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2016 Postmortem

yellowcanine

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4. "Students in Texas would not be able to use their state university ID cards either, but the state

Reply to AndyTiedye (Original post)

Mon Aug 6, 2012, 11:23 AM

Aug 2012

would accept voters with permits to carry concealed weapons."

" For example, in Tennessee, faculty members at the state university can use their college-issued ID cards to vote but students at the same university cannot."

These are both clearly a violation of the Equal Protection Clause AND the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

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Voter ID laws could sway US elections [View all] AndyTiedye Aug 2012 OP

Very difficult, but elleng Aug 2012 #1

and that is the point DonCoquixote Aug 2012 #2

that is what repukes are banking on Skittles Aug 2012 #3

"Students in Texas would not be able to use their state university ID cards either, but the state yellowcanine Aug 2012 #4