Bill would require photo ID to cast vote (Nebraska to supress the vote too?)

[formerlurker]

Omaha Steve
 
Bill would require photo ID to cast vote (Nebraska to supress the vote too?)


We already are stuck with a majority of R voters. I guess R leaders are afraid they will jump ship. There will be a rally against this Thursday in Lincoln with free bus rides offered and more.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120108/NEWS01/701089899#bill-would-require-photo-id-to-cast-vote

Published Sunday January 8, 2012

LINCOLN — The first big battle of the 2012 Legislature is shaping up over a bill requiring Nebraskans to show government-issued photo identification to vote.

Legislative Bill 239 made it out of committee last year but never came up for debate.

Now it's high enough on the agenda that lawmakers are expected to take it up within a week or two.

Opponents have already dug in for a fight, filing enough amendments last week to ensure that the discussion will be lengthy.

FULL story at link.

Fact sheet about LB 239: http://nereform.org/index/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Nebraska-Voter-ID-Effects1.pdf?utm_source=Nebraska+Appleseed+List&utm_campaign=e7af054ead-Voting_Rights_Action_Alert_01_05_2012&utm_medium=email

Organizations opposed to LB 239:

AARP Nebraska
ADAPT NE - Statewide Living Council
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
ARC of Nebraska
Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN)
Black Men United
Bold Nebraska
Center for People in Need
Common Cause Nebraska
Douglas County Commissioners
Latino American Commission
NAACP Lincoln
NAACP Omaha
NACO
Nebraska ACLU
Nebraska Advocacy Services
Nebraska Appleseed
Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs
Nebraska League of Women Voters
Nebraska State Education Association
North Omaha Voter Participation Project
Progressive Research Institute

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002139410

[franksolich]

Too bad Omaha's Ed Norton didn't itemize the list of organizations for this bill, or something similar with it; but of course it'd be miles long.

[BEG]

From The Blaze, you have to have an ID to buy drain cleaner in obama's home state but you are a racist if you want voters to show an ID.

 LINK

Got a clogged drain? Before you can buy that liquid drain cleaner, I need to see some ID.

**snip**.

Illinois has a new law that took effect on January 1 requiring all people who purchase drain cleaners or any caustic substances to provide a government issued photo ID. And retailers now must ask for identification from those buying drain cleaners and maintain extensive records of which caustic products have been purchased, in what amounts, and by whom.

The law came about after two Illinois women were burned by acid attacks back in 2008. One of the women later admitted to burning herself with acid, but the law was still pushed through the system.

And so, because of one random crime where acid was used to burn a victim, thousands of people will be forced to show identification when they purchase drain cleaners, and countless hours of business time will be spent filling out, maintaining and monitoring the government mandated forms associated with each purchase. Additionally, any person carrying caustic chemicals can be charged with a Class 4 felony in Illinois. (Class 4 felonies can carry fines up to $25,000 and 1-3 years in jail.)

The Illinois drain cleaner law is just one of the 40,000 new laws that took effect in the new year. For the record, the 40,000 new laws are a 29% increase over the previous year.

**snip**

[JohnnyReb]

From the list of Orgs. against the bill, I'd say that most have some form of government ID...police photo...most wanted poster.

[Skul]

The law came about after two Illinois women were burned by acid attacks back in 2008. One of the women later admitted to burning herself with acid, but the law was still pushed through the system.

Drain cleaner is an ACID??? 

[GOBUCKS]

Drain cleaner is an ACID??? 

Sure. It's a chemical, isn't it?

For he libtards, it's just like all firearms are either assault rifles or Glocks
(we used to have Saturday night specials, but they're apparently all gone now).

[miskie]

Sure. It's a chemical, isn't it?

For he libtards, it's just like all firearms are either assault rifles or Glocks
(we used to have Saturday night specials, but they're apparently all gone now).

Indeed - I just saw a beer commercial where Billy Dee Williams was hawking Glock 45.

[Big Don]

From The Blaze, you have to have an ID to buy drain cleaner in obama's home state but you are a racist if you want voters to show an ID.

 LINK

Well, since poor people and minorities never have clogged drains, it is only fair...

[thundley4]

Well, since poor people and minorities never have clogged drains, it is only fair...

Well, they do, but they just call the landlord and threaten to take their section 8 subsidy somewhere else.

[Linda]

I live in Florida and I have to show my ID to vote...What makes them think they are so special that they don't need to prove who they are to vote? Geesh what little bitty crybabies they are.

