Monday, January 25, 2016

NC Voter ID Law an Impediment for the Stupid, Incompetent and Lazy





Advocates for “just show up and vote” are trying to strike down a North Carolina law that requires a photo ID.  They would have us believe that today’s requirements are more onerous than the Jim Crow era.  Here is an excerpt from the Winston-Salem Journal:

Rosanell Eaton, 94, has been a registered voter for more than 70 years.


As a black woman growing up in the Jim Crow South, she had to read the preamble of the U.S. Constitution in order to register to vote. Last year, she was forced to make 10 trips to the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles and other state offices so she could vote in this year’s elections.


That’s because of North Carolina’s new photo ID requirement, which goes into effect this election cycle. According to attorneys with the N.C. NAACP, the new requirement forced Eaton to spend more than 20 hours to obtain a photo ID. Her name was spelled differently on the other forms of identification that she needed for a photo ID.


Do progressives really want us to believe that attendants at a voters registration office in the Jim Crow South would require a person to read the preamble without first verifying the legitimacy of the voter?  If the Jim Crow South was hell bent on not allowing blacks to vote, I do believe they would’ve demanded proof of residency.  But hey, that’s just a thought.


Last month, I had an experience at Wal-Mart where a cashier refused my credit card because my crappy North Carolina license had crumpled apart.  They required a photo ID.  I had to reorder another one which only took a week.  I’ve had to use a photo ID on many occasions.  How can these people go through life without one?


One gets the feeling when reading this article that the overall attitude by progressives is that minorities are incompetent and stupid.   Here is another excerpt:


Plaintiffs have also argued that blacks and Hispanics are more likely to live in places where there isn’t public transportation. They also point to racial disparities in household incomes, literacy rates and access to private cars as potential obstacles to efforts by blacks and Hispanics to obtain a photo ID.


One of the plaintiffs, Maria Del Carmen Sanchez, had to make numerous trips to the DMV because her name is presented differently because of naming conventions in Hispanic culture, attorneys for the plaintiffs said.


If they don’t have access to public transportation or private vehicles then how in the hell are they going to get to the polls?  If you can’t read, how can you vote, or have an educated understanding on the issues of the day?  And if a wannabe voter can’t provide their correct name, then whose fault is that?  Why are we making excuses for stupid, incompetent and lazy people?  This is not a difficult process!


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