update to my thought since law says they could only vote in republican primary if they did not vote in Dem primary, my question why the hell did they not vote in Dem primary? I hope this is not a prelude to indifferent voters not voting in Nov. that will surely sign away our lives and sign in those who will take them.
After African American voters boosted Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) to a narrow victory over Tea Party favorite Chris McDaniel, many are calling for Cochran to thank his newfound supporters by backing efforts to reinstate the Voting Rights Act gutted by the Supreme Court last year. But so far, the senator seems unmoved by these calls and is sticking to his support of voter ID laws.
Derrick Johnson, president of the Mississippi NAACP, told HuffPost Live on Wednesday that they would pressure the senator to “support amending the Voting Rights Act, free of any conditions such as voter ID.”
“I think this is an opportunity for him to show some reciprocity for African-Americans providing a strong level of support for him,” Johnson said.
I understand the move made by Black voters choosing the seemingly lesser of two evils just in case but true to his nature and reminiscent of the frog and scorpion they gave him a free ride and he stung them it's in his nature and demanded by his party. not going to say they should have known but let this be a lesson no matter what they say or do when they get theirs it's back to the future born of the past, never forget they are republicans, he party of hate, racism, bigotry deception and inhumanity to fellow Americans.
Cochran’s office declined to weigh in on the Voting Rights Act reboot debated in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, but his communications director, Chris Gallegos, suggested that Cochran does not see voter ID as a problem.
“It could be said that ballot access in Mississippi, with its new voter ID process, proved to be solid across the state on Tuesday,” Gallegos wrote in an email to ThinkProgress Thursday. He also pointed to Cochran’s statement praising the Supreme Court decision that struck down the section of the Voting Rights Act requiring Mississippi and other southern states to clear election law changes with the Justice Department.
that's southern White republican for thanx suckers, tomorrow same crap different day prepare. high fives all around.
