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Americans Affirm Voter ID Laws
By Jan LaRue
If photo ID laws are the bane to minority voting rights that leftists and
assorted federal judges claim, you’d expect the public to agree. Not even
close.
Eighty percent of Americans, white and nonwhite across party lines support
photo ID laws, according to a Gallup poll taken Aug. 15-16:
Nonwhite: 77%
Republicans: 93%
Independents: 83%
Democrats: 63%
Last July, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas’ “strict
photo ID law” discriminated against or disproportionately affected black
and Latino voters who allegedly face hardships in obtaining the necessary
documents, which include any of the following:
Election identification certificate
Dept. of Public Safety personal ID card
U.S. military ID
U.S. citizenship certificate
U.S. passport
License to carry a concealed handgun issued by the Department of Public
Safety
The National Conference of State Legislatures website provides detailed
information on each state’s voter ID law as of Aug. 19.
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Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/08/americans_affirm_voter_id_laws.html#ixzz4ITJ1L7wP
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