[Vision2020] Supreme Court reaches decision on 1965 Voting Rights Act provision

[Sunil Ramalingam]

No Tom,

They're not attempting to appeal to minorities. They're working on suppressing their vote.

Sunil

From: thansen at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:49:29 -0700
To: rforce2003 at yahoo.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com; jeannemchale at hotmail.com; fritzknorr at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Supreme Court reaches decision on 1965 Voting	Rights	Act provision

And just when the Republican Party is attempting to develop its appeal to minorities.
The U.S. House of Representatives should prove most interesting these next few weeks as the immigration bill hits Boehner's desk moments before attempts are made to reenact the Voting Bill of 1965.
Ain't democracy like totally cool, dude?

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)http://www.MoscowCares.com  Tom HansenMoscow, Idaho
"There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
- John Lennon
 

On Jun 25, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Or?http://historyunfolding.blogspot.com/2013/06/for-republicans-idea-whose-time-has-come.html
 Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA
        From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
 To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Cc: Jeanne McHale <jeannemchale at hotmail.com>; Fritz Knorr <fritzknorr at gmail.com> 
 Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 7:30 AM
 Subject: [Vision2020] Supreme Court reaches decision on 1965 Voting Rights
	Act provision
   
How soon sould we anticipate reinstitution of poll taxes and voting qualification tests?
Courtesy of CNN at:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/politics/scotus-voting-rights/index.html?hpt=hp_t1  --------------------------------------
Supreme Court reaches decision on 1965 Voting Rights Act provision
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has made a decision in a case examining whether a key enforcement provision of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act should be struck down.  Details of the ruling are expected shortly.
The case involves Section 5, which gives federal authorities open-ended oversight of states and localities with a history of voter discrimination. Any changes in voting laws and procedures in the covered areas -- which include all or parts of 16 states -- must be "pre-cleared" with Washington.
After the provision was reauthorized by Congress in 2006 for another 25 years, counties in Alabama and North Carolina filed suit, saying the monitoring was burdensome and unwarranted.
Civil rights groups say Section 5 has proved to be an important tool in protecting minority voters from local governments that would set unfair, shifting barriers to the polls. If it is ruled unconstitutional, they warn, the very power and effect of the entire Voting Rights Act would crumble.
But opponents of the provision counter that it should not be enforced in areas where it can be argued that racial discrimination no longer exists.
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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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"There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
- John
 Lennon
  
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