As if it weren’t bad enough that states are wasting millions to
defend voter identification measures against frivolous federal lawsuits,
the feds are being punished for filing the extraneous suits and have
been ordered to pay one state’s legal costs.
The story comes out of South Carolina, one of more than two dozen states that have enacted laws requiring voters to show some type of official photo identification to vote. The idea is to prevent election fraud, but the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that requiring a photo ID at the polls discriminates against minorities because many are too poor to obtain them. The Florida congresswoman who chairs the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says voter ID laws are a “full-scale-assault” on minority voters designed to “rig” elections for Republicans.
Read more: http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/01/court-orders-feds-to-pay-states-legal-fees-in-frivolous-voter-id-case/
The story comes out of South Carolina, one of more than two dozen states that have enacted laws requiring voters to show some type of official photo identification to vote. The idea is to prevent election fraud, but the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) claims that requiring a photo ID at the polls discriminates against minorities because many are too poor to obtain them. The Florida congresswoman who chairs the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says voter ID laws are a “full-scale-assault” on minority voters designed to “rig” elections for Republicans.
Read more: http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2013/01/court-orders-feds-to-pay-states-legal-fees-in-frivolous-voter-id-case/
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