GOP PROPOSES IMMIGRATION BILL AMENDMENT REQUIRING DISENFRANCHISING PHOTO ID RESTRICTIONS AT POLLS

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REPUBLICANS PROPOSE IMMIGRATION BILL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE DISENFRANCHISING PHOTO ID RESTRICTIONS AT POLLING PLACE!
Sen. McConnell's Provision Would Amend Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to Include Attempt to Keep Legally Registered Voters from Voting!
GOP Prepared to Stop at Nothing to Undermine Most Basic American Values...Such as Democracy...

Un-believable. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has introduced an amendment to the proposed new Immigration Law that would require disenfranchising Photo ID restrictions on voters at the polling place, according to a press release just out from National League of Women Voters.

The provision tagged onto the immigration bill would amend the horrible Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 that McConnell co-sponsored and pushed through to passage along with his Republican counterpart and lead author in the House, the now-jailed Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-IL).

The key provision in the amendment is as follows:

SEC. 304. IDENTIFICATION OF VOTERS AT THE POLLS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding the requirements of section 303(b), each State shall require individuals casting ballots in an election for Federal office in person to present a current valid photo identification issued by a governmental entity before voting.

(b) Effective Date.--Each State shall be required to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) on and after January 1, 2008.

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[proud2BlibKansan]

1. God damnit.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Poison pill anyone?

[Donnachaidh]

3. They are afraid of '08

Taking measures to put the software in place to disappear another million or so votes.

[AndyA]

4. Motherf*ckers just don't give up, do they.

They rape us. They beat us. They piss on us. They slit our throats - and then they take a dump in the gaping hole.

And they do it in the name of God. :mad:

[villager]

5. and so far, we keep letting them....

n/t

[msongs]

7. don't you wish we had a real opposition party that fights back? nt

[Pastiche423]

6. I wonder how that would work w/Oregon

We don't go to the polls. We vote in our homes, then either mail or drop off PAPER ballots in locked and watched boxes.

[VP505]

8. I have worked as a Presiding Judge

at the polls for 20+ years, and IMHO it would be virtually impossible to swing an election one person at a time with ineligible voters at the polls. If someone is going to steal an election it will be done in the back room where the counting takes place or with legislation such as this that could block a large number of voters spread out over the entire district by creating unnecessary obstacles to voting.

[mantis49]

9. How do they think this is gonna fly?

States that have tried this (thinking MO and GA) have been shot down by the courts.

[BikeWriter]

10. Anarchy, anyone?

[bananas]

11. somebody give this another rec, please.

thank you.

[Gman]

12. McConnel is trying to kill the immigration bill

he knows with this amendment the immigration bill has no chance of passing.