Omg - Cuccinelli (R) Gov Va says state no longer needs Voting Rights Act.

[jillan]

They are way beyond racism, they no longer need to follow the VRA rules. I never knew that GA was rid of its racists, did you??

http://networkedblogs.com/bC2hQ

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) declared on Tuesday that his commonwealth had “outgrown” institutional racism and no longer needed to be subject to the Voting Rights Act’s redistricting requirements. Speaking to a group of reporters in Richmond, Cuccinelli argued that Congress ought to remove Virginia from a group of nine southern and western states who must get their redistricting maps pre-approved by the Department of Justice in order to prevent discrimination against minority voters:

Cuccinelli also addressed the issue of redistricting, saying he thought it was time for Virginia to be released from its federally mandated oversight by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


Cuccinelli, however, said Virginia has “outgrown” that requirement, as the state — which he acknowledged originated Massive Resistance — is no longer marked by institutionalized bigotry.

Cuccinelli’s comments are not idle banter. They are part of an orchestrated conservative effort to undermine the Voting Rights Act and remove federal protection for minority voters. Last year, conservatives took aim at Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in the Supreme Court case NAMUDNO v. Holder. The Court upheld the legislation in an 8-1 vote – conservative Justice Thomas was the lone dissent – but as the Wonk Room’s Ian Millhiser notes, the Roberts-led Court may be threatening to “invalidate the statute” if Congress doesn’t alter the Voting Rights Act soon.

So after the Repugs get rid of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare - the Voting Rights Act must be next on the chopping block.

[Drale]

1. That is something that will make it to the supreme court

and will be upheld (hopefully). God help us if it isnt, it will open up a whole new can of worms.

[jillan]

2. Could you imagine if it was overturned? What is wrong with republicans that they don't want any

sense of order? They want to overturn everything that is in their way of absolute power.

[Drale]

3. They think that Chaos is good for business

what they don't realize is that if there is anarchy, there would be no money. Therefore no rich and no poor, only the strong and the weak and I'm pretty sure all those rich people are real wimps when it comes to physical stuff.

[brooklynite]

4. Error in your Title...

Cuccinelli is the AG, not the Gov