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In reply to the discussion: "The Most Brazen Attempt at Voter Suppression Yet" [View all]Docross
(39 posts)He's fighting it with everything he's got.
(But we want it NOW ...this instant!
what ELSE has he got to do?!... oh...yeah...)
Oct 14: ".....the soon-to-step-down Holder pointed to a federal judge's
ruling that Texas's voter ID law was designed with "discriminatory purpose"
and amounted to an unconstitutional "poll tax" on Lone Star State residents.
.. "We could NOT allow the states to interpret the Shelby County decision
as open season on the right of people to vote "
.
...."the Obama administration may be able to use Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act
to "bail in" Texas under the requirement that states pre-approve any changes to their
voting laws with the Justice Department or a federal court"
(Since ...overturned by a Republican Court)
Holder wants to send a warning shot to any state or jurisdiction that
might consider restrictive voting laws:
"We will come after you"