Purposely Inaccurate Billboards Terrorize Poor Blacks & Latinos

“Racist” voter ID laws were struck down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Oct. 2, but that hasn’t stopped the state’s politicians from trying to discourage Latino voters from rightfully casting their ballots on Nov. 6.


Just two weeks shy of the presidential election, a series of state-sponsored billboards reading “Si Quieres Votar, Mustrala” (If You Want to Vote, Show It) were erected in predominantly Latino neighborhoods. The wording of the signs is highly misleading given that implementation of the law requiring photo IDs at the polls was postponed until 2013.

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