MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by voters who wanted to wear tea party T-shirts and buttons that said “Please I.D. Me” to the polls in last November’s election.
U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought before the court again.
A coalition of groups that form Election Integrity Watch had claimed Minnesota’s statute banning political buttons, badges and insignia in polling places was unconstitutional. The groups said that enforcing the statute violated their free speech and that laws enforced in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties denied their right to vote.
Ericksen disagreed, saying the law and Election Day Policy are constitutional, and “Minnesota’s strong interest in creating a neutral zone where individuals can vote free from external influence is reasonably furthered by restricting the expression of political views within the narrow confines of the polling place.”
She said the statute “on its face, is neutral. It applies to any political badge or button, no matter what view it espouses.”
Minnesota Majority, one of the groups in the coalition, disagreed and said conservative and populist groups were singled out. Dan McGrath, Minnesota Majority’s executive director, said the group will appeal.
“We are confident that this will not stand,” McGrath said.
State law says a person may not wear political badges, buttons or other insignia at or about the polling place on the day of a primary or election. It also says campaign material advocating for or against a candidate or ballot question may not be displayed within 100 feet of a polling place on primary or election day.
Erickson said election policy clearly says that a person wearing such items will be told to cover them up or remove them, but would still be allowed to vote. Those who refuse to remove the items are referred to the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings, and could face a petty misdemeanor.
She said polling places are nonpublic, neutral zones and the state has a legitimate interest in providing a safe, advocacy-free environment. She also says it’s reasonable for election judges to use discretion to ensure that polling places remain neutral and voters are not disturbed by “ad hoc, of-the-moment campaigns.”
One plaintiff had claimed he was denied the right to vote. But Ericksen said the plaintiffs failed to connect that claim to the defendants in this case, which included election officials and prosecutors in Ramsey and Hennepin Counties, as well as Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Ericksen also reiterated that Election Day Policy mandates that all individuals be allowed the right to vote.
The coalition had argued it should be allowed to wear the buttons to the polls on Election Day because it didn’t endorse any political party or candidates and the issue of voter identification wasn’t on the ballot. But Ericksen said the organized effort to wear buttons referring to voter identification could confuse or intimidate voters.
McGrath said that he is under threat of prosecution for wearing his button to vote.
“That’s intimidation — the power of government discriminating against and threatening me and others who may share some of my views is scary.”
Minnesota Majority has been a strong supporter of legislation that would require voters to show identification at the polls. The issue is currently being debated by the Legislature.
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Confidence? How many cases have there been where a voter has found someone else has signed on the ledger, and voted in their place?
Using anything other than a drivers license is a waist of time, and money.
April 28, 2011 at 3:05 pm | | Report comment
Anytime a Republican loses an election it’s voter fraud!
Currently a person can register AT THE POLLING PLACES!
Good job Senate, stop excessive voting NOW!
April 28, 2011 at 3:40 pm | | Report comment
Apparently my dead grandfather voted in 2008 and 2010… an ID would fix this.
April 28, 2011 at 5:18 pm | | Report comment
Don’t lie… not true.
April 29, 2011 at 2:03 pm | | Report comment
A Voter
There has been no evidence of any of that happening. It only happens in the delusional world of conservatives. And it is apparent that the Republicans know something that the State Supreme Court does not know.
April 28, 2011 at 4:12 pm | | Report comment
Every time a Republican wins, the Election gets pushed into a courtroom with “Appointed” judges, and they either change an established election law, Dismiss a law out right, or make something up out of thin air to favor democrats.
Coleman vs Franken is a good example, in the End they rejected actual hard copy absentee ballots with signatures on them , after including vompletely missing ballots.
Count all the votes until Franken Wins, and then ignore the rest of the pile.
We have an entire Legislative Body making the rules, even a kindergarten child knows how to cry foul when a bully changes the rules during the game.
The Fraud exists when Democrats wait until after sn election day to challenge election laws established by two entire branches of “Due Process of the Law”
April 29, 2011 at 8:27 pm | | Report comment
If you look at how many people actually vote for Judges, a Judge ranks pretty low on the Democracy scale.
