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Friday, May 16, 2008 --- 70 days ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/missouri-id-bill-to-block_b_102207.html
| A GOP-pushed effort, aided by Republican voter-fraud scam artist Thor Hearne , to pass the country's most draconian photo ID bill has been stopped today in the Missouri Senate. Republicans, despite proclaiming the menace of voter fraud , didn't have enough votes to bring it to the floor for a vote. An angry outpouring from senior citizens, nuns, the disabled and others who would be blocked from voting under the proposed constitutional amendment, led by a broad-based progressive coalition that included the AARP, swamped Republican legislators with over 4,000 phone calls and an outcry from local newspapers.
Julie Terbrock, the legislative director for Missouri ACORN and a member of the Missourians for Fair Elections coalition, points out, "The legislators felt the heat from average people in their district, including senior citizens, and it became too much for them to take."
The defeat of the measure, which would have blocked at least 240,000 Missourians from voting, also enhances Obama's chances at winning the state -- and the presidency -- because he'll have an opportunity to compete in could be a fair election.
But the real winner today is voting rights. As Missourians for Fair Elections Reported:
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - In a victory for all voters, Missouri lawmakers ended this year's legislative
session without a final vote on legislation that could have prevent ... |
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