Holder compares Texas voter ID law to post slavery poll taxes
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2012/07/11 02:37:14
Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday compared the new Texas voter ID law to the post-slavery efforts to keep blacks from voting known as a “poll taxes.”
The law was passed last year by the GOP-led state legislature, then signed by Gov. Rick Perry, in an effort to curb voter fraud.
In a speech at the annual NAACP conference, in Houston, Holder said many voters would have to travel “great distances” to get a government-issued photo ID and that some would “struggle” to pay for the requisite paperwork.
“We call these poll taxes,” Holder said.
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He's playing the race card again.
Eric Holder gave a talk today at the annual NAACP conference in Houston. He slammed the recent state voter ID laws. In order to cover the event as a journalist you had to show a photo ID.