April 29, 2011 at 8:45 pm | | Report comment
In an economic depressed area, how are they to get the required documents, much less the card to vote. Are there going to be shuttles to get to places to get the documents and ID? Many say they will not vote, if they have to get a special card. Many polling places do not have internet access to scan these cards, many do not even have a bathroom! Extra cost for the taxpayer just for set up.
April 28, 2011 at 3:07 pm | | Report comment
Put it on the ballot. The voters will decide it’s the right thing to do! Show me your ID.
April 28, 2011 at 3:14 pm | | Report comment
You have alot of trust in the morons that make up the general public. Remeber these are the people who elected Jesse Ventura and George Walker Bush. Voters would choose to put a pink elephant on the moon if the media and canidates sufficently convinced them it was a good idea. Critical thinking and complex reasoning are a thing of the past. No need…the TV tells us what to do.
April 28, 2011 at 3:43 pm | | Report comment
Jesse Venture was the greatest elected official ever. Because he was real.
April 29, 2011 at 9:37 am | | Report comment
No evidence of voter fraud? How many ACORN workers have been convicted of voter registration fraud in Minnesota.
How about that St Louis Park man who got arrested with over 300 bogus voter registration cards in the trunk of his car at the Airport?
Fox 9 also found a bunch of prison inmates who had no idea they had been registered to vote.
April 28, 2011 at 3:19 pm | | Report comment
No evidence of WIDESPREAD voter fraud. That’s what the article said right?
The instances you named seem more like unsubstantiated, isolated instances of individuals actions rather than widespread voter fraud. Maybe you see it differnetly?
Also…since you brought it up…how many ACORN workers have been convicted of voter registration fraud in the past 8 years? Do you even know or you were you just taking the liberty of throwing around some anecdotal evidence? (dont forget to include your source)
April 28, 2011 at 3:35 pm | | Report comment
ACORN people have been convicted in many states for voter registration fraud.
Based on convictions, there is evidence of systematic voter registration fraud in the state of Minnesota.
And we have crooked Judges purposely ignoring it too. Like the 300 completely missing ballots included in the Franken Election.
April 28, 2011 at 4:02 pm | | Report comment
Victom Du Jour
let me see there are 7 judges on the State Supreme Court. 3 conservatives, 3 liberals , then the chief justice. And if I remember right all their rulings have been 7 – 0. So are you now calling your conservative judges on the State Supreme Court crooked/ Or purposely ignoring the problem.?
April 28, 2011 at 4:16 pm | | Report comment
Victim Du Jour… what is your obsession with “ACORN People”?
April 29, 2011 at 2:06 pm | | Report comment
Picture voter ID is a must. I want to know what planet these people are on who don’t think there has been voter fraud in Minnesota. Let’s make it a totally honest vote with picture I D. I want my vote to count and not get negated by someone who shouldn’t be voting.
April 28, 2011 at 3:21 pm | | Report comment
Are you really that obtuse? Are you stating that voter fraud cannot be committed if we require picture ID’s? Dont get me wrong…i’m all for picture ID…i’m just not ignorant enought to believe that if they are required, that will make everything “totally honest”
April 28, 2011 at 3:38 pm | | Report comment
I’m glad to hear this. Why wouldn’t you need to prove your identity in order to cast a ballot?
April 28, 2011 at 3:22 pm | | Report comment
Unless you are one of the FEW people in this state that does not have an ID why would you even care about this? You have to show ID to get into an R rated movie, buy smokes or booze, and a lot of other things that are part of everyday life. Why would this be such an inconvenience if daily life depends on an ID?
I am not supporting the GOP by any means on a lot of the stuff that they bring up or want to change, but this is so petty to fight over and look at it this way, if they get this to pass we will not have to hear all these people b!tch about voter fraud any longer (and yes I know they still will when they do not get their way, just wishful thinking).
April 28, 2011 at 3:36 pm | | Report comment
Agreed. I do not support the GOP…but i have no issue with requiring photo ID’s to be able to vote. The reasons you stated make perfect sense to me.
April 28, 2011 at 3:40 pm | | Report comment
Because seeing an R-rated movie, or buying smokes or booze is a privilege. Voting is a right, and rather than making it MORE difficult for citizens to exercise their right, we should continue to try and make it easier.
Anyone who whines about voter fraud should sign up to be an election judge at their local precinct next election. Having served for 20 years in mine, I have seen a lot more voters turned away because of our current, quite lenient rules than I’ve ever had cause to suspect was fraud.
