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| She doesn't look Latino? |
SOUTHBRIDGE - Latino advocates are blasting a billboard erected near a largely Latino district in Southbridge that demands voters show ID on Tuesday's special election primary for a Statehouse seat. The billboard, sponsored by Tea Party-connected groups Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote, tells voters to "protect the integrity of the vote" and "show ID." The groups say they also will dispatch "poll observers" to monitor the 6th Worcester District House special primary Tuesday between incumbent state Rep. Geraldo Alicea and Joanne Powell, both Charlton Democrats, Alejandra St. Guillen, executive director of Oiste, a group that helps Latinos in Massachusetts run for office, says the billboard and the observers are meant to intimidate Latino voters.
Umm, yea you hit it right on the head Alejandra, this billboard is meant to intimidate Latino voters. You know the ones that aren't registered citizens and legally allowed to vote? Yes it is meant to intimidate them from doing something illegal. You must be, like, a legal scholar huh? I can't believe you caught on to the sinister plan to keep undocumented people from taking part in our country's political process.
And please don't take this as CW's endorsement of those fanatical Tea Party loons. Couldn't be farther from it. I've just always been astounded by how loose our voter identification standards are. I myself am a Jr. and as a result I've ran into situations where the two little old ladies keeping track of the registry have just assumed I was my father at first. Because 18 year old CW looked exactly like his mid 40's father. Seriously, I could have just voted twice and no one would have known.
Plus it's not just latino's, white people are just as at fault. I had one guy in a class back in college who proudly told us he'd voted no fewer than 3x times in the past 5 elections. Like it wasn't a big deal. Just found out the names of some older people, or others that he knew wouldn't vote and voted as them. Vote early, vote often, right?
I need to show my ID when buying cough syrup and allergy meds at Stop & Shop, I think we as a society will be ok if we require citizens to provide a form of ID before voting for our elected officials. I mean, just ask Lawrence if they want this, probably would have avoided this whole Willy Lantigua situation.
