY_Marnie endorsed mtkopf

v Yes, absolutely
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May 7
shirmak voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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May 6
captbigtime endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v No, it's no longer necessary
May 6
mwr endorsed NTBFW

v No, it's no longer necessary
May 5
Politic-n voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
May 5
LonePalm endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v No, it's no longer necessary
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May 4

fraps

v No, it's no longer necessary

It does not help much. What is needed is voter ID issued by the federal government at the cost of the Federal government. This is not quite so difficult for them to do. There are two sources that get to a very high percentage of voters, Drivers Licenses and Passports. That leaves a fairly small number of people without a valid Voter ID of some kind. The post office gets to virtually every address in this country. It should be able to visit the homes of any citizen that asks to take their picture etc. That leaves a very few people who do not have a proper birth certificate of some other document. I am sure we can find a viable solution for them. It is critical ...

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May 2
Big_jeff endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v No, it's no longer necessary
Apr 30
darkmoonman endorsed PNWest

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 30

RedFloppyShoes

v No, it's no longer necessary

It has become a straw-man

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Apr 30
loganrollo endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v No, it's no longer necessary
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Apr 29
treedcat25 endorsed Sonny

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 29
MarkColwell endorsed PNWest

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 28

seedtick

v No, it's no longer necessary

The voting rights act was targeted at specific states for specific reasons. Those reasons no longer exist. But, it is still used to unfairly to target these same states. And, anyone who says differently is lying...or brainwashed into believing something that is not true. There are a group of people who have built their careers upon the premise that voting rights are denied to minorities in those same states. That is hogwash. The only way a voting rights act would be fair is if it is targeted at protecting the voting rights of all people in all states.

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Apr 28
kimmie99 voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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Apr 28
ralphwiggum voted

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 28
Mnementh voted

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 28

BossTweed

v No, it's no longer necessary

After having a Black Prez, Black Atty Gen, Black Sec of State, Black UN Ambassador I think we can agree that the LEFT need to stop screaming about "DisinFranchizing Blacks.

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Apr 28
buckleroos endorsed PNWest

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 27
Roulis voted

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 27
blueberrysyrup voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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Apr 27
toledodude voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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Apr 26
Concerned_Cit endorsed riggers

v No, it's no longer necessary
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Apr 26
55Spud voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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Apr 26
VCJ voted

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 26
PatrickVonRoch voted

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 26
WGDAVISJR voted

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 26
Michael_Taylor voted

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 26
LEC endorsed Roco

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 26
bbumlinger endorsed Sonny

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 26
aladinsane endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v No, it's no longer necessary
Apr 26
TheWickedGypsy endorsed PNWest

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 26
Djdrew103 voted

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 25
Sky_Pilot1 voted

v No, it's no longer necessary
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Apr 25
SteelToedPres voted

v Yes, absolutely
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Apr 25
Carolann endorsed mtkopf

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 25
vrmhugs1957 endorsed PNWest

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 25
Starbass13 voted

v Yes, absolutely
Apr 25
SacredHonor voted

v No, it's no longer necessary

May 9

Aftermath

v No, it's no longer necessary

Voting in this country should be simple. You Register, show up with proper picture id at your assigned precinct, pull your levers and leave. I don't want to hear anything about not needing id to vote. Everyone has an id or they can go to their court house and get one. The only reason to allow someone to vote without identifying themselves is to cheat. One man, one vote. I understand however that would have not allowed Obama to win, and the news media would be tore all to hell crying about how people are racist for asking for id. These same poor people that claim to have no id can sure identify themselves at the food stamp office and have no trouble cashing thos...

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May 4

fraps

v No, it's no longer necessary

It does not help much. What is needed is voter ID issued by the federal government at the cost of the Federal government. This is not quite so difficult for them to do. There are two sources that get to a very high percentage of voters, Drivers Licenses and Passports. That leaves a fairly small number of people without a valid Voter ID of some kind. The post office gets to virtually every address in this country. It should be able to visit the homes of any citizen that asks to take their picture etc. That leaves a very few people who do not have a proper birth certificate of some other document. I am sure we can find a viable solution for them. It is critical ...

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Apr 30

RedFloppyShoes

v No, it's no longer necessary

It has become a straw-man

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Apr 28

seedtick

v No, it's no longer necessary

The voting rights act was targeted at specific states for specific reasons. Those reasons no longer exist. But, it is still used to unfairly to target these same states. And, anyone who says differently is lying...or brainwashed into believing something that is not true. There are a group of people who have built their careers upon the premise that voting rights are denied to minorities in those same states. That is hogwash. The only way a voting rights act would be fair is if it is targeted at protecting the voting rights of all people in all states.

