Supreme Court allows Texas voter ID law for now

[Karee 4,190]

Read post #349.

That was your first mistake.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Read post #349. JohnR! implied that somehow a voter I.d. law will ensure gop minions can stuff the ballots. Whaf does that mean?

When JohnR says "ballotts", he really means "man butt". So replace the word "ballots" with "man butt" and you'll understand.

[Rob L 3,811]

When JohnR says "ballotts", he really means "man butt". So replace the word "ballots" with "man butt" and you'll understand.

You are full of Inn u endos

[UncleBeer 244]

Pretty significant for a 'non-existent' problem.

“How many non-citizens participate in U.S. elections? More than 14 percent of non-citizens in both the 2008 and 2010 samples indicated that they were registered to vote. Furthermore, some of these non-citizens voted. Our best guess, based upon extrapolations from the portion of the sample with a verified vote, is that 6.4 percent of non-citizens voted in 2008 and 2.2 percent of non-citizens voted in 2010. Because non-citizens tended to favor Democrats (Obama won more than 80 percent of the votes of non-citizens in the 2008 CCES sample), we find that this participation was large enough to plausibly account for Democratic victories in a few close elections. Non-citizen votes could have given Senate Democrats the pivotal 60th vote needed to overcome filibusters in order to pass health-care reform and other Obama administration priorities in the 111th Congress. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) won election in 2008 with a victory margin of 312 votes. Votes cast by just 0.65 percent of Minnesota non-citizens could account for this margin. It is also possible that non-citizen votes were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina. Obama won the state by 14,177 votes, so a turnout by 5.1 percent of North Carolina’s adult non-citizens would have provided this victory margin.”

[Karee 4,190]

Pretty significant for a 'non-existent' problem.

At first I thought that article was from some far right wing rag. Then I clicked the link, and lo and behold, it's the Washington Post. No wonder the left is fighting this law. I couldn't understand why anyone would be against this law. It makes sense now.

[UncleBeer 244]

At first I thought that article was from some far right wing rag. Then I clicked the link, and lo and behold, it's the Washington Post.

If/when I find a story on a political blog, I always trail it back to a 'respectable' media source. (although WaPo isn't shy about showing their left-wing bias on a regular basis),

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

At first I thought that article was from some far right wing rag. Then I clicked the link, and lo and behold, it's the Washington Post. No wonder the left is fighting this law. I couldn't understand why anyone would be against this law. It makes sense now.

There is only one reason anyone could be against it .

[Pooky 3,809]

There is only one reason anyone could be against it .

Because other people are for it?

[GandD 5,966]

And I also find it amusing and annoying that some who are against having an ID to vote are against legal gun ownership. Some say it is a violation to have to prove identity to vote, yet they are against those who jump through all the hoops to become gun owners.

Good point. Lock step in party lines.

[Merle 458]

There is only one reason anyone could be against it .

(Sarcasm on) Are you implying that a certain party is scared they won't be able to win if they can't cheat? Please, say it ain't so! (Sarcasm off)

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Elections in the U.S. are not the same as elections in the UK.

Do they have elections in the UK? I thought the queen just appointed whom she wants in whatever office. Prolly where Obama got the idea of not needing to go thru Congress.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

And there are those who believe you should provide an id to vote but not to buy a gun. It takes every kind of people...

Seen LOTS of gun threads here. Have never seen one pro-gun person say no one should show an ID to buy a gun. I believe you are making that up.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Pretty significant for a 'non-existent' problem.

By non citizens do they mean illegals or are they including LPR's too?

[Rob L 3,811]

There is only one reason anyone could be against it .

I provided several well reasoned arguments and questions. Three justices argued against the law and the others left the door open to revisit the topic...they must disagree with you.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Do they have elections in the UK? I thought the queen just appointed whom she wants in whatever office. Prolly where Obama got the idea of not needing to go thru Congress.

The funny thing here is that I honestly do not know if what you wrote is an attempt at irony or if you literally believe it to be true.

I'm currently 60/40 on the latter.