On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "you got data on that or are you just blowing it out your ass as usual. I > mean real hard data, some citations would be nice. I'm waiting..." > > Do a search of cf-community and you'll find plenty of discussions based on > analysis. > > For an example, one is voter id. Progressives argue that it hurts > minorities. They show no evidence of this and ignore evidence that states > that have implemented it have shown no differences in voter turnout. In > fact, some states showed increases in minority voting.
No evidence of this? Of course there have been studies done on the topic and they are well done and evidence-based. Try the Brennan Center study, for starters: http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/voting_law_changes_in_2012/ And then there is the common canard, "Why can't everyone just get the id they need to vote?" which is addressed in this study: http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/the_challenge_of_obtaining_voter_identification/ And, of course, there is the fact that the bulk of voter id-related laws (and certainly the most draconian of them) have all been passed since 2010. You say that there is evidence that they can increase minority voting? Interesting...considering that there have not been any major general elections since the passage of the bills. Kind of makes you wonder where those "numbers" you casually refer to actually come from. Republican-led state legislatures, in a coordinated fashion, jump on a bandwagon to introduce identical or nearly identical voter id laws across the country, all at roughly the same time. People pushing these laws all admit that they cannot point to any actual historical voting fraud to speak of and cannot point to any identifiable fraud that would likely be prevented after passage of these laws. Quantitative studies (which I reference above) show the large number of voters who would be disenfranchised and how/why they would be disenfranchised. Now, explain to me again how this is all about protecting the integrity of out voting process? Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
