How Important is the Right to Vote?
Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, speaking to the NAACP on the racism of voter ID laws.
“Many of those without IDs would have to travel great distances to get them and some would struggle to pay for the documents they might need to obtain them,” Holder said in a speech to the NAACP on Tuesday, referring specifically to a law being implemented in Texas. “We call those poll taxes.”
But not just anyone was allowed in to hear Mr. Holder rail against proper identification. The journalists listening to him, in order to get in, had to provide … wait for it … proper identification. So it is racist to require ID, and if so, what if the NAACP requires it? The answer … could get you charged with a hate crime.
Y’know, if you want to rent a movie, buy a beer and cigarettes, or fly on an airplane, you have to have an ID. Are each of them more important than your right to vote? Is that the message Holder and the NAACP are trying to send.
Check out this site for a list of myths about voter ID laws, and why they are indeed myths. And the next time you go to the Will Call window to pick up your tickets to the game or concert, and have to show your ID, consider whether that so-called hassle is worth it to protect your constitutional right to vote.
Filed under: Doug • Government • Race Issues • Voter ID
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Interesting argument that Holder made. So interesting, in fact, that I say we go ahead and use it as well.
Any government entity that prohibits or restricts shooting ranges within their city limits (e.g., Washington, D.C.; Chicago) are forcing citizens to travel great distances to get to shooting ranges where they can exercise their constitutional right. Also, any government entity that causes its populace to struggle to pay for documents, permits, licenses, etc., to obtain firearms are, in effect, establishing 2nd Amendment taxes.