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Could someone please explain why my rights and my freedom as a black person are voted on every 20 or so years. Is there anything President Obama can do about that without having the world explode!
I have no clue what you're talking about. Why do you think that, and what does it have to do with Obama?
The OP was saying the his right to vote was being voted on every 20 years or so. Allydriver pointed out that this was false which it is. In response to Allydriver's post, you posted a link to the Voting Rights Act.
Originally Posted by allydriver You need to "look it up".
Your post is a complete falsehood.
Clearly this was an attempt to show that Allydriver was wrong and that black folk's right to vote is voted on every 20 years or so.
Now you say this:
Quote:
Originally Posted by delusianne
The issue is not whether the right to vote will be revoked. The right to vote has to be protected by this Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act has to be voted on and has always been extended so far.
This is correct. You seem to have changed your position while at the same time insisting that you have always been right. That's pretty slick. Face it, your initial post in this thread was wrong, you realize it but you won't admit it.
Well actually, I swear I heard something recently about that coming up for some sort of vote....and while I'm at it, weren't some repubs all up in arms about one person bringing the subject of presidential terms of office up for vote recently??? Yep, I'm pretty sure I heard about that.
There is one Dem (Senator I think) that I read brings it up almost every year, but it gets voted down, or never voted on at all.
But the main reason the Presidential term was limited was because of FDR. Other presidents limited themselves to two terms. They couldn't get rid of FDR (one of the worst presidents in US history).
This act was not the one that gave blacks the right to vote. That was the 15th amendment and its not voted on every so often as the OP claims. It's a done deal.
If the OP is talking about the voting rights act as you seem to suggest, you and the OP are incorrect. This act made certain practices illegal. Those practices were designed to reduce the black vote. This act did not give blacks the right to vote. The right of blacks to vote in 1965 already existed.
The OP needs to be a little more specific or maybe he really does think that the Voting Rights Act is what gave him the right to vote. I don't know. Hopefully he's enlightened now.
- Reel
I didnt say it was. See post above. The OP hoped to learn.
The OP was saying the his right to vote was being voted on every 20 years or so. Allydriver pointed out that this was false which it is. In response to Allydriver's post, you posted a link to the Voting Rights Act.
Originally Posted by allydriver You need to "look it up".
Your post is a complete falsehood.
Clearly this was an attempt to show that Allydriver was wrong and that black folk's right to vote is voted on every 20 years or so.
Now you say this:
This is correct. You seem to have changed your position while at the same time insisting that you have always been right. That's pretty slick. Face it, your initial post in this thread was wrong, you realize it but you won't admit it.
- Reel
Oh my God! The OP was asking about the Voting Rights Act but didnt know how to phrase it! I responded to allydriver's charming, welcoming, helpful post AND gave the OP the information he needed in my first post. The OP thanked me for the information in my second post. I hate to say this but How dare you accuse me of weaseling the way you horrid people do. Projection maybe?!
I don't know. I keep misapprehending your posts. Your posts are hard to apprehend. Just like the one about listening to Obama and working hard in school.
According to FairVote.org ONLY section five (5) of the VRA has to be reissued. "Section 5 is important as a deterrent to localities considering making discriminatory changes, and is a vital protection for many minority communities".
The following organizations urged to congress to do so.
"FairVote joined with the ACLU, the LCCR, the LDF, MALDEF, NAPALC, NARF, the NAACP and NCLR in urging Congress to renew the temporary provisions of the Voting Rights Act".
Ahh, that's good. Glad you brought that up. Can you also tell another poster on here that his beloved rights as an OLD person will not be given up with Obama in office? Thanks ever so.
According to FairVote.org ONLY section five (5) of the VRA has to be reissued. "Section 5 is important as a deterrent to localities considering making discriminatory changes, and is a vital protection for many minority communities".
The following organizations urged to congress to do so.
"FairVote joined with the ACLU, the LCCR, the LDF, MALDEF, NAPALC, NARF, the NAACP and NCLR in urging Congress to renew the temporary provisions of the Voting Rights Act".
Typing slower didnt make you any brighter. Whether to extend the VRA -- "only" section 5 of the VRA, it's still under the title VRA and it's the most important part -- still has to be decided by vote every X years by Congress, as your quote indicates. That's what the OP was asking about.
You know people dont come here to ask honest questions very often. Why not try to help them when they do come?
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