The Elderly Don't Exist

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Justice Department Official: "Minorities Don't Become Elderly"
The Chief of the Voting Rights section of the Department of Civil Rights division at the Justice Department has admitted that elderly voters might be disenfranchised by new restrictive voter ID laws. John Tanner made the comment earlier this month at the National Latino Congreso. Tanner went on to say white elderly voters would be harmed most by the voter ID laws because most minorities die before becoming elderly.

John Tanner: "I think it's probably true that among those who don't, it's primarily elderly persons. And that's a shame. Of course, that also ties in with a racial aspect, because our society is such that minorities don't become elderly. The way that white people do. They die first. So anything that disproportionately impacts the elderly, has the opposite impact on minorities. Just, the math is such as that."
His comments were recorded by the Brad Blog.

www.democracynow.org Oct. 15th, 2007