The Attorney General:

despite our nation’s long tradition of extending voting rights -– to non-property owners and women, to people of color and Native Americans, and to younger Americans -– today, a growing number of our fellow citizens are worried about the same disparities, divisions, and problems that –- nearly five decades ago -– LBJ devoted his Presidency to addressing. In my travels across this country, I’ve heard a consistent drumbeat of concern from many Americans, who – often for the first time in their lives –- now have reason to believe that we are failing to live up to one of our nation’s most noble, and essential, ideals. As Congressman John Lewis described it, in a speech on the House floor this summer, the voting rights that he worked throughout his life –- and nearly gave his life -– to ensure are, “under attack… [by] a deliberate and systematic attempt to prevent millions of elderly voters, young voters, students, [and] minority and low-income voters from exercising their constitutional right to engage in the democratic process.” Not only was he referring to the all-too-common deceptive practices we’ve been fighting for years. He was echoing more recent concerns about some of the state-level voting law changes we’ve seen this legislative season. Since January, more than a dozen states have advanced new voting measures. Some of these new laws are currently under review by the Justice Department, based on our obligations under the Voting Rights Act. Texas and South Carolina, for example, have enacted laws establishing new photo identification requirements that we’re reviewing.

Aha! The nefarious photo ID. How stupid does Holder think Americans are, when you can’t cash a check, drive a car, check into a hotel, enter any office building in Manhattan, or board an airplane without one? Here’s a solution that would solve an awful lot of problems. But Holder didn’t stop there:

It should be the government’s responsibility to automatically register citizens to vote, by compiling -– from databases that already exist -– a list of all eligible residents in each jurisdiction. Of course, these lists would be used solely to administer elections

Would voting then become, um, mandatory? The “of course” is amusing, since it highlights that the assertion following it is false. We’ve seen similar tricks for such a long time now. Hasta la victoria siempre! HT: PL

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