NAACP President: Laws That Ban Felons From Voting or Require ID Are ‘Jim Crow’ Laws
- Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:56pm by
Mytheos Holt
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In the grand scheme of accusations of racism, comparing a piece of legislation to Jim Crow is one of the more drastic such accusation one can make. Throwing around such a charge willy nilly, however, dilutes its effectiveness, especially when the law being charged seems to conform to common sense. NAACP President Ben Jealous should have been more cognizant of this fact when he sat down with CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux to discuss laws that require photo ID in order to vote.
The full clip has to be seen to be believed, but the way Jealous opens the conversation sets the tone pretty capably:
We’re actually still dealing with Jim Crow voter suppression laws. These ex-felon disenfranchisement bans still exist on the books in several states.
Got that? Laws that ban people who have committed felonies from voting are supposedly racist because (according to Jealous) a lot of black people are felons.
This is just the first of many statements Jealous makes that A) Don’t really help his case, and B) Don’t exactly stand up to evidence. For one thing, he outright admits that IDs don’t cost anything, but argues that the cost of locating one’s birth certificate in order to get an ID is still equivalent to a poll tax. So in other words, even though getting the ID itself has no price, the fact that it might possibly require money is still racist because (again, according to Jealous) black people are disproportionately poor.
He also argues that voter fraud isn’t that big of a problem because of a study by the “Republican National Lawyers’ Association” which, he says, shows a tiny number of cases of voter fraud. However, apparently he missed this little disclaimer from that same group about their voter fraud tracking numbers:
Please note that the convictions or prosecutions listed here are not intended to be a comprehensive list of all instances of vote fraud. The RNLA conducted a limited survey to indicate whether vote fraud charges have been filed in states across the country since 2000. We looked for at least one example in each state. For examples of vote fraud on an almost daily basis, read the RNLA blog.
So much for that talking point.
But this isn’t even the most unbelievable thing Jealous says. That would be his response to Malveaux’s question about whether his interest in the issue is motivated by a desire to mobilize voters for Barack Obama. His response:
We don’t work for this candidate or that candidate.
Uh huh.
H/T Townhall
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Comments (151)
Carefreeflyer
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:48pmHey Ben, get over it you race baiter. If an American needs to have an ID to vote there is no excuse. They still have over 5 months to get one. Tell them to get off their butts and start the process. Every State has a simple registration process that takes less than 5 minutes. Stop lying to us. We’re not buying your pathetic excuses anymore.
Report Post »Captain Curvy
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:08pmWhat a worthless group of people, if they would put half as much energy into bettering their own communities & educating their kind on how to actually succeed instead of Hating everthing that isn’t Black, I might have respect for them!
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:34pmI love the smell of desperation in the morning…it smells like VICTORY.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:00pmFelons cannot vote. That’s the law. So don’t commit felonies.
If you don’t have an ID (which also means you don’t drive) get one. If you can’t, you probably can‘t read or don’t speak the language, so voting would be beyond you as well.
Jim Crow my patoot!!
NON ISSUE
Silversmith
Report Post »toto
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 11:00pmI don’t want felons voting, and I don’t care if they are sky blue pink. What is the matter with these people? They have no honor, no respect for our country and are unworthy of being American and enjoying the privileges of decent citizens, and that goes for the people who advocate that they should be able to vote. As for photo ID’s, the ONLY reason they want to avoid photos is voter fraud and EVERYONE knows it. Todays NAACP deserves nothing but contempt. They are a disgrace to black Americans that hold the values most of us do.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:11amYou need an ID to drink in a bar, drive a car, cash a check or do your banking. In this age,,,there is NO reason NOT to have any kind of ID…..except if you are an illegal alien. Of course, Obama’s working hard at getting those votes.
Report Post »Anamah
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 2:31amNaacp spins the Jim Crow thing and jump on … What an idiot! Why the spoke person say something intelligent? Really seems incoherent..
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 4:46amYou have to get a car to get a driver’s license? And are we still in the days when we didn’t teach blacks how to read (this law was passed to keep illiterate people – mostly blacks- from being unable to vote via Souther Dems Jim Crow laws). And, they can’t afford to get some kind of ID? Who, pray tell, is responsible for this? People who think that blacks aren’t equal or capable? What a strange and depressing message.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:07amWhy your vote wont count this November http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2012/04/04/mass-illegal-alien-voter-fraud-uncovered-in-florida/
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:39amSo, if the felon is white and perhaps a neocon, is it still racism? If the person could vote, he’d vote Republican,is it still racism? I agree with the smell of desperation, and that it smells like victory. Unless Barry rigs the election.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:59amNow how do you expect these guys to vote early and often if thy have to prove who they are.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 8:10amSomeone tell this race pimp that Jim Crow was a democratic law passed by Democratic legislation in democratic controled states. And if I.D. requirements are Jim Crow then all I.D. requirements are JimCrow. That means I.D. requirements to get loans,alcohol,cigarettes,cash check,get into R. Movies,Drive cars,and every other situation is JIM CROW.
