Rand Paul: No ‘objective evidence’ African Americans are prevented from voting

[Botany]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that there is no “objective evidence” that African-American
voters are being disenfranchised in modern elections.

According to a tweet from Phillip M. Bailey of the Louisville-based NPR affiliate, WFPL-FM, Paul said
the following:

Correction. @SenRandPaul quote: "I don't think there is objective evidence that we're precluding
African-Americans from voting any longer."

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Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country have been passing new Voter ID laws and other
measures, including a recent North Carolina bill that cuts back on early voting days. And the Supreme
Court recently struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act that gave the Justice Department the authority
to approve or halt such changes in areas with a history of voter suppression.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/08/14/rand-paul-no-objective-evidence-african-americans-are-prevented-from-voting/

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[trumad]

1. This post will be ignored by the PaulBots that are infecting this forum.

[Botany]

2. Rand Paul w/ his buddy "the Southern Avenger"

[Blue_Tires]

9. +1000

[Ohio Joe]

3. oh... well... A racist POS said it so it must be true...

Fuck the pauls.

[Iggo]

4. If they weren't such assholes, they'd be hilarious.

Racists.

[hughee99]

5. Of course not. Any evidence that it's happening isn't "objective", it's "biased".

Of course, I didn't see any "objective" evidence that people who were ineligible to vote and were voting anyway was having any impact in elections either.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Unfortunately

Lots of so-called liberals in the greater world (not DU - so don't anyone take it personally unless you are actually a Repugnant one) - agree with him.

As one of our members started a thread a few weeks ago . . . No wonder the tide is turning against us.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Really? Polling places in black districts with one or two machines, requiring

waits of 12 hours? Moving polling places miles from where people live? Those two things are enough to convince me.

[HappyMe]

8. Oh fuck Rand Paul.

[PowerToThePeople]

10. Rand Paul: No ‘objective evidence’ of my brain. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

11. Little Johnny Reb is just talking to the GOP base.

http://blog.chron.com/goplifer/2013/08/reconstruction-2-0-and-the-neo-confederate-backlash/

[JRLeft]

12. Remember Rand Paul is anti-civil rights legislation. A devout racist.