Lieutenant Governor Dilbert Hosemann issued the following statement.
Recent
news articles have stated a provision of Mississippi’s Voter ID law,
allowing a Mississippian to be issued a free voter identification card,
has not been codified in state law. Those articles
are inaccurate. The provision requiring a free Voter ID card is
provided for in state law.
Mississippi Code Annotated Section 23-15-7 states, in part, ‘…No fee shall be charged or collected for the application for or issuance of a Mississippi Voter Identification Card. Any costs associated with the application for or issuance of a Mississippi Voter Identification Card shall be made payable from the state's General Fund.’
9 comments:
Come to Canton where we always vote early and often. Wonder how they're gonna let the new city citizens (as of the 6th) vote if they demand to do so. They should be registered as Madison County voters and in an area not labeled as a specific ward. Friend brought it up last night.
If somebody appeals to the supreme court that the intitiate was invalid, how can they rule that it is not?
12:40 -- keep up. There are issues in law that exist to deal with just this situation. The principle is called "laches", which is loosely interpreted from the Latin I've been told means "You're too late, Jack".
The Voter ID initiative was passed over a decade ago. Nobody challenged the Initiative process at that time. After it passed, the state incorporated the requirements of the amendment into state statute. Hundreds of elections have been held since it passed requiring voters to present identification.
So: The initiative passed, without a challenge. Events have happened since the passed following the rules of the passed amendment. Turning around those events is not possible. Therefore, anyone who chooses to challenge it today would be told that "you're too late, Jack", shoulda brought your case way back then. Preferably before the vote was cast over the proposed amendment, but certainly within a reasonable time (a few months) following its passage.
You and your pothead buddies that are butthurt over losing your easy access, or projecting your money pot income source might as well get over the sour grapes and realize that the ruling from the court wasn't about Marijo but was about the initiative process. But just because it killed the process, that doesn't result in a retroactive ruling.
That's how.
@2:00 - lay off the crack pipe. People who aren’t on your “level” can’t understand your disjointed thoughts.
June 4: I found his explanation pretty simple to understand. You really should switch over to Republican.
Here's the statute:
"Mississippi Code Title 23. Elections § 23-15-563. Voter identification requirement"
The State Supreme Court doesn't have the authority to overturn State Statute.
Once again, the Lt Gov forgets he is not Secretary of State
@8:31
You are entirely incorrect
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