Michigan Food For Voting Rights

I have serious reservations regarding the publication of my research and recommendations pertaining to my campaign for Michigan House Representative of the 4th District because my opposition are subscribed to my feeds and claim my work as their own.

It does not matter.  The mastery of the material is in my possession.

Here is my proposal for voter ID legislation.  As the argument is presented that many voters are disenfranchised due to issues of poverty, meaning not being able to afford state identification, then I suggest issuing EBT cards with pictures as a valid form of state identification.

The ‘‘Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008’’ was amended to replace "Food Stamps" with the "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" (SNAP) to replace "coupons" with Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) "benefits".

Here we have a federal program whereby the States develop its own system of determining eligibility of SNAP and the delivery of the benefits.  In essence, authorized holders of the BRIDGE Card are, how can we say this in the spirit of voters, "vetted" by the state prior to the granted authorization and issuance of the benefits card.

One of the purposes of the EBT Card is to provide protections of privacy and accuracy of benefits delivered.  Moreover, the EBT Card is to prevent fraudulent usage.  What better way than to make the EBT Card photo identification as a form of state identification acceptable for access to voting.

Verification of identity can now be linked with SNAP, reducing human error for disqualification of voting rights.  It has always been said the poor do not vote.  Now there will be no excuse.

Public notification, administrative training and processing of the state identification cards cost are contained within the grant itself.

The following section of the said Act enumerates the constraints to establish the BRIDGE Card as a state identification acceptable for voting.  It states, in part:



Public Law 110–234
110th Congress

SEC. 4117. CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE.
Section 11 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2020) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
‘‘(c) CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the certification of applicant households for the supplemental nutrition assistance program, there
shall be no discrimination by reason of race, sex, religious
creed, national origin, or political affiliation.
‘‘(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—The administration of the
program by a State agency shall be consistent with the rights
of households under the following laws (including implementing
regulations):
‘‘(A) The Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C.
6101 et seq.).
‘‘(B) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 794).
‘‘(C) The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
‘‘(D) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d et seq.).’’.

I was always taught that if one must scream and yell to be heard, then there is no substance of the message being conveyed, making it an ad hominem.

Election law bills advance to House floor despite loud protests

Lansing— Armed guards escorted Republican lawmakers out of a House committee room Tuesday after unruly protests by citizens critical of legislation that would tighten election laws.

The Rev. Charles Williams Sr., his son, and the Rev. W.J. Rideout, all of Detroit, led a roomful of protesters who say House Republicans are trying to suppress urban voters by requiring photo identification to get an absentee ballot and placing restrictions on voter registration drives. The legislation allows voters without a photo ID to sign an affidavit under the penalty of perjury attesting to their identity.

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