Sunday, August 5, 2012

Where's that insinuation?

The Rev. Peter Johnson, a Dallas voting rights activist, says Texas's voter ID law "confounds and offends" him. He says that it seems to make it more difficult for blacks to vote. No, it doesn't. It imposes no more on blacks than it does on any other voter. 

Johnson said it insinuates that blacks and other minorities regularly commit voter fraud. I guess I missed that part of it. And if I'm not mistaken, it was the Justice Department and people like Johnson who injected race into the equation when they insinuated that blacks and other minorities aren't smart enough to get a photo ID.

Yes, there is racism out there, but it's not on the part of those who want to insure legitimate elections.

"Expert: Voter ID law won't affect turnout." The Dallas Morning News; July 12, 2012; p. 5A.

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