NAACP Head Compares Voter ID Laws To Jim Crow

[mfcorey1]

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said a wave of newly enacted photo-ID requirements stemmed from what he saw as “the worst and most racist elements” in conservative Tea Party groups that have immersed themselves in state politics since the 2010 elections.

He compared photo ID laws to poll taxes and other past restrictions — since struck down by the courts — designed to keep blacks from voting in the segregated Deep South. And he said the latest measures were part of a racial backlash against the 2008 election of President Barack Obama.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-naacp-voters-idUSTRE76O6NP20110725

[BlueCaliDem]

1. K&R I wholeheartedly agree. This is a "new and improved" method of poll taxing

and a fail-proof way to disenfranchise young adults, students, blacks, and the poor - all potential Democratic voters.

Just like Scottie Walker-Koch and his legislature are finalizing a bill to close ten DMVs in Democratic voting heavy districts and will use the savings to extend operating hours in Republican heavy districts, the GOP has declared war on the Democratic voter. ( http://progressivetoo.com/2011/07/23/wi-governor-scott-walker-to-cut-dmv-centers-in-democratic-districts/ )

I'm totally shocked, shocked I tell ya, to discover how none of this is being reported in our trusty 4th estate. Hm...