Section five was a pretty effective check on minority vote dilution in these places. It did impose some burdens on state and roque government. I wouldnt local government. I wouldnt deny that. But they were modest burdens, certainly in comparison to the burden of actually martialing the expert evidence necessary to bring or to defend against a Voting Rights lawsuit. So i do think that something important was lost by the elimination, effectively, of preclearance spending, and i may disagree on that point. But i do think we agree that thats, for better or for worse, the main work that the section five preclearance requirement was doing before Shelby County. And i think whats interesting is the burden of proof almost always is on the plaintiff in an election case. So i think in most of the countries that we work around the world, the person filing the complaint has to prove the claim by the standard of evidence. And as weve all known, how does that plaintiff get access to the evidence they
At his party conference, the Prime Minister promised that if reelected he would cut income tax by sevenpoint bounce. That money has got to come from somewhere. So just how big an increase in vat has he got in mind that this cant . What i was a to the right a bullet is where demonstrated in this apartment that if you manage the economy probably it is possible to reduce spending to reduce the deficit and reduce taxes at the same time but thats exactly what we have done during this parliament weve taken the personal allowance, the amount you can earn before paying income tax to 10,500 pounds. I know the later par be labour party dont want to hear good news but people are paying less income tax under this government and weve taken 3 Million People out of income tax altogether. And if reelected we want to raise to 12,500 pounds the nutty buddy that people can earn before they start paying income tax. Wide we want to do this . Because i decided as we think people should have more of their ow
Turnout did not go down in those states. In fact, georgia, which has a large africanamerican also in 2010 when there was no when barack obama was not on the ballot. And in 2012, our last president ial election. Do a survey reau election. Their census shows that black voters actually voted at a higher rate in the state of georgia with its voter i. D. In place. Indiana which has a photo i. D. Law thats been in place since 2008, thats the law that the Supreme Court upheld. According to the Census Bureau in the 2012 election, black voters outvoted white voters by more than 10 percentage point. So this idea that this is suppressing peoples right no vote is simply not the case and the data shows that. In fact, i think president obama actually agrees with that. He gave an interview about a week ago in which he said, talk about voter i. D. And other laws that most of these laws are not preventing the overwhelming majority of folks who dont vote from voting. Most people do have an i. D. Most pe
And then we will open up for questions and answers. So, with these few words, im handing over to mr. Von spakovsky as agreed between the panelists that he would start first. The floor is yours. Thank you very much. And welcome to the United States. Were glad to have you here. You got an introduce of me as a lawyer and a write br these topics but i want to you understand also that i come at this from a practical standpoint. Because i actually have been an election administrator down at the local level. I was on a county registration and election board in the state of georgia where we were responsible for Voter Registration and running the polls on election day in the largest county in the state. I recently left another county electoral board in the state of virginia, Fairfax County, where i think many of you may be going to observe tomorrow. And Fairfax County also is the largest county in the state of virginia. So i have a lot of practical experience in what its like to register indivi
Candidates for governor but ultimately, if these governors or these candidates whose record is on its the governors or the candidates whose records are on the ballot. There is ample data to indicate that the vast majority of voters across the country are making decisions based on the candidates themselves and not on, you know, on president obama. The most recent poll i have in front of me is the cnn poll from last week that indicated that 54 of those covered in the poll were not trying to send a message to president obama with their vote. Of those who, i would say on top of that, 17 of voters said that they were trying to send a message to president obama in the context of the election, and that was a message of support in the election. I think thats an indication that the vast majority of voters are making a decision on election day based on the merits associated with the candidates at the top of the ballot and weve seen in a number of ways that the president has sought to boost the p