Report Post »pbrenda51
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 9:50amYes….once again, when they have nothing else, they always use race for a reason…….I think we are tired of that……it’s like calling “fire” too many times and then nobody pays attention anymore……they need to get over it
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:47pmIf truth is your greatest enemy……without question you are on the wrong side.
Report Post »marhee9
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:09pmThat was well put my friend. This guy is a complete joke. Imagine a conservative saying that most felons are black. This guy would be having an absolute fit. Yet when he says it, it’s merely just a fact. By his thought process, buying alcohol is also part of Jim Crow laws. The silliness never ends. Check this out, Eric Holder basically playing the same game as Ben Jealous.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R83lXxK_8SI
Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:09pmThe Democrats know theyre gonna lose big time………. They gotta get all the votes they can, any way they can…..PERIOD
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:25pmWe can make the same argument. We have to organize and then form the NAAPWT (thats ther National Association for the Advancment of Poor White Trash. There has to be more red necks than colored people. If we organize we can out vote them. I’ll volunteer to sign up a portion of the cemetary in our town.
This guy is way off, does he want the Mexican Mafia voting, should we have polling places inside the prisons?
OMG 2012
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:55pmThe man is totally lost. He gulped the cool-aid. Live with it.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:12pm@DETROIT PAPERBOY I agree…Obama and the democrats are getting desperate …they need every cheat vote and criminal vote they can get…says a lot about the character of the candidate
Report Post »dont_tax_me_bro
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:44pmThis looks more white than black and yet he is the head of the most racist organization in this country? Talk about a double standard…LOL!
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 10, 2012 at 8:12amEvery time this racist groups bring up racist laws of the past they need to be reminded of WHICH PARTY ESTABLISHED THOSE LAWS…..here’s a hint it rimes with DEMOCRAT.
Report Post »hagar
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:41pmWhere I come from they are called common sense of course you cant expect that from the NAACP who wouldnt want a fair election anyway
Report Post »barbaraforconservatives
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 9:07pmyou know i wonder if people like jealous really do believe that black americans are not as smart as the rest of america? i say this only because i have seen the dems treat black america as if they really were stupid (and actually counting on them to be). if i were black i would be insulted in knowing that this man, and all dem leaders, think i would be too stupid to know how to obtain an ID. its like he has to say that voter ID is a racist thing because he doesnt want to say that black america is stupi (his thoughts not mine).
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:40pmSo, is the NAACP saying that blacks are victims because they commit felonies more frequently than whites? Will the criminal be the next protected class? Maybe get hiring preferences? Why not? A criminal has already demonstrated a lack of respect for laws. Perhaps he will vote Democrat 4 or 5 times in each election.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:17pmOBAMA may want prisoners to vote in this election…Don’t put it passed him to try this.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 9:24pm@MCDAVE I do believe the Dems are serious. A couple of years ago they tried to force mostly Democrat Puerto Rico to become a state. That isn’t done yet but its still cooking. Obama wants to legalize all the illegal immigrants who would presumably mostly go Democrat. I read an article a while back that stated that felons would vote mostly Democrat. He’ll throw us down the drain to achieve his leftist dreams.
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:19pm@ DOUGRAL After he is gone we need to declare everything he done null and void ,after all he is an illegal, imposter president..who Sh*t on our constitution…
Report Post »Independent4233
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:35pm“Laws That Ban Felons From Voting or Require ID Are ‘Jim Crow’ Laws”
Well, this could come back to haunt him many times. It was him, along with a large number of other blacks, who consistently declared that black crime is not out of control and that it is no worse than other racial groups.
Per the FBI Uniform Crime Report, black on white rapes, on average, amount to about 37,500 in any given year. 58% of all violent crime is committed by blacks who are less than 13% of the population.
Of the nearly 770,000 violent interracial crimes committed every year involving blacks and whites, blacks commit 85 percent and whites commit 15 percent.
Blacks commit more violent crime against whites than against blacks. Forty-five percent of their victims are white, 43 percent are black, and 10 percent are Hispanic. When whites commit violent crime, only three percent of their victims are black.
Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit a violent crime against a white than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery.
Blacks are 2.25 times more likely to commit officially-designated hate crimes against whites than vice versa.
Taking these stats into consideration, it is no wonder this evil man wants to allow convicted felons to vote.
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:26pmWell,… at least those felons in jail have ID’s (and probably finger prints and DNA samples, too). We DO know exactly who they are. Just need to make release papers, restraining orders, ankle monitors, probation officer notes, etc… just make them all legal forms of voter ID. Problem solved.