The Republicans would happily chase away a thousand voters in pursuit of one alleged case of fraud. The fact that most of those voters, it is generally agreed, would be Democratic only proves their hypocritical partisan stance.
April 29, 2011 at 10:27 am | | Report comment
No evidence of widespread voter fraud? That’s like saying there is no evidence that the Easter bunny doesn’t exist.
Ok, what about minor voter fraud, or is that just acceptable?
How can anyone be against this?
April 28, 2011 at 3:47 pm | | Report comment
You have a definite point. But I believe there is a huge difference between coordinated, systematic voter fraud on a large scale….and individuals who attempt to commit voter fraud of their own volition. Neither of which is acceptable. But one would warrant big changes in our system….and one would call for precise, targeted actions to combat the fraud….big difference in my opinion.
And just for my own clarification. How is the statement “no evidence of widespread voter fraud” similar to the double negative statement you parralled?
April 28, 2011 at 3:59 pm | | Report comment
So, by your logic, we ought to mandate giant Easter bunny traps around the state, because the Easter bunny could exist. Since rabbits might have rabies, we need to institute measures to protect our state!
Okay, maybe the odds of the Easter bunny existing are tiny, but can we really afford the risk to our children? Is just a minor case of Easter rabies acceptable? How can anyone be against giant Easter bunny traps?!
April 29, 2011 at 10:34 am | | Report comment
GOP will do anything to supress the vote. They cannot win on the issues, only low voter turnout. It has been proven with every election in the history of the USA.
April 28, 2011 at 4:04 pm | | Report comment
You’ll have to park your bus Al, no more picking up mental patients, street people, etc to get your candidate elected.
April 28, 2011 at 4:23 pm | | Report comment
@ AL
Really Al? ” Its been proven in every election in the history of the USA.” That’s a pretty big statement. Remember some people on here are educated, not just Democrat kool-aid drinkers
April 28, 2011 at 4:33 pm | | Report comment
@ Dan
Really Dan? If you were as educated as you say then why would you be using a reference like “Democrat kool-aid drinkers”. What do people have against kool-aid anyway? Do you not think it is crisp and delicious on a hot summer day? I would think that you would be able to adequately express yourself without using the same old statements that have been flying around for the last 50 years. The other thing is that calling yourself smart is like giving yourself a nickname, it never sticks and just looks pathetic.
April 28, 2011 at 5:02 pm | | Report comment
WHAT?????
You have had too much kool-aid today.
April 28, 2011 at 5:22 pm | | Report comment
WOW, don’t cut so deep with your intellectual dagger there Jeff. People that are a little slow should probably not try to insult others.
April 28, 2011 at 5:49 pm | | Report comment
Point proven: Only some of the people here are educated.
April 29, 2011 at 11:23 am | | Report comment
With the very close elections wse have had recently, it makes sense. It is no big deal to get an id…and people have plenty of time.
April 28, 2011 at 4:06 pm | | Report comment
More barriers to voting. It’s always the folks you don’t think about who get hurt when you trying to “seek and destroy” some faceless, boogeyman “other.”
There should be some reward for an active member of your community. So now Granny who has been voting at the same polling place must now produce an ID. Who covering the cost incurred to get to wherever you get the stupid ID? Everyone is b#%hing about the cost of gas, etc. …
And the birth certificate issue is a REAL issue, folks, and not just for those
non-”amurkans.” What happens to folks born abroad to American servicemen and servicewomen?
The fact is, we are so quick to trying and expose someone who is s@#wing us that we don’t consider all the implications of the public policy decisions we make. We allow, and often encourage, our elected officials to be reactionary and emotional, rather than thoughtful and logical.
April 28, 2011 at 4:08 pm | | Report comment
Are you kidding, more barriers? What barriers, everyone should have an ID. You need a hobby. The majority will rule and you will be wrong again. I have a feeling this won’t be the first time.
April 28, 2011 at 4:20 pm | | Report comment
@Marion
Majority rule doesn’t dictate who is right and who is wrong…
Majority rule in the 18th century said non-property owners shouldn’t vote.
Majority rule in the 1800′s said women couldn’t (and shouldn’t) vote.
Majority rule in the 1950′s said blacks couldn’t (and shouldn’t) vote.
