NAACP petitions the UN

[utvolpj]

The largest civil rights group in America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is petitioning the UN over what it sees as a concerted efforted to disenfranchise black and Latino voters ahead of next year's presidential election.


The organisation will this week present evidence to the UN high commissioner on human rights of what it contends is a conscious attempt to "block the vote" on the part of state legislatures across the US. Next March the NAACP will send a delegation of legal experts to Geneva to enlist the support of the UN human rights council.


The NAACP contends that the America in the throes of a consciously conceived and orchestrated move to strip black and other ethnic minority groups of the right to vote. William Barber, a member of the association's national board, said it was the "most vicious, co-ordinated and sinister attack to narrow participation in our democracy since the early 20th century".

NAACP warns black and Hispanic Americans could lose right to vote | World news | guardian.co.uk

Here is the link that outlines their complaints.

http://brennan.3cdn.net/9c0a034a4b3c68a2af_9hm6bj6d0.pdf

Their main arguments are:

• Photo ID Laws
• Proof of citizenship laws
• Eliminating same-day voter registration
• Reducing early and absentee days
• Making it harder to restore voting rights

I'm having a hard time understanding how this is targeting the groups listed. Are people not aware of when the elections are? Is there really not enough advanced warning?

The only one I can understand would be the last but isn't that admitting some ugly things?

Just found it odd that of all the places they could investigate human rights the US would be at the top. I guess the UN has already fixed the rest of the world

 

[myrobbins7]

I'm having a hard time understanding how this is targeting the groups listed. Are people not aware of when the elections are? Is there really not enough advanced warning?

+1.

 

[volinbham]

LG in 3, 2, 1 to call you racist

 

[golfballs]

America has to be the most racist country on the planet

 

[utvolpj]

LG in 3, 2, 1 to call you racist

I can take it from an enabler like LG

 

[bamacheats]

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People? Huh.....and here I thought this entire time it stood for National Association for the Advancement of Confused People.

If I call a black guy "colored", isn't that derogatory?

 

[theFallGuy]

don't you know those rules will not apply to white people?

 

[T-TownVol]

Standard Operating Procedure.....beat the rush, file early

 

[VolfanatETSU]

America has to be the most racist country on the planet

 

[golfballs]

for some reason, your response has been blocked on my work computer...

 

[slh1089]

Anything with the words "human rights" and "UN" is an oxymoron. UN is one of the worst organizations to happen to those seeking relief of Human Rights violations. Just look at Bosnia/Serbia and Rwanda.

 

[VOLatile]

Hard to see how those propositions specifically target black people. I could easily see an argument for poor people, though.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Hard to see how those propositions specifically target black people. I could easily see an argument for poor people, though.

How so?

 

[MG1968]

How so?

isn't it obvious, poor people don't have access to photo ID

 

[therealUT]

Hard to see how those propositions specifically target black people. I could easily see an argument for poor people, though.

How so?

Reduction of early and absentee voting. Poor workers are usually less skilled workers and are therefore more easily replaced; thus, they have less control over their shifts.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Reduction of early and absentee voting. Poor workers are usually less skilled workers and are therefore more easily replaced; thus, they have less control over their shifts.

Most polling place are open for at least 12 hours (7am-7pm). If you happen to have a shift that is from 7am-7pm then you have lunch. If your work place is too far for a quick swing by during lunch, most employers will be flexible on voting day; either allow for a longer lunch break, come in a little later, or get off a little early. If there is a will, there is a way.

 

[rmsmith]

Reduction of early and absentee voting. Poor workers are usually less skilled workers and are therefore more easily replaced; thus, they have less control over their shifts.

Yeah i fail to see how this is racial though.

Advanced voting runs for 2 weeks prior to elections in my county. If you can't find the time to vote for 2 weeks then I dunno what to tell ya.

Also, On election day polls are open from 7a-7p. Unless you work 12 hour shifts there is plenty of time to get there. If you do work 12 hr shifts then you will have a day off during the week in which you can vote early.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Reduction of early and absentee voting. Poor workers are usually less skilled workers and are therefore more easily replaced; thus, they have less control over their shifts.

So. Reduction doesn't in any way mean elimination. There isn't one American who wants to vote being denied the opportunity.

 

[BearCat204]

So. Reduction doesn't in any way mean elimination. There isn't one American who wants to vote being denied the opportunity.

100% agree, not sure where the NAACP is getting this notion that people will be denied this right.

 

[therealUT]

Most polling place are open for at least 12 hours (7am-7pm). If you happen to have a shift that is from 7am-7pm then you have lunch. If your work place is too far for a quick swing by during lunch, most employers will be flexible on voting day; either allow for a longer lunch break, come in a little later, or get off a little early. If there is a will, there is a way.

Not everyone has the same conveniences; not all employers are flexible.

Yeah i fail to see how this is racial though.

Advanced voting runs for 2 weeks prior to elections in my county. If you can't find the time to vote for 2 weeks then I dunno what to tell ya.

Some counties are reducing their early voting to eight days, six hours per day.

So. Reduction doesn't in any way mean elimination. There isn't one American who wants to vote being denied the opportunity.

This might be true; however, there is no way in hell you can state it as so.

 

[PKT_VOL]

Not everyone has the same conveniences; not all employers are flexible.

Take a sick/vacation day. Have someone cover your shift for an hour or two. Find a new job. Like I said, if there is a will, there is a way.

 

[rmsmith]

An appalling fact i've found is there are 20 states that have no law requiring time off for voting.
Voting Rights and State Voting Laws: Time off to Vote, Voting Location, Voter Registration, Online Voting, Voting System and more - 2008 voting

But i'd go straight to the news if my employer denied time off to vote.

 

[BearCat204]

An appalling fact i've found is there are 20 states that have no law requiring time off for voting.
Voting Rights and State Voting Laws: Time off to Vote, Voting Location, Voter Registration, Online Voting, Voting System and more - 2008 voting

But i'd go straight to the news if my employer denied time off to vote.

So would anyone else that really wanted to vote but was being denied the right to. Thats why I dont believe for a second that anyone is being denied this right.

 

[lawgator1]

Going to the UN is a lame publicity stunt.

However, the statistics show that these proposals - uniformly coming from the GOP - disproportionately result in decreased participation by poor minorities.

I think it less racist and much more simply an effort to reduce votes for the other side.

 

[utvolpj]

disproportionately result in decreased participation by poor minorities.

why would it not affect poor whites as well?