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Apr 28

BossTweed

v No, it's no longer necessary

After having a Black Prez, Black Atty Gen, Black Sec of State, Black UN Ambassador I think we can agree that the LEFT need to stop screaming about "DisinFranchizing Blacks.

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Apr 25

viveamerica

v Yes, absolutely

Yes because we see today how the Pubs are using every trick in the book to hold back voters. Our voting rights are being threatened just like our rights to bear arms are being threatened.

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Apr 30

Arumizy

Do you support ID laws and back ground checks to purchase a firearm?

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Apr 30

viveamerica

@Arumizy Is it only that? All of my friends and family says that there is more to it than just that.

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Apr 30

Arumizy

@viveamerica Answer the question, there is no more to it. All is being asked is an ID proving you are you.

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Apr 30

viveamerica

@Arumizy I find it reasonable

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Apr 30

Arumizy

@viveamerica so then why the objection to voter ID laws?

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Apr 25

Gatnos

v No, it's no longer necessary

This law has been turned on its head by liberals who refuse to require proof of citizenship to register and refuse to require photo ID to vote. This law also imposes an undue burden on the States by requiring ballets to be printed in multiple languages, when one of the requirements to become a naturalized citizen is to be able to read, write and speak English. Basically this law has enabled the liberals to systematically commit voter fraud and get away with it.

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Apr 25

Litdes

v Yes, absolutely

Are you kidding?

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Apr '13

gherlone

v No, it's no longer necessary

that said, while the requirement for a federal mother-may-I should go away, monitoring is still needed. and everywhere, not just places with 'a history.'

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Mar '13

wilkic01

v Yes, absolutely

Definitely, people are lobbying for citizens to take a test before they are allowed to vote. Plus did you see how much manipulation was going on in our last election?

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Mar '13

jaybebo84

v No, it's no longer necessary

I believe as a society we have matured enough to know that all citizens of legal age per the United States Constitution are allowed to vote. I believe the act continues to leave a wedge in society between varing social demographics.

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Mar '13

bleuvert

v Yes, absolutely

It is still needed. Case in point. Look at Florida. Republican Chairman Jim Greer admitted that the Republicans in Florida were trying to suppress voting rights. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/jim-greer-florida-voting-laws_n_2192802.html

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Mar '13

greenslime300

v No, it's no longer necessary

Never should have existed as it violated states' rights. Voting is a state issue, not a national issue.

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Mar '13

bleuvert

It is a national issue if a local government is trying to suppress voting rights because the local government is doing unconstitutional things.

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Mar '13

greenslime300

@bleuvert It's unconstitutional? Explain

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Mar '13

bleuvert

@greenslime300 The Jim Crow voting laws were unconstitutional because they prevented people from exercising their rights to vote via "poll taxes" and "literacy tests". These tests were only administered to Blacks. Either you know very little about history, or you have quite a sinister agenda.

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Mar '13

greenslime300

@bleuvert The voting laws were not unconstitutional, they were simply overturned at the federal level by the Voting Rights Act of 1965. And everyone today agrees that they are morally wrong. Do you think the state legislators would be reelected if they made laws like that today?

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Mar '13

AndBegin

@greenslime300 but the voting rights act is the very thing that stops them from passing laws like that in the future.

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Mar '13

ZombieMedic

v No, it's no longer necessary

What is needed is voter ID/DL required at the polls, and no more computer voting, as both parties can easily rig those machines. Also results of the elections should not be published until ALL votes are counted, as early voting influences shallow people's decisions.

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Mar '13

gammler

v No, it's no longer necessary

Jim Crow has been gone for many years. I doubt anybody would want to see it back. To punish people who don't remember it is kind of ridiculous.

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Mar '13

Woody20164

v No, it's no longer necessary

Here it is, folks. Proof positive that if you give the Federal government anything, they will never let it go. And the current Administration is the worst at wanting power consolidated in the Fed. This is 2103, not 1965. The only place we seem to have voting problems is in Philadelphia where the New Black Panthers once again blocked and intimidated voters in the 2012 elections. But it's okay with Eric Holder, because they aren't white. In 2012, Indiana and South Carolina enacted voter ID laws. Holder only sued South Carolina. Hmmm.