Anytime the majority is in favor of restricting a citizen’s access to their vote, anyone in that majority should question their way of thinking.
April 29, 2011 at 10:42 am | | Report comment
Good point? Dont these little old seniors need a picture ID to write a check, use a debit card or credit card at the local Wal-Mart?
You should have understood the term “free” in the article
April 28, 2011 at 4:36 pm | | Report comment
No you generally don’t need any form of ID to run cards of any kind especially at Wal-Mart so long as your purchase is under $50. I also believe he;s referring to the cost incurred to get to wherever you need to be to pick up your “free” ID. Plus he is correct in saying it’s a barrier. It’s an added unnecessary step in what should be a simple process. It will affect in some shape or form the voter turn-out in the populations who don’t have access to a driver’s licsence whether through revocation, lapse in renewal, incarceration, or any other.
April 28, 2011 at 6:04 pm | | Report comment
dan. Voting is a constitutional right. I don’t think purchases at WalMart or writing a check are. A picture ID sounds like a poll tax, to me. That was outlawed by the U.S. Constitution.
April 29, 2011 at 10:52 am | | Report comment
There you go. Word it as a poll tax and everyone gets upset! What part of free do you not understand? I am sure you will have a new version of ACORN mass producing ID’s before the next election if this goes thru.
April 29, 2011 at 11:25 am | | Report comment
@dan. I don’t think I will have to word it as a “poll tax.” I’m sure the legal justice system and the courts will take care of whether or not requiring a picture ID is legal. And who cares about ACORN any more? You can get mass produced ID’s on a lot of street corners in a lot of large and small towns….In fact, I’m sure this law will turn away more legitimate voters, than it will keep away frauds. People SHOULD get upset about this law which will cost the taxpayers a lot of money to solve a fictitious, nonexistent problem created by the GOP.
April 29, 2011 at 11:48 am | | Report comment
“fictious, nonexistant problem” Come out of the cave Citizen. Did you not read the news last November about voter fraud and those that were convicted. Why was ACORN shut down? Voter Fraud, Citizen.
April 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm | | Report comment
@Al
We have had record high vote turnout since election 2000.
You are just mad because the vote ID law will make it harder for “appointed” Judicial dictators won’t be able to dismiss, change, and ignore election laws when democrats lose.
Even Kindergarten kids cry foul when a bully changes the rules during a school yard game.
April 28, 2011 at 4:11 pm | | Report comment
Victim
You really need a hug. EVERY post I have ever read from you is just a bunch of crying and trying to argue with someone without the use of any kind of fact that supports you. Just say what your opinion is, if you have no facts do not try to make them up. Please realize that in a blog, there is no winner or 1st place prize. You do not have to argue just because, do you? Others can have an opinion too. I am starting to think that this is not about the story for you, you just love poking the bee hive and seeing all the mad bees buzzing around after.
I am not starting a fight just trying to understand why you seem to always oppose the story. Don’t think I have ever seen you agree to any of them.
April 28, 2011 at 5:30 pm | | Report comment
I think the most shocking thing about this is how long it took to get this simple way of avoiding voter fraud passed. There seems to be a mistaken idea in many people’s minds that we live in some sort of Mayberry time capsule. Not so, this is the 21st Century, and we can’t ltake people’s word for it anymore, unfortunately.
April 28, 2011 at 4:25 pm | | Report comment
Granny needs ID..she needs it to get her Social Secuity and Medicare too!
April 28, 2011 at 4:27 pm | | Report comment
You need a birth certificate to get social security and medicare. If you think your driver’s license will do it. Good luck with that!
April 29, 2011 at 10:51 am | | Report comment
This is just common sense. So it probably won’t pass. Not sure is Dayton has the common sense to sign this.
April 28, 2011 at 4:39 pm | | Report comment
@DAR. This is not common sense. This is a restriction on the U.S. Constitutional right to vote! I hope you have read more posts on this page and enlightened yourself.
April 29, 2011 at 10:58 am | | Report comment
With the extremely close races we have had in MN, I think it is imperative that we make sure those who vote are really eligible. And I agree with many of the other posters – seniors need IDs too and most have them. All of my grandparents did even when they were in their 80′s!
