Well, Wonketteers, did we ever jump the gun back in June! We went and celebrated the Supreme Court's smackdown of Arizona's dumb voter-registration law, which required people to show a photo ID in order to register to vote. Basically, the SCOTUS held that states can't have more restrictive registration requirements than federal law, and since the 1993 National Voter Registration Act only required people to swear they're citizens, Arizona's 2004 law, called Proposition 200, was invalid. A similar restriction in Kansas was thrown out by the same ruling. But in a charming illustration of that line from Jurassic Park, "Slimy vote-suppressing racism finds a way," both those states have
Do I see a new internet meme in Dok's use of 'wallah' for 'voila'? I thought that one was an Indian worker and the other a French word, normally used when revealing something.
Unfortunately the 15th Amendment <blockquote>The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.</blockquote>doesn&#039;t seem to apply. Unless we take away half its text like they do with the Second:<blockquote>The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State <strike>on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude</strike>.</blockquote>
Do I see a new internet meme in Dok&#039;s use of &#039;wallah&#039; for &#039;voila&#039;? I thought that one was an Indian worker and the other a French word, normally used when revealing something.
I think you spelled &quot;papieren in ordnung&quot; wrong.
....ummmmmmm, separate but unequal anyone?!
...wouldn&#039;t it just be easier to wait outside voting places and just deny anyone with calves larger than cantaloupes voting rights?!
...they don&#039;t ask for ID in North Korea either! Then again there is only one name on the ballot!
I smell 14th Amendment problems with this scheme.
Unfortunately the 15th Amendment <blockquote>The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.</blockquote>doesn&#039;t seem to apply. Unless we take away half its text like they do with the Second:<blockquote>The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State <strike>on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude</strike>.</blockquote>
Iron Eyes Cody? Oh, tier. Nevermind.