During yesterday’s hearing in federal court about South Carolina’s voter ID law, the author of the bill, State Rep. Alan Clemmons answered questions regarding the motivation for the bill, and it wasn’t pretty.
An attorney for the civil rights groups suing South Carolina under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 presented emails to Rep. Clemmons which evidence that Clemmons supports racially charged rhetoric used to denounce the notion that brown folks might not have the means or transportation to obtain voter ID.
Ed Koziol, a racist-ass South Carolinian, e-mailed Clemmons and said that if the legislature offered a reward for ID cards, “it would be like a swarm of bees going after a watermelon.” In response, Clemmons wrote, “Amen.” Amen, Ed! High five!
Additionally, Clemmons claimed not to remember handing out packets of peanuts with cards that read “Stop Obama’s nutty agenda and support voter ID.” (The civil rights attorney stated that Clemmons had previously testified he had handed out the nuts.)
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