Jim Crow laws
Tea Party Voter Suppression Effort Targeting Black Precincts
The Daily Banter Headline Grab. From Huff Post: Poll watchers from groups ostensibly targeting voter fraud are headed primarily to minority voting precincts on Election Day, lending support to the argument that their real goal is to suppress the African-American and Latino ...read more
The Daily Banter Weekly Round Up!!
This week on The Daily Banter, we looked at Mitt Romney's deceptive use of racist language, and broke down why the ongoing Bain Capital story is so important. We looked at the 'Money Honey' Maria Bartiromo's consistent disregard for the facts on Wall St scandals, and Chez asked ...read more
Five Million Registered Voters will be Hindered by Voter ID Laws
By Bob Cesca: Imagine you're nearly 100 years old and you've voted in almost every election since casting a ballot for Franklin Roosevelt in 1936. You're a fully registered voter and your tattered, dog-earned registration card has always allowed you access to your constitutional ...read more
The Voter ID Poll Tax and the Childish Republican Response
By Bob Cesca: By way of a follow-up to my column yesterday about the Republican effort to disenfranchise millions of poor, elderly and working class Americans by passing Voter ID laws that require a government-issued photo ID in order to vote, I'd like to cover a well-worn ...read more
Voter ID Laws are Resurrecting the Spirit of Jim Crow
By Bob Cesca: If President Obama loses in November, it won't be Super PACs or Republican lies about his record that will defeat him. It won't be fundraising or advertising or punditry. If President Obama loses, it will almost certainly be due to Jim Crow style voter ...read more