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发帖数: 29846 | 1 It isn't simply because they want to cheat and such laws interfere with
their plans.
by
J. Christian Adams
(Editor’s note: J. Christian Adams’ Crimes Against the Republic is
available free for a limited time only, exclusively through the PJ Store.)
Lots of folks think Democrats oppose voter ID laws because they want to
cheat and such laws interfere with their plans. That’s an attractive
explanation, but it ignores the far more complex architecture of voter ID
opposition. Here’s the real reasons Democrats oppose voter ID.
Understanding these three reasons will help you decode the whole narrative
behind voter ID.
1. Opposition to Voter ID Is a Base-Mobilization Tool.
Simply, Democrats and civil rights groups spend millions of dollars opposing
voter ID because they are trying to scare minority voters into thinking
that Jim Crow is back. If Jim Crow is back, then they better go vote in
November. This was made starkly clear to me when I learned that a 3rd grade
teacher in a government-run school was telling her students that
Republicans were trying to take away the right to vote for black people, so
they better get their parents to vote against Republicans. (Yes, that’s
another story for another day, and yes I know her name and the school where
she still teaches.)
Fear mobilizes people to vote better than does logic. If you can scare
minorities falsely into thinking that they may lose their right to vote if
they don’t vote for Democrats, they will vote for Democrats.
2. Voter ID Opponents Have the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations.
Leftist opponents of voter ID truly think minorities are less able to
function in American life. I learned this when a Department of Justice
Voting Section lawyer opposed to voter ID told me he thought blacks were
more likely to forget their photo identification than whites were. Their
lives “were more disorganized,” he said. This is a lawyer currently still
working in the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. This is a
perfect example of the “soft bigotry of low expectations.”
And it isn’t just one crank lawyer at DOJ. The plaintiffs challenging
voter ID and election integrity laws actually hired an expert to testify in
federal court in voter ID cases that blacks were less capable of functioning
efficiently in a daily routine and photo ID laws have a disparate impact on
them. The expert called this idea the “calculus of voting.” For example,
they have to take the bus more. Taking the bus, naturally, makes it harder
to get photo ID.
The plaintiffs argue that voting “is largely a product of habit,” and
blacks, well, their habits just don’t brook any interruptions to their
habits, so they argue.
This is another perfect example of the “soft bigotry of low expectations.”
Opponents of voter ID are genuinely afraid that forcing blacks to get
photo ID will impose a burden on them they just can’t handle.
3. They Need Money.
Groups like the NAACP and ACLU are looking to justify their continued
existence, decades after they won the fight. Opposition to voter ID helps
them fundraise, and pay salaries.
So next time you wonder why Democrats oppose photo ID, don’t fall for the
easy answer. Don’t think it’s because Democrats have organized cheating
operations. The real answer is much more sophisticated, and much more
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