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YBR31

(152 posts) Mon Mar 25, 2013, 01:41 PM Mar 2013

Voter ID laws posed big hurdle for minority youth in 2012 elections, study confirms

Source: Washington University in St.Louis News

At polling places across America in November 2012, Latinos and African Americans under age 30 were disproportionately asked for identification, even in states that do not have voter ID laws, according to a post-election analysis by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Chicago.

“Our study shows that voter ID laws have disproportionately severe consequences for youth of color,” says co-author Jon C. Rogowski, PhD, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University.

“Whether the biases are conscious or unconscious, the result of these laws is that people of color are effectively being disenfranchised. Our nation has an obligation to ensure that everyone has equal access to the voting booth.”

Rogowski

The study, released this week by the Black Youth Project, is co-authored by Cathy Cohen, PhD, the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Read more: https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/25115.aspx

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Voter ID laws posed big hurdle for minority youth in 2012 elections, study confirms (Original Post) YBR31 Mar 2013 OP

This is what the Republican Party is really about..nt... Stuart G Mar 2013 #1

thanks for finding and posting--Voter id laws ARE jim crow dembotoz Mar 2013 #2

Why don't they have driver's licenses like everyone else? Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #3

thanks for having the sarcasm tag--i saw the heading and almost had a stroke dembotoz Mar 2013 #4

Sorry! Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #6

list all things democrats have done to change this problem.... empty rhetoric doesnt count nt msongs Mar 2013 #5

There is Very Little (if Anything) We CAN Do About It AndyTiedye Mar 2013 #8

Democrats have been fighting these requirements pretty consistently CreekDog Mar 2013 #9

This is very important news. K&R. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #7

Stuart G

(38,434 posts)

1. This is what the Republican Party is really about..nt...

Reply to YBR31 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:07 PM

Mar 2013

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)

2. thanks for finding and posting--Voter id laws ARE jim crow

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Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:17 PM

Mar 2013

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)

3. Why don't they have driver's licenses like everyone else?

Reply to YBR31 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:23 PM

Mar 2013

This report comes as no surprise to me.

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)

4. thanks for having the sarcasm tag--i saw the heading and almost had a stroke

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:29 PM

Mar 2013

saved me a trip to the hospital

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)

6. Sorry!

Reply to dembotoz (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:41 PM

Mar 2013

Unfortunately I've seen similar arguments here whenever voter ID laws are discussed.

msongs

(67,413 posts)

5. list all things democrats have done to change this problem.... empty rhetoric doesnt count nt

Reply to YBR31 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 02:38 PM

Mar 2013

AndyTiedye

(23,500 posts)

8. There is Very Little (if Anything) We CAN Do About It

Reply to msongs (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 07:13 PM

Mar 2013

Democratic governors veto the bills, but that only slows them down a little. Vetoes at the state level usually don't mean much.
These bills are passed by Rapeuglican legislatures which are also gerrymandered to keep them that way.

http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/91608/mike-beebe-vetoes-voter-photo-id-bill

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

9. Democrats have been fighting these requirements pretty consistently

Reply to msongs (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 07:45 PM

Mar 2013

and the Justice Department under the current administration too a fair number of cases on to oppose this.

why would you act like they are doing nothing?

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)

7. This is very important news. K&R.

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Mon Mar 25, 2013, 04:25 PM

Mar 2013

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