96-Yr-Old Black Woman Denied Right to Vote in Tennessee

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From Colorlines:

Dorothy Cooper is a 96-year-old black woman who lives in Chattanooga,Tennessee. She was recently denied a voter identification card because she didn’t have her marriage certificate available — the same card that’s required by the state to vote. This coming election may be the first one she misses in 50 years.

In February, all 20 Republicans and one Democrat in the state senate passed a measure requiring Tennessee voters show a driver’s licenses or other government-issued photo identification before casting a ballot. Democrats countered that the bill’s provisions would make it tougher to many of the 500,000 adult Tennesseans — many of them poor, elderly or handicapped — who have no state driver’s license.

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  • Anonymous

    I was born in TN.  Shame on them.  If I believed in hell I would send them there.I suspect they already live in hell.

  • Anonymous

    I scarcely have words to say how despicable are the (often successful) efforts to suppress voting, particularly in POC communities. 

    For those who mistakenly think that winning in politics is a straight shot from winning a piece of legislation – like voting rights legislation – let this sound the cautionary note.

    Our struggle is never finished, because the attacks are never finished.  This does not discourage me.  It refines and hones my determination to fight harder.

    • Anonymous

      Yup.  It’s not just about getting legislation passed- it’s about defending that legislation from relentless attacks for years and years.  We can see that with the anti-abortion legislation that the GOP is passing, with great fanfare, today.

      There is nothing that is settled in this country as long as there is an ignorant, bigoted 30% or so that can be frightened into supporting some candidate or political movement… even if it works against their own interests

      (blindyone)