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Scott Walker calls Judge Adelman racially insensitive for nixing the voter ID law
http://www.wpr.org/walker-no-special-legislative-session-change-voter-id-law?utm_content=buffer6351e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=bufferJudge Adelman decided to strike down the voter ID law, saying it violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it disproportionately affected black and Latino voters. Walker called that reasoning racially insensitive.
“I think that's an insensitive comment, to imply that one group or another is more or less likely to be able to get a driver's license or photo ID card,” Walker said. “I think it's pretty clear that people—regardless of race, regardless of income—have perfectly acceptable access to getting identification in the state of Wisconsin.”
Also in his ruling, Judge Adelman found that there was virtually no voter fraud in Wisconsin and it was unlikely to become a problem in the future. Walker said that whether it's one or 100,000 fraudulent votes, it's a problem.
“The question I have for him or anyone else is, ‘Ok, tell me, identify which person it's alright to have their vote canceled on?' Because if there's one vote cast by someone who's not legal to vote in this state, that means at least one legitimate citizen of this state has had their vote canceled out by someone who voted illegally,” Walker said.
“I think that's an insensitive comment, to imply that one group or another is more or less likely to be able to get a driver's license or photo ID card,” Walker said. “I think it's pretty clear that people—regardless of race, regardless of income—have perfectly acceptable access to getting identification in the state of Wisconsin.”
Also in his ruling, Judge Adelman found that there was virtually no voter fraud in Wisconsin and it was unlikely to become a problem in the future. Walker said that whether it's one or 100,000 fraudulent votes, it's a problem.
“The question I have for him or anyone else is, ‘Ok, tell me, identify which person it's alright to have their vote canceled on?' Because if there's one vote cast by someone who's not legal to vote in this state, that means at least one legitimate citizen of this state has had their vote canceled out by someone who voted illegally,” Walker said.
So it's OK to put voting obstacles in front of thousands of Wisconsin citizens, but it's not OK for one citizen's vote to be neutralized by an impersonator, which by the way, never happens. Got it.
Oh look, they shoveled some of the cow shit around front and are interviewing that pile now ...
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a dumb pile of fecal matter.
