Missouri Law Could Cut Off Minority, Senior Votes

[China_cat]

I did a search on all keywords and didn't find anything about this so if it's a dupe, please know that I tried.

http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/05/16/%e2%80%98un-american%e2%80%99-missouri-law-could-cut-off-minority-senior-votes/

In an eleventh-hour move, the Republican-dominated Missouri legislature passed one of the nation’s most restrictive voting bills. The new law will require all voters to show a government-issued photo ID card before they can cast a ballot, a move election officials say could disenfranchise as many as 190,000 voters, mainly people of color, seniors and people with disabilities



In an additional effort by Missouri Republicans to restrict the voting process, the bill also eliminates a voter’s option to vote a straight party ticket.

[Debau2005]

1. We are currently

figthing the voter id battle in Georgia. It has gone through several court challenges, and is still going through the court systems.

[Warpy]

2. Same thing here in NM

where traditional folks out on the rez don't have any sort of ID, and some of the old ones don't even have birth certificates.

This is an evil bill by evil people.

[Debau2005]

4. There is supposed to be

a bus/van that goes around signing people up for the picture id's. I have yet to see this bus...

[jwirr]

3. Since these laws have been passed I think we need to work

as advocates with these groups of people to see that they DO have the ID cards they need in November. Go to where they are and offer to help them get the paperwork done. Do it now so that they are ready in November.

[OzarkDem]

5. Robin Carnahan is my hero

She's fighting the GOP tooth and nail, while at the same time she's fighting a deadly battle against breast cancer.

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/15007/


http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/9DCB605917E7194686257158001581AE?OpenDocument