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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Voter ID Law Had No ‘Suppression’ Impact on Black Americans in Recent Alabama Election

Alabama’s voter ID laws had no suppression impact on black American turnout in the state’s most recent Senate election.

Despite constant accusations from organizations funded by billionaire George Soros and Democrats that laws mandating voters show ID ahead of casting a ballot suppress minority turnout, the most recent case in Alabama seemingly debunks this theory.

In the Alabama Senate runoff election in late 2017 — where Roy Moore and Doug Jones fought to take Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former seat — black Americans turned out in droves to push Jones over the edge to win the election, even as the state had implemented a new voter ID law.

The New York Times admitted in a report that the high black American voter turnout in Alabama “complicates” the claim by leftist advocacy groups and Democrats that voter ID laws keep black Americans from getting out to vote.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've been to my primary care doctor. PRMC and the local pharmacy this month. I had to show a legal photo ID. I'm all for this as it protects me (and the businesses) from fraud.

What happens when someone needs these services but do not have an ID because they claim it is too burdensome and difficult to go to the DMV to obtain a photo ID?