My heart breaks thinking about all of those disenfranchised Republicans who are not able to vote because of their criminal history,… and because they don’t have a birth certificate.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:29pmBut we have to treat them more than equal, pay their rent, buy their food, let them get into grad school with 1.0 gpa, while our kids with 3.6 are turned away, pay for their doctorates, so they can make 2x what our kids that do all the work make.
Report Post »Southern Rebel
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:34pmThis mental deficient idiot probably believes the sky is red and those of us who say it’s blue, are racist, bigots. lol.
Report Post »NAACP is Offensive to me!
MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:35pmIf the NAACP wasn’t racist they might think about a name change.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:32pmThe NAACP should be working to reduce the number of colored felons rather than trying to increase the benefits of being a colored felon.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:32pmIf they want to start being treated equal, just start acting equal.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:28pmThe fact that the democratic party and related groups such as the NAACP have to resort to breaking the law could be seen as a good thing. It means they see heavy losses in November without these illegal schemes. A good example of voter fraud is ‘Senator’ Al Franken, who only one because of voter fraud, yet he remains in office:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2010/07/20/Al-Franken-May-Have-Won-His-Senate-Seat-Through-Voter-Fraud
Report Post »The Gooch
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:25pmThis is the same “logic” that asserts homosexual behavior is, without question, innate. Except if you look at the penal system. So the nature (vs. nurture) crowd must be asserting that homosexuals are more prone to criminal activity than the heterosexual crowd. That’s important to know.
Report Post »This guy succeeded in doing one thing: Exposing his progressive bias while engaging in an oddly racist advocacy rant. Oops.
Mark0331
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:24pm‘Jealous was elected by the NAACP National Board of Directors in a 34-21 vote. CNN reported that “no one clapped or celebrated,” according to one board member after the meeting…’
Even the ‘Tribe’ that runs that racist organization knew he was an idiot…
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:23pmLOL get over it ….. the people don’t buy this crap anymore.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:22pmThere is no limit to the insanity that is the liberal mind. Just when you think you‘ve heard one of these people proclaim the most stupid thing you’ve ever heard another one comes along with something even more absurd. They don’t even try to make sense, they are all stark raving mad.
Report Post »cristo52
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:21pmChrist, I’m so sick of this, if blacks stopped robbin‘ and rapin’ and killin’, and started readin’ and educating themselves, there’d be a lot less of them in jail. Accept responsibility.
Report Post »ProudCapitalist
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:20pmHe is just further proof of the Bell Curve…
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:52pmAmen
Report Post »Madmilo
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:18pmTrying any way they can to get anyone to vote for Obummer. Sorry the man‘s goin’ down in November.
Report Post »db321
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:29pmObama is adding to the list everyday people he has effected with the Reverse Midas Touch.
CNN
MSNBC
Big Unions
Rino Republicans
Democrates
Board of Education
EPA
Solindra
Green Energy
SNL
All are coming down thanks to Obama – In Nov, 2012, Obama will get voted out ending the Worst 4 years of any President in US History – On the Bright side you got to hand it to Obama – He increased Guns Sales and brought down Liberalism! I say he did pretty good! Now we just have to fix the mess he made to the budget!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:52pmDB: and don’t forget Obama has driven more people to their knees in prayer : praying for the safety, the future, and prosperity of America and American values.
Report Post »db321
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 11:27pmYour Right Barber2 – he has brought more people to his knees in prayer! And God is listening – God is moving in America exposing darkness at an alarming rate – and he is doing it with one of my favorite scriptures – “He who thinks he to be wise – becomes a fool” Liberals are Fools!
Report Post »EP46
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:16pmJim Crow laws for the 21st century:
Driver’s license
Medicare/Medicaid or any insurance card
School I.D.
Social Security Card
Birth certificate
Company I.D.
Passport
Yep…voter I.D. is right up there with the others !!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:01pmJumping Jim… works… in the WH!
Report Post »Arc
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:14pm……and it was recently reported that several members of the NAACP had received 1 week of training in ” How To Perpetrate Voting Fraud. The classes were given by the new ACORN faculty.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:12pmGod save us from this uttermost insanity.
Report Post »theoneinthecup
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:12pmJealous gets all this from a terrible book by Michelle Alexander, here’s a great take down of it:
http://arward.net/2011/06/the-absurdity-of-michelle-alexander-and-“the-new-jim-crow”/
Report Post »jas0707
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:10pmJust another Communist spotting nonsense.
Report Post »IDONTTHINKSO
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:09pmJust another court jester in the kingdom of obama!
Report Post »Skee
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:05pmThe law would apply to all citizens.
Report Post »His arguement doesn’t work.
RightUnite
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:03pmHey Ben!! FU! How ’bout that you moron!
Report Post »Incredulous321
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:18pmThat just about sums it up!! Nice post!
Report Post »Unix
Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:02pmOf course he would make it about race, LOL, there is no such thing as a white felon is there?! Is EVERYTHING about race these days, good grief!
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