NAACP Requires Two Forms of ID From Media to See Eric Holder Say Voter ID Laws Are Racist.

Earlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the NAACP [National] Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. What did media need in order to attend? That’s right, government issued photo identification (and a second form of identification too!), something both Holder and the NAACP stand firmly against when it comes to voting. Holder’s DOJ is currently suing Texas for “discriminatory” voter ID laws. From the press release:

‘All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (such as a driver’s license) as well as valid media credentials. Members of the media must RSVP to receive press credentials at http://action.naacp.org/page/s/registration. For security purposes, media check-in and equipment set up must be completed by 7:45 a.m. CDT for an 8:00 a.m. CDT security sweep. Once the security sweep is completed, additional media equipment will NOT be permitted to enter and swept equipment will NOT be permitted to exit.’

To make it even more ironic, NAACP CEO and President Benjamin Jealous addressed the conference on Monday and also railed against voter ID laws, comparing the issue to the civil rights battles of the 1960s. These are “Selma and Montgomery times,” he said, referring to historic Alabama civil rights confrontations.

“We must overwhelm the rising tide of voting suppression with the high tide of registration and mobilization and motivation and protection,” said Jealous.
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) called out Holder for his apparent hypocrisy today while speaking on the House Floor, saying: “Holder is inconsistent. He believes in security and photo IDs for people when he speaks but rejects valid security and IDs for people when they vote.” Watch all of his comments here:

http://news.yahoo.com/naacp-requires-two-forms-id-media-see-eric-035844978.html

And this is even better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P5p70YbRiPw

easy one

the constitution says nothing about who qualifies to attend conventions, unlike the many references it makes regarding voting


and

press badges are tied to a COMPANY, COPRORATION, MEDIA SOURCE , who has PAID to have Specific employees use the badge, it is easy for someone to work within the company and swipe such badge even IF the company did not PAY for that employee to have that privilege




UNLIKE voting cards, which are sent specifically to personal residences with the added consequence of a FEDERAL offense for fraud

I'm surprised Holdit doesn't require voter reg cards to make sure he's letting in the right people.

Yes but sometimes those cards are sent to the address and the person has moved and the cards are not to be forwarded. So what's to stop someone whose name isnt on the card from using that card to vote.

You mean that perhaps an illegal could do that?

OH NO!!! There's no such thing as voter fraud. Just look at the recall election of senator Van Wanggaard from Racine, WI

They should let anyone who wants to vote, vote. No I.D. card required at all. (Because, sorry to say, your vote does not matter anyway.)

That is because all states are part of the corporation and in the end, votes come down to three electoral votes out of D.C. (The corporation is not going to allow the citizens to pick their president.)

Vote or don't vote, it does not matter. If it makes you feel good about yourself, then vote. I'm not going to waste my time.

I think the NAACP should require three identifications of the press just to further make their point. Voter I.D. card laws aren't racist, they are just stupid.

who said anything about requiring voting cards?

state issued license or ID would suffice.

this whole issue is totally bizarre.

we must accept voter fraud because showing a driver's license is racist.

this country is fning stupid

i dont know,, lack of interest coupled with the risk of a FEDERAL OFFENSE? Not saying it cant or doesnt happen, just that its probably not a major problem or regular occurrence

most the people who CAN vote dont,,,Im doubting many are stealing voting cards to go stand in lines and put in their vote,,

who ever said there wasnt voter fraud?

if there werent, there would be no need for laws making it an OFFENSE....lol

can you think of anything involving ID where fraud NEVER Happens?

I think the point of REGISTERING and receiving a card is to attempt to make sure everyone has an EQUAL chance

that is, each person gets ONE vote, as opposed to voting two times or two hundred times to someone elses one,,,,

requiring NO type of check in process would be chaotic and untrue reflection of constituent support,,,

there is no difference, except changing the rules in an election year

AND indirectly requiring a MONETARY expense to be able to continue being a part of the VOTING process

using 'ids' would not stop fraud either as fraudulent people have found ways to fake those too,,,,,

the 'fraud' issue is a smokescreen issue, its not ever going to be completely avoided

MS Harmony... you need ID to do just about anything in this country.

the idea that it is requiring a monetary expense is absurd.

I believe South Carolina passed paying for IDs for people that couldn't afford $35..

DOJ still sued them..

fraud will be heavily deterred.. IDs have so many stickers and reflectors that they are almost impossible for the average person to fake one.

anyone claiming its racist to deter fraud is putting up a smokescreen.

JUST about anything, doesnt mean EVERYTHING

expenses arent just incurred with the ID, but with transportation to SOMEPLACE that STATE IDS are issued,,,and then IDS expire so that the process has to be repeated


fraud will not be heavily deterred, in my opinion, those people who are so DETERMINED to vote that they STEAL voter cards are probably much fewer than people that would just use their FAKE ID,,,

its, as I said before, nothing mroe than a smokescreen to diminish the votes for THIS Election.....


and deter people in future elections

there are already those registerd who dont vote, and we will just increase the number who dont bother to register because of the added hassle of being REQUIRED to renew an ide in order to continue voting

Here is the real smokescreen..

HAAAAA

nice distraction,,

yes, yes it is troubling that , on the average, minorities continue to have an unemployment rate that nearly DOUBLES the majority

but we dont want to discuss discrepancies for fear of being accused of merely playing a 'card'

Accused? guilty as charged.