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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts) Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:31 AM Oct 2015

Clinton On Alabama's DMV Closures: 'It's A Blast From The Jim Crow Past'

Hillary Clinton slammed the closure of 31 driver's license offices in Alabama -- many in majority-black counties -- as "a blast from the Jim Crow past."

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Clinton has made voting rights a major platform of her presidential campaign. Alabama has defended the DMV closures, saying that there are other options for residents to obtain an ID that will enable them to vote.

Read Clinton's full statement below:

“I strongly oppose Alabama's decision to close driver's license offices across the state, especially in counties that have a significant majority of African Americans. Just a few years ago, Alabama passed a law requiring citizens to have a photo ID to vote. Now they’re shutting down places where people get those photo IDs. This is only going to make it harder for people to vote. It's a blast from the Jim Crow past.

“We're better than this. We should be encouraging more Americans to vote, not making voting harder. As President, I’ll push for automatic voter registration for every American when they turn 18, and a new national standard of at least 20 days of early in-person voting in every state. And I’ll work with Congress to restore key protections of the Voting Rights Act.

“African Americans fought for the right to vote in the face of unthinkable hatred. They stood up and were beaten down, marched and were turned back. Some were even killed. But in the end, the forces of justice overcame. Alabama should do the right thing. It should reverse this decision. And it should start protecting the franchise for every single voter, no matter the color of their skin.”

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Clinton On Alabama's DMV Closures: 'It's A Blast From The Jim Crow Past' (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 OP

This should not be happening in 2015, the hate shown by those trying to halt a basis right of the Thinkingabout Oct 2015 #1

Could not happen if the mass media news replaced their entertainment sideshows with news. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #3

This is a, Born-again Jim Crow. nt Snotcicles Oct 2015 #2

How do Republicans live with themselves? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #4

K&R! stonecutter357 Oct 2015 #5

She is absolutely right. WI_DEM Oct 2015 #6

Alabama is indeed reviving jim crow Gothmog Oct 2015 #7

It's disgusting ibegurpard Oct 2015 #8

Ban guns not voters. <nt> oasis Oct 2015 #9

After Signing Law Disenfranchising ID-less Voters, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Closes 10 DMV Offices mitty14u2 Oct 2015 #10

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

1. This should not be happening in 2015, the hate shown by those trying to halt a basis right of the

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:36 AM

Oct 2015

Citizens to vote. Everyone who tries to implement something should be removed from their positions immediately. I guess next it will be against their religious rights to allow all citizens access equally.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

3. Could not happen if the mass media news replaced their entertainment sideshows with news.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:39 AM

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Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)

2. This is a, Born-again Jim Crow. nt

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:37 AM

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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

4. How do Republicans live with themselves?

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:50 AM

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eom

stonecutter357

(12,697 posts)

5. K&R!

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 11:34 AM

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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)

6. She is absolutely right.

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 11:42 AM

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Gothmog

(145,171 posts)

7. Alabama is indeed reviving jim crow

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 11:56 AM

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ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)

8. It's disgusting

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 11:58 AM

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We want to talk about a legitimate congressional inquiry? Let's start right here.

oasis

(49,381 posts)

9. Ban guns not voters. <nt>

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Fri Oct 2, 2015, 01:21 PM

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mitty14u2

(1,015 posts)

10. After Signing Law Disenfranchising ID-less Voters, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Closes 10 DMV Offices

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 10:22 PM

Oct 2015

Earlier this year (2011), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker became one of the many GOP governors to sign a law disenfranchising voters who do not have a photo ID — a law that disproportionately affects elderly voters, young voters, students, minorities and low-income voters. Having disenfranchised tens of thousands of Wisconsin voters, Walker is now making it harder for many of these voters to obtain the ID they need to regain their right to participate in the next election:

Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is working on finalizing a plan to close as many as 10 offices where people can obtain driver’s licenses in order to expand hours elsewhere and come into compliance with new requirements that voters show photo IDs at the polls.

One Democratic lawmaker said Friday it appeared the decisions were based on politics, with the department targeting offices for closure in Democratic areas and expanding hours for those in Republican districts. Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, called on the state Department of Transportation to reconsider its plants to close the Fort Atkinson DMV center. The department plans to expand by four hours a week the hours of a center about 30 minutes away in Watertown.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/07/25/277592/walker-closes-dmvs/

This happened in many states to win in 2016! Don't Trust the guys that put the country in near depression and started war with Iraq costing two Trillion that could have fixed every road in USA Twice!

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