Um, bum a ride to dmv and get a state id? It's not that hard. I didn't have a license for years, always needed some kind of ID even just to buy smokes or beer. You want to let people vote on less than you need to buy a pack of smokes?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:14 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: McCain spent 150,000 on Palin's clothes > > oh it gets better :) check out the following link, especially > the last paragraph (!) > > http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/17532.html > > By the way, I heard an interesting discussion on KUNM the other day. > Apparently they are having problems on the Navaho reservation > with the ID requirements in Arizona, especially for the more > traditional tribal members, who typically don't have > electricity and often don't drive a car or have a bank > account. It seems that the tribe tried to issue tribal ids to > avoid the issue -- it does not at the moment issue them > -- but the feds would not approve this. > > A story about the Arizona requirements: > > http://www.navajo.org/images/pdf%20releases/KFrancisPR/sept06/ > Identification%20required%20to%20vote%20in%20Arizona%20Primary > %20today.pdf > > http://www.navajo.org/News%20Releases/Joshua%20Lavar%20Butler/ > July08/Navajo_Woman_awarded_for_contesting_Prop_200_Law.pdf > > Things are somewhat better in New Mexico (the Navaho > reservation straddles the state line) where there is also a > court case alleging that Native American voters were > systematically purged or simply not registered, and faced > problems voting even after they overcame those hurdles. > > http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/sec_203/documents/cibola_amend > edcomp07.pdf > > Just saying -- those people who are saying that the only > obstacle to voting is ignorance are themselves rather ignorant. > > > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Larry Lyons > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>oh and as to this, it remains to be seen. In the last > election there > >>was quite and effective voter suppression effort around here and it > >>looks as though the GOP is at it again. They apparently are > >>"investigating" new voters. I don't mean trying to verify > citizenship, > >>which might be defensible, I guess -- I'm talking about cop-looking > >>guys showing up at the door of elderly women and asking > them why they > >>registered to vote. > >> > >>This might not seem important until you realize that the margin of > >>victory is alway paper-thin in new mexico. Though that > attitude would > >>also n my opinion not give enough weight to the right those elderly > >>women do have to cast a ballot. > > Nice it of voter intimidation that. What's next, searches > at polling places? Loyalty oaths? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276655 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
