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Serial election law misinformer Fund complains that DOJ is "injecting race" into decisions under Voting Rights Act

October 21, 2009 8:15 am ET

From the October 21 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:

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From the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (emphasis added):

No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision in a manner which results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.

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    • Author by smarshall1432997 (October 21, 2009 9:12 am ET)
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      So let's us Americans see how ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC do their report on this "trumped-up" charge about the DOJ from FoxNews Channel and it's loyal Guest here? Joe Scarborough should just "love" this, LOL.
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    • Author by bilbo_dies (October 21, 2009 9:29 am ET)
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      Do I understand this right?
      This guy is complaining because DOJ is basing decisions on how voting changes affect people of different races?
      (e.g. diluting black votes because of district changes, etc)

      Isn't that what the voting rights act was about?
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    • Author by oscar the grouch (October 21, 2009 9:31 am ET)
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      So, why is the DOJ (Federal) involved in a local issue in this case? No party affiliation should be the standard in most local elections.
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      • Author by smarshall1432997 (October 21, 2009 10:00 am ET)
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        Republicans, Conservatives and GOP's are "NOT" winning labels for their Political Candidates in this local area, so they want people "NOT" to know who they "are" so maybe they can "WIN". Huh? So, FoxNews and their invited Guest here, threw in some "race" controversy with Obama's DOJ so the word could get out to the Voters for much-needed support? Hmmm, makes sense in winning by ANY means necessary. LOL

        Who would have thought that Republicans, Conservatives and GOP labels are "NOT" winning Labels for up-coming Elections across America? Uh, oh. LOL
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        • Author by themidnightreview.com (October 21, 2009 10:48 am ET)
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          The conservatives discovered something! Black people realized that the GOP was hijacked by people who do not have their best interests in hand, and yes, some of those people are racist, but now the conservatives are upset because of all their hate-baiting, they have lost valuable votes, black votes, and are upset because the party affiliation is hurting their candidates.

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          • Author by griffithra (October 21, 2009 2:32 pm ET)
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            May I let you in on a little secret? The GOP has the interest of capitolism in hand, whether that falls within the black race or not. I think that you are out of line as to call some GOP representatives "racist."
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            • Author by themidnightreview.com (October 22, 2009 10:21 am ET)
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              I did not say that some GOP representatives are racist, I stated that some Republicans are racist, but I was not supporting the argument that everything the GOP does is motivated by race.

              The same goes for the Democrats, The Constitution Party, the Reform Party, the Libertarian Party, etc. There will always be people who adhere to those set of political beliefs that may be motivated by race, but it is not out of line to call some GOP representatives racist, as long as you can back up what they say. They may not be motivated in this instance by race, but nationally, the conservative movement has been filled with a lot of vitriol, and in my opinion, it is beginning to backfire within certain communities.

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      • Author by bilbo_dies (October 21, 2009 10:08 am ET)
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        I don't fully understand the local issue but; the DOJ gets involved in "local" voting rights issues when it has been shown that there has been past practices that have disenfranchised voters.
        Examples would be voter registration rules that didn't allow certain groups to register or vote, districting methods that purposely split communities in a way that diluted votes based on race, etc.
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 21, 2009 10:38 am ET)
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        So, why is the DOJ (Federal) involved in a local issue in this case?
        Perhaps because the Voting Rights Act applied to Federal as well as State elections?
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    • Author by rwk0007 (October 21, 2009 10:18 am ET)
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      I don't really understand this. So, you have to be able to vote based on race if you want. But why does that have anything to do with what political party someone is? Are they saying there are no minority Repubs?

      And sure states rights... blah blah blah... Local issue... fox bringing up local issues... blah...

      I just don't really get the race thing in here.
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      • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (October 21, 2009 10:40 am ET)
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        Are they saying there are no minority Repubs?
        Not in Congress, anyway.
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    • Author by JoshSN (October 21, 2009 2:52 pm ET)
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      As someone who often thinks that the party system we've got today can be more of a hindrance than not, I'm not entirely against dropping party labels from ballots.

      I'm also concerned that idiots vote in other idiots just based on party identification.

      Does this make me a Conservative? Just because I want the bar to vote to be a little higher than being able to flick a lightswitch?
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