Posted by JAS on 09/21/05 07:52

I have spent more than 40 years in public service fighting for voting rights
and a better democracy. Today, I am sad to say, there are proposals being
readied that would set us back in that struggle. A privately funded,
unaccountable Commission organized by former Bush-Cheney campaign lawyer
James Baker, III, and former President Jimmy Carter issued a report today
that includes policy proposals that will disenfranchise over ten percent of
eligible voters -- a national ID requirement to vote. This national voter ID
proposal is essentially a poll tax that will disenfranchise Americans of all
backgrounds, but the poor, the disabled, the elderly, students, and people
of color would bear the greatest burden. The Katrina victims - those without
the means to escape the storm - typify the population that the Commission's
ID proposal will most likely leave out of our democracy.

Join With Me in Fighting Against This New Poll Tax Proposal
http://johnconyers.com

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