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    Voter ID’ Billboard Irks Mass. Latino Advocates

    Voter ID’ Billboard Irks Mass. Latino Advocates:

    State Law Does Not Require Voters To Show ID

    POSTED: 1:12 pm EDT April 12, 2011

    UPDATED: 1:20 pm EDT April 12, 2011

    SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. -- Latino advocates are blasting a billboard erected near a largely Latino district in Southbridge that demands voters show ID on Tuesday's special election primary for a Statehouse seat.

    The billboard, sponsored by Tea Party-connected groups Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote, tells voters to "protect the integrity of the vote" and "show ID."

    The groups say they also will dispatch "poll observers" to monitor the 6th Worcester District House special primary Tuesday between incumbent state Rep. Geraldo Alicea and Joanne Powell, both Charlton Democrats,

    Alejandra St. Guillen, executive director of Oiste, a group that helps Latinos in Massachusetts run for office, says the billboard and the observers are meant to intimidate Latino voters.

    State law does not require voters to show ID to vote.

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    'Voter ID' billboard irks Mass. Latino advocates:

    April 12, 2011

    SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass.—A billboard near a largely Latino district in Southbridge asking voters to show ID on Tuesday's special election primary for a Statehouse seat -- not a requirement in Massachusetts -- is drawing fire from Latino advocates who say it is part of a larger campaign of voter intimidation.

    The billboard, sponsored by the groups Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote, two groups with connections to the conservative tea party movement, tells voters to "protect the integrity of the vote" and "show ID" next to a picture of a white woman holding an identification card.

    Christen Varley, founder of Empower Massachusetts, also said the groups have "poll observers" in five precincts to monitor the 6th Worcester District House special primary Tuesday between state Rep. Geraldo Alicea, 47, and Joanne Powell, 48, both Charlton Democrats.

    Some Latino advocates, however, said the billboard and the observers are meant to intimidate Latino voters, especially newly registered immigrants.

    "You don't need your ID to vote in the state of Massachusetts," said Alejandra St. Guillen, executive director of Oiste, a group that trains Latinos in Massachusetts run for office. "To place (the billboard) directly in Latino areas with the intention of intimidating Latino voter I find as a gross miscarriage of justice."

    Varley said the campaign is not about intimidating anyone, but rather to make sure the election is clean and fair after a contested election for the seat in November. She also said the billboard wasn't intentionally placed in an area to target Latino voters.

    "I called six different companies and that was the location I found. I wasn't offered an alternative," Varley said. "The billboard faces a parking lot. It has nothing to do with placement."

    St. Guillen said her group was urging volunteers to go to polls to monitor "potential voter intimidation" and has asked advocates to contact the Secretary of State William Galvin for any signs of intimidation.

    The special election was called after a tie in the November election between Alicea and Peter Durant, a Republican selectman from Spencer. Durant's supporters alleged ballot-handling "irregularities" during recounts.

    Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote is also calling on voters to voluntarily show identification at the polls during the general special election May 10.

    After Empower Massachusetts and Show ID to Vote launched their "integrity of the vote" campaign, the groups used Facebook and conservative blogs to help raise money. The groups vowed to train more "citizen poll observers" for the May 10 special election, according to a blog posting on Red Mass Group.

    Durant is running unopposed in the special primary. Also running are independents Peter Boria, a Charlton selectman, and Robert Cirba, a Spencer-East Brookfield School Committee member.

    Varley said her group was using the monitoring Tuesday as a "learning opportunity" as they gear up for the May 10 special election.

    St. Guillen said she and other advocates aren't against having debate about the merits of showing ID to cast ballots in Massachusetts, especially since some Latino voters might support the idea.

    "But that's a debate for a different time," she said. "It certainly shouldn't be presented this way to a certain community of voters."

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    Latino or not Latino if you are a US citizen why should you have a problem showing ID?

    This is utter BS and is time to stop allowing political initimidation!

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    Back when I had a job, I worked in that State and we had a LOT of illegals working with us. If you are a legal citizen, you have no problem showing an ID.

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    This whole register on-line to vote is how Obama plans to steal the next election! He got the idea from Harry and Rory Reid!
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    Non-US citizens voting irks the hell out of me. I EARNED my right to vote and pisses me off when some people think they have the same rights, without having earned them!

    Tough sheet to whoever has a problem with this billboard. Grow up and stop cheating, lying and stealing your way through life!
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    Alejandra St. Guillen, executive director of Oiste, a group that helps Latinos in Massachusetts run for office, says the billboard and the observers are meant to intimidate Latino voters.

    State law does not require voters to show ID to vote.
    Why are latino voters so upset, especially when state law does not require id to vote ( based upon the reaction of latinos over a law that doesn't even exist ,perhaps it time to change the law)? The sign is not demanding you show id, only suggesting you do in order to protect the "integrity" of the vote.
    If somone wants to show their identification then they should be allowed to.

    "You don't need your ID to vote in the state of Massachusetts," said Alejandra St. Guillen, executive director of Oiste, a group that trains Latinos in Massachusetts run for office. "To place (the billboard) directly in Latino areas with the intention of intimidating Latino voter I find as a gross miscarriage of justice."
    Is there a law prohibiting one from presenting id if they feel compelled to do so?

    This group has a different grievance everyday. Their adversion to law or attempts to preserve the integrity of our political process has been made clear....
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