Sarah Silverman: Want to vote this year? Get nana a gun(UPDATED)

Her step-by-step guide to voter ID laws in your state VIDEO

BY KATIE MCDONOUGH
FRIDAY, SEP 21, 2012 01:31 PM EDT
 

Published on Sep 21, 2012 by TheYoungTurks

"Sarah Silverman isn't taking the voter ID laws complicating the 2012 election lightly. After all, who's going to look out for black people, poor people, old people and students if not America's potty-mouthed comedic sweetheart? Making it illegal to vote without a photo ID is supposed to prevent voter fraud, but as Sarah points out in this NSFW PSA, some politicians like Rep. Mike Turza (R-PA) really want voter ID laws in place to prevent certain demographics from voting (for Barack Obama)...".* Ana Kasparian, Cenk Uygur, and comedian Jimmy Dore break it down on The Young Turks.

MORE KATIE MCDONOUGH. 

Sarah Silverman isn't taking the voter ID laws complicating the 2012 election lightly. After all, who's going to look out for black people, poor people, old people and students if not America's potty-mouthed comedic sweetheart?
Making it illegal to vote without a photo ID is supposed to prevent voter fraud, but as Sarah points out in this NSFW PSA, some politicians like Rep. Mike Turzai (R-PA) really want voter ID laws in place to prevent certain demographics from voting (for Barack Obama). Also, what exactly is all this "voter fraud" we're supposed to be so afraid of?
"Oh yeah, all that crazy 'voter fraud' that's going around. There's so much 'fraud' around that free, anonymous civil right," she jokes.
If that weren't enough, Sarah points out that U.S. Veteran photo ID cards, social security cards and student IDs are not accepted under the laws, but you can use gun permit IDs. You just can't make this stuff up.
Watch Sarah's PSA above and go to http://letmypeoplevote2012.com for more information.
  

Voter ID laws aim to prevent in-person voter fraud. In person voter fraud basically never happens. So why are so many states passing these laws?

no photo no voto

Will you be voting in PA, IN, FL, TN, MI, SD, ID, LA, KS, NH, or GA? Then as of right now, you need a valid photo ID to vote this year.

know before you go

www.costoffreedom.info or
www.866ourvote.org

gotta vote!

For state-by-state Voter Registration

www.gottavote.org

5 things you should know
about voter id laws

1. These are not bipartisan efforts. They are initiated by Republicans, passed by Republicans, and signed into law by Republicans. The State House Majority Leader in PA asserted that these voter restrictions would allow Mitt Romney to win the state.
2. The voters most likely to be burdened by these new voting restrictions are Democrats. Consider which voters don't have ID. Among seniors and young voters, 18% don't have valid ID. Among African Americans, 25% don't have valid ID.
3. Restrictions on voting, like poll taxes and "literacy" tests, have a long history. They are used by one party to prevent supporters of another party from voting.
4. If someone were trying to steal an election, in person voter fraud, where a voter pretends to be someone they are not at the polls, is the last method anyone would chose. Absentee ballot stuffing is much easier. But more Republicans vote by absentee ballot. So no new restrictions on absentee voting.
5. The Brennan Center has estimated that as many as 3.2 million citizens could find it harder to vote because of new voter ID laws.

if you're on twitter and care about voting rights

• Brennan Center for Justice

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• ACLU

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• LCCRUL

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• Advancement Project

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• Fair Elections Legal Network

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• Turbo Vote

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• Rock the Vote

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• Demos

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• Common Cause

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• NAACP

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