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Mar '13

wonka45ACP

v No, it's no longer necessary

There is an underlying intent for this question, its about immigrants .

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Mar '13

Mr_GO_HERD

v Yes, absolutely

The fact that it is still being utilized shows its needed. The sad part is that it is still needed. Look who us responsible for making it gave to be needed and you'll quickly see those are the same ones screaming its not needed. Gotta love that irony.

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Mar '13

Woody20164

Normally, I appreciate people who expound upon their answer rather than just clicking yes or no. But what does that mean? Assuming that you just have bad typing skills, like me, and you're not a grammatical buffoon, who are you talking about? DO you know "who is responsible"? The Southern Democrats. George Wallace, Lester Maddox, Ross Barnett. Because of these racists Governors, Northern Democrats and Republicans sought measures to provide access for everyone. Notice the higher percent of Republicans who favored it over the Democrats. Here was the vote: Senate: 77â19 Democrats: 47â17 (73%-27%) Republicans: 30â2 (94%-6%) House: 333â85 Democrats: 221â61 (7...

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Mar '13

Mr_GO_HERD

@Woody20164 My comment wasn't directed politically rather regionally. The South shows its colors continuously as you can see by the map results of the poll. Thanks for the numbers they are interesting.

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WATCHDOG

v No, it's no longer necessary

Why? We have a black president and laws - 18 and over - legal citizen and you can vote. So the only thing I can see is if they abloish this it will give Obama and his hinchmen an in to change it to where anyone can vote without proof.

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PNWest

v Yes, absolutely

As we saw in the last election the GOP will try every trick they can come up with to disenfranchise likely democratic voters. Ask the minority voters in Florida who stood in line for 9 hours if the Voting Rights Act is still needed. All you need to do is look at the GOP gerrymandering, GOP proposed voter ID laws and GOP proposed electoral vote changes to dilute democratic votes to see that the integrity of the electoral process is constantly being threatened by the republicans. We should eliminate the electoral college and go with a one man/one vote system. We also need to create congressional districts in a non-partisan manner.

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Mar '13

Neo_NtheMatrix

v No, it's no longer necessary

We have a black president. Liberals have been quick to make sure they point that out at every opportunity. Why would we still need an entitlement class of voters? I think the last two presidential election cycles have put the exclamation point on the right of black people to vote. We don't need these arcane laws to continue forward.

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Mar '13

Sonny

v Yes, absolutely

As I have said many, many times...All one need do is look back to the most recent Presidential election...There were many Republican-lead attempts to suppress the minority & democratic votes all over this nation. I would say that not only is such a law not only still needed in the south...It is needed all over America!

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Mar '13

Roco

v Yes, absolutely

With all the gerrymandering (both Republicans and Democrats) and all the attempted voting law suppression immediately prior to the past election, it should be applied to all states.

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Mar '13

BelinKS

v No, it's no longer necessary

Everyone in this country know that any person who has become of age to vote and is a citizen of our country knows that this person has the right to vote no matter their race or religion. The act is no longer needed. But at this time is debating this fact a good source of our resources? We have much bigger fish to fry than to worry about this antiquated act. Let's settle our bigger problems and revisit this later. That act sitting there that is known and will be followed whether it is there of not is not a big deal. It hurts no one and we have big problems to handle at this time.

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Mar '13

mtkopf

v Yes, absolutely

With the 2012 voter suppression attempts by the GOP, I say the voting rights act should stay and even be increased to all 50 states. This subject begs the question: if we are able to file taxes on line, then why shouldn't we be able to vote via computer? I believe it would save the taxpayers million s every election year.

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Mar '13

martydotcom

v Yes, absolutely

If you lived in Florida as I do and read the ex head of the GOP confess that the intent of the change in the number of day allocated for early voting were cot with the specific goal of reducing the AA voter turn out. If you lived in Pa and heard State Representative Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny,say the voter ID law would "allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, etc. the question is an oxymoron

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Mar '13

Food4thoughts

v Yes, absolutely

Again ask the questions... Why was it introduced in the first place and why do Republicans want it gone...

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Mar '13

falco_alba

v Yes, absolutely

If we do not protect our right to vote, we do not protect our right to have a say in our democracy. Without protection, we will fail as a democracy.

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Mar '13

AlexMIA

v No, it's no longer necessary

At this point and time these laws will only further divide us. There isn't any blackman different than me, no better or worse. I would be suspicious and resentful of any body trying to convince people otherwise. Any self respecting black man should be even more so!

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