[franksolich]

Do you know if by chance my fellow Nebraskan's released his platform yet, for his race for the Bellevue City Council?  I believe he'd promised he was going to do that soon.

Nothing in the Omaha newspapers about it.

I can hardly wait to see what Omaha's Ed Norton proposes to do about lowering taxes, lessening governmental interference in business and personal life, honoring the military, coming down hard on public sector unions, ending machine cronyism and corruption, and all these other stances necessary for winning in Bellevue.

[docstew]

I live in Florida and I have to show my ID to vote...What makes them think they are so special that they don't need to prove who they are to vote? Geesh what little bitty crybabies they are.

It's not that they mind for the first vote. It just gets tiresome remembering which ID to show with which name they're trying to use to vote that second, third, and fourth time.

[GOBUCKS]

Do you know if by chance my fellow Nebraskan's released his platform yet, for his race for the Bellevue City Council?  I believe he'd promised he was going to do that soon.

Nothing in the Omaha newspapers about it.

I can hardly wait to see what Omaha's Ed Norton proposes to do about lowering taxes, lessening governmental interference in business and personal life, honoring the military, coming down hard on public sector unions, ending machine cronyism and corruption, and all these other stances necessary for winning in Bellevue.

In Ohio, elected state officials are allowed to purchase season tickets to Buckeye football games.

If a similar situation holds in Nebraska, we have the Weeper's motivation.

Bellevue council is just a stepping stone to some sweet seats at Memorial Stadium.

Of course, he'd want them to be comped.

 

[dixierose]

I'm sure this has been asked before; but how do these people who would be disenfranchised do any business at a bank? Am I to suppose that NONE of these people ever have to cash a check?

[diesel driver]

I'm sure this has been asked before; but how do these people who would be disenfranchised do any business at a bank? Am I to suppose that NONE of these people ever have to cash a check?

Or go to a liquor store, buy cigarettes, etc.

IT's cuz voting is a RIGHT, and dims have a RIGHT to vote numerous times, even when dead.   

[franksolich]

Or go to a liquor store, buy cigarettes, etc.

IT's cuz voting is a RIGHT, and dims have a RIGHT to vote numerous times, even when dead.   

That's all it is; it has nothing at all to do with disenfranchising potential voters.

It has everything to do with Democrats, liberals, and primitives trying to commit election fraud by having the jowly carbuncled cigar-smoking guy sitting behind a desk at city hall create votes out of thin air.

Voter identification just makes it harder to do that.  Not impossible, but harder.

[Airwolf]

KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha this morning was talking about this and asking the same questions. They also mentioned that the DOJ might add Nebraska to thier list of who to sue over having to require an ID to vote.

[JohnnyReb]

The stealing of copper, scrap meatals of all types has gotten so bad in my area that the county now requires anyone selling scrap to have a photo ID and a scrap sellers number.

I was at the scrap yard a few times last week and the line of Obama voters was unbelieveable. People were driving in with the trunk and backseat of their cars stuffed with scrap. Most of it looked so hot it shouldn't take much electricity to melt it down.

[Rugnuts]

wouldnt it create jobs?

some business out there makes a machine that creates the IDs

[BlueStateSaint]

wouldnt it create jobs?

some business out there makes a machine that creates the IDs

Owned by George Soros, no doubt.

[GOBUCKS]

Or go to a liquor store, buy cigarettes, etc.

IT's cuz voting is a RIGHT, and dims have a RIGHT to vote numerous times, even when dead.   

In the Peoples' Republic of Illinois, you need a photo ID to buy a jug of Drano.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Drain cleaner is an ACID??? 

The difference between 'Caustic' and 'Corrosive,' or 'Bases' and 'Acids,' apparently eluded the sooper-jeenyuses making laws in Illinutz.

[miskie]

The difference between 'Caustic' and 'Corrosive,' or 'Bases' and 'Acids,' apparently eluded the sooper-jeenyuses making laws in Illinutz.

7th grade science class...   

[SaintLouieWoman]

I live in Florida and I have to show my ID to vote...What makes them think they are so special that they don't need to prove who they are to vote? Geesh what little bitty crybabies they are.

They just want the privilege of voting multiple times. In St Louis it's honed to perfection. They even vote from the grave. I guess those ghosts lost their picture ID's. 

It's amateur hour in St Louis compared to "across the river--Mississippi that is" in Illinois. They're pros at that multiple voting there. ID's would just get in the way.

[BlueStateSaint]

They just want the privilege of voting multiple times. In St Louis it's honed to perfection. They even vote from the grave. I guess those ghosts lost their picture ID's. 

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