>> The fact that they wanted to pass this law means they
>> still need the oversight.
>
> But this would apply to many states north of the
> Mason-Dixon line, no?
Of course! I hope that those who are fighting this kind of thing in, say, Ohio or Wisconsin would say: if they won't let them do it in South Carolina, there's no way in hell we should be doing it here.
I mean, it was pretty clear:
- They didn't show that there's any kind of fraud going on
- They didn't show that this law would prevent any imagined fraud
- The net effect would be to disenfranchise an additional 20% of the black population
Good for DOJ for seeing through the smoke screen; I hope other states see it this clearly.
/jordan
^^^^^ CB: Good points,Jordan. Here's hoping the DOJ looks into Voting Rights Act implications of the Emergency Financial Manager ( Financial Dictator) law in Michigan which is applied to majority Afro- Am cities only "defacto" (apply a disparate treatment standard.)
The Tea Partiers are Confederates.