U.S. Rep. John Lewis calls voter ID checks ‘harassment’
October 10, 2008 at 5:53 pm by Mara Shalhoup in NewsIn response to a lawsuit filed today against Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel alleging that the voting rights of a Cherokee County man have been violated, Congressman John Lewis — a leader of the voting-rights battle of the 1960s — released the following statement:
“Georgia is not the only state where questions are mounting. In Ohio and in Florida and other states around the country it seems that obstacles are being created to keep citizens from participating in this election.
“I think there is a deliberate, systematic effort to depress the turn out of African American, Latino and other minority voters on November 4th. This is harassment. It is intimidation, and it places an undue burden on some citizens. Who decides, based on what standards, which 2 million voters deserve greater scrutiny than any others? I think these actions violate both the letter and the spirit of the Voting Rights Act. They should be pursued by voting rights groups and the Department of Justice with all deliberate speed so we can make the way clear for registered voters to freely exercise their constitutional rights.”
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October 10th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
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October 13th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I didn’t realize I was being “harassed” every time I go into a bar, buy a bottle of liquor or use my credit dard. I feel so violated.