April 28, 2011 at 4:58 pm | | Report comment
Chrissy, your grandparents may have had picture ID’s but they didn’t need them to exercise their Constitutional right to vote. Hope you read about the fact that you (I’m assuming you are a women from the name “Chrissy”) could not vote by law before women’s suffrage in the 1920′s. You were also property of your husband to do with as he wished. No matter how close the races in Minnesota or elsewhere have been, the facts do not rise to level of needing voter eligibility tests (which are illegal, by the way) in order to prove who we are to vote. As the old saying goes, I would rather than a guilty man go free than hang an innocent one.
April 29, 2011 at 11:54 am | | Report comment
Republicans are really trying to take advantage of the disadvantaged all across the board aren’t they!They think they are really slick and FOX will cover their moves with vaudeville clown acts.However, if they keep it up..IF ? they keep it up… has a republican EVER kept anything up?.Regardless,they will get absolutely trounced in 2012.The ordinary American continues to pay the price for the super rich peoples excesses under Bush! The wars,the lax Wall Street regulations,the annual health insurance money grabs,like an $ 800 toenail removal surgery? Yeah, hey ,if you have an ingrown nail ,just take a couple of swigs and get a pliers and yank! it don’t hurt as bad as you might think!Anyway,the clowns have overplayed their hand so badly,that they will fall as flat and lifeless as the cards they are playing.None of which holds any relief for anyone but millionaires!
April 28, 2011 at 5:31 pm | | Report comment
Lame………………………………like your party Murph
April 28, 2011 at 6:54 pm | | Report comment
Blame Bush people are worse than birthers.
April 28, 2011 at 8:32 pm | | Report comment
In order to receive Federal or State welfare and open any kind of account at any bank, a picture ID must be shown per federal and state laws. So every poor person will already have a picture ID or they can’t receive welfare so they excuse that obtaining a picture ID would be costly is so severerly outdated that people are thinking it’s the 1960′s.
April 28, 2011 at 6:00 pm | | Report comment
Why this already is not law is beyond me.
April 28, 2011 at 8:35 pm | | Report comment
If it’s such a good idea it should have bipartisan support?
First, like the gay marriage vote the sleazy corporate loving Republicans are trying to pump up the voter turnout by putting it on the ballot.
Second, you sleazy corporate loving Republicans are going to get the big veto on all your budget ideas because you think you own the sandbox.
Third, 2012 baby it’s game over. Amen
April 28, 2011 at 10:13 pm | | Report comment
Settle there KMAH, your going to pop a vessel. Why doesn’t it have bipartisan support? I have not seen one post giving a good reason. Whats wrong with a good voter turnout? You think Crazy Eyes has the balls to veto a budget bill when he ran home from Washington after 9/11, I think not. Thirdly, you better have some good meds if when you watch the 2012 results cause your not going to like it. Do you live in a bubble?
April 28, 2011 at 10:31 pm | | Report comment
You need an ID to drive a car
You need an ID to take a state lic. Test
You nerd an ID to get on a plane
You need an ID when making some purchases at a store.
You need an ID to go into a bar
You need an ID to enter secured areas.
You need an I’d to enter a foreign country or enter the United States
So who’s afraid of a little ole ID?
April 28, 2011 at 10:36 pm | | Report comment
Sarah, none of those are rights guaranteed by the constitution.
April 28, 2011 at 11:15 pm | | Report comment
Who say they needvto be in the constitution? the fact of the matter is, you will Not be able to get past TSA without ID. sorry Paul
May 1, 2011 at 7:17 am | | Report comment
@Paul. Great point! Plus, drivers’ licenses are routinely faked for plenty of reasons like all of Sarah’s posts and to enable illegal aliens to pass as legitimate. A picture ID will solve no problems that I can see, and will actually create a roadblock at the ballot box should there be a challenge to an election. Each individual voter who is suspected of fraud will have to be challenged instead of as the law is now–the results of the election are challenged and a recount happens. So, the question is, how costly will a challenge become? Dayton needs to veto this bill because it will solve nothing in reality (sorry all you conservatives out there–go talk to an election judge!), and it will cost the government a lot of money to implement.
