[EL] Virginia Voter ID

[John Tanner]

What Fairfax County does in English in terms of election materials and
information it must do with equal effectiveness in Spanish.  AS a practical
matter that means somewhat different communication channels.


On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Legal Works of Marc Greidinger <
mpoweru4 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/virginia-prepares-for-new-voter-photo-id-law/article_39b3e5d5-dd31-52f9-ae4f-19d550349ccd.html
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> There is no way that Virginia can do what is required to sufficiently
> educate all of its voters about the new voter photo ID requirement with the
> insufficient time and resources that have been allotted. While voter ID was
> not an issue in 2013 because non-photo documents -- such as utility bills
> and social security cards -- were acceptable, 2014 will see many more
> Virginia voters falling through the cracks. Predictably, the persons who
> lose their votes will be mostly the elderly, the young,  the poor, racial
> and language minorities, people with disabilities, and people who lack
> transportation.
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> Of these groups, I would guess that the elderly will be the most heavily
> impacted, because the people from the other groups most likely to lack IDs
> are also those least likely to vote in 2014, ID notwithstanding. The GOP
> benefits particularly from elderly voters in Virginia’s 10thCongressional District, which is the most likely competitive race in
> Virginia in 2014. In short order, Democrats need to focus on mobilizing
> Spanish speaking minorities to get ID in this  Congressional district. Does
> the VRA also require officials to emphasize this in Fairfax County’s
> portion of the 10th, because Fairfax is more than 5% Hispanic according
> to the last census?
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> It would serve the Virginia GOP right if their own idiot photo ID law bit
> them in their own asses. One can only hope.
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