Republican Governor Can’t Vote Because Of Law He Supported
Oops! GOP Governor Forgets Photo ID, Can’t Vote (Video) (via http://atlasleft.org)
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, was hit face-first with a law that he previously championed. Governor Hutchinson has previously voiced his support in for a Voter ID law that required proper identification when voting. He stated that…
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
arc99 May 21st, 2014 at 12:06 pm
so when a low income elderly person who relies on public transportation, brings the expired ID to vote, instead of a current one, and they are prevented from voting, they can just send one of their aides back home to fetch it for them.
Aren’t right wingers always insisting that politicians live by the same rules as everyone else? If this guy can have a “staffer” retrieve his mandatory id, then everybody should have that right.
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/may/20/gubernatorial-candidate-hutchinson-forgets-id-poll/
Spokesman Christian Olson told The Associated Press that Asa Hutchinson forgot his ID when he attempted to vote at the polls in Bentonville on Monday. Olson says a staffer was able to retrieve the ID and bring it to Hutchinson so he could vote.
Shades May 21st, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Beat me to it sir. My response would have less civil so I defer to you.
Debra Watkins May 21st, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Hey arc, an ID can be 4 years expired and still be used. Also, A person who lives in a long-term or residential care facility licensed by the state does not have to show photo I.D. They must have documentation from the facility administrator, stating they are a resident of the facility.http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Pages/VoterIDInfo.aspx
Roctuna May 21st, 2014 at 4:11 pm
That “4 year” thing may apply in Arkansas (but I’d check the facts if I were you) but in Texas the law stipulates a voter must have a valid, current, state-issued photo ID.
Debra Watkins May 21st, 2014 at 12:50 pm
Knuckle head. 🙁
Robert Merrill Taylor May 21st, 2014 at 1:13 pm
I have no problem with requiring voter ID. It is just that , in Canada, a voter has so many options to establish his/her ID that it is hard to think of a legitimate voter being turned away.
granpa.usthai May 21st, 2014 at 3:02 pm
…be careful little hand what you sign
be careful little hand what you sign,
even though it may excite you,
it could come back to bite you
be careful little hand what you sign.
Roctuna May 21st, 2014 at 4:27 pm
Was the guv quizzed about his address?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/arkansas-voter-id-quizzes