April 29, 2011 at 7:23 am | | Report comment
Also, this comment is directed at all you conservative posters who continually rail against “big government” and government intrusion into your lives. What is more intrusive than requiring a picture ID to vote which is a CONSTITUTIONAL right as Paul has pointed out? That is incredible government intrusion into our lives which has no particular merit since picture ID’s are so easily faked by those people who have agendas and want them. I thought after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s that this country had gotten away from putting up barriers to voting such as fees and literacy tests. I personally feel that the federal government needs to step in as it did in the 1960′s and assure that all who want to vote can. I’m not sure the states even have a right to restrict Constitutional voting rights in any manner. This bill is the GOP and conservatives saying they want “less big government” when in reality they just want government on THEIR terms and to heck with everyone else and the Constitution of the U.S.
April 29, 2011 at 7:32 am | | Report comment
I am normally for smaller government, but in this case I think the benefits outway the costs. Republicans will have one leas thing to complain about during the next recount.
The only problem will be enforcement. Aren’t most polling places staffed with volunteers?
April 29, 2011 at 8:43 am | | Report comment
Okay, Pork Chop, let’s see you try to vote with a driver’s license that says you live in one town, you’re waiting for your new license from the State of Minnesota that says you live in the town you just moved to to get a job, and the election judge says you can’t vote because your PHOTO ID (license) says you live someplace else other than where you are trying to exercise your Constitutional right to vote. That yellow piece of paper from the license center won’t let you vote–not a picture ID. But perhaps my first sentence is too long for you to understand! Then when there is an election challenge there won’t just be a recount, because every picture ID will have to be checked also. Cost to taxpayers of Minnesota? Millions! Price for conservative election results favoring the GOP? Priceless….
April 29, 2011 at 9:09 am | | Report comment
Requiring a photo ID to vote is a poll tax, which is illegal in this country.
April 29, 2011 at 9:15 am | | Report comment
That’s quite a leap there, Al. Poll tax? Not in the least, because there is no cost to obtain the ID. Can’t count the price or money spent to obtain the ID as it’s an expected expense, same as driving to the grocery store to purchase foodstuffs.
For those who are uninformed enough to believe there is a Constitutional Right to Vote… please read up on what the Constitution actually says, or doesn’t say, about such rights. It is a protected privilege. This fact has been upheld by the Supreme Court as late as 2000. Read “Alexander v Mineta”.
The Constitution contains many phrases, clauses, and amendments detailing ways people cannot be denied the right to vote. You cannot deny the right to vote because of race or gender. Citizens of Washington DC can vote for President; 18-year-olds can vote; you can vote even if you fail to pay a poll tax. The Constitution also requires that anyone who can vote for the “most numerous branch” of their state legislature can vote for House members and Senate members.
Note that in all of this, though, the Constitution never explicitly ensures the right to vote, as it does the right to speech, for example. It does require that Representatives be chosen and Senators be elected by “the People,” and who comprises “the People” has been expanded by the aforementioned amendments several times. Aside from these requirements, though, the qualifications for voters are left to the states. And as long as the qualifications do not conflict with anything in the Constitution, that right can be withheld. For example, in Texas, persons declared mentally incompetent and felons currently in prison or on probation are denied the right to vote. It is interesting to note that though the 26th Amendment requires that 18-year-olds must be able to vote, states can allow persons younger than 18 to vote, if they chose to. http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.html#vote
In Minnesota, we have a very large population of illegal migrant workers, and you can find them living in such rural cities as Willmar, for example. I for one, have no problem or issues denying such illegals from voting, for their vote is in their self-interest and skews the results of what the general Minnesota population has voted upon, regardless of which party have written the bill.
April 29, 2011 at 9:38 am | | Report comment
Al. It’s been a long time since the GOP worried about niceties like legality and the U.S. Constitution.
April 29, 2011 at 9:17 am | | Report comment
Agreed.
April 29, 2011 at 9:21 am | | Report comment
Above all these posts, A Simple Thought made a great comment that is worth repeating here.
Majority rule doesn’t dictate who is right and who is wrong…
Majority rule in the 18th century said non-property owners shouldn’t vote.
Majority rule in the 1800′s said women couldn’t (and shouldn’t) vote.
Majority rule in the 1950′s said blacks couldn’t (and shouldn’t) vote.
Anytime the majority is in favor of restricting a citizen’s access to their vote, anyone in that majority should question their way of thinking.
April 29, 2011 at 10:56 am | | Report comment