Turnout did not go down in those states. In fact, georgia, which has a large africanamerican also in 2010 when there was no when barack obama was not on the ballot. And in 2012, our last president ial election. Do a survey reau election. Their census shows that black voters actually voted at a higher rate in the state of georgia with its voter i. D. In place. Indiana which has a photo i. D. Law thats been in place since 2008, thats the law that the Supreme Court upheld. According to the Census Bureau in the 2012 election, black voters outvoted white voters by more than 10 percentage point. So this idea that this is suppressing peoples right no vote is simply not the case and the data shows that. In fact, i think president obama actually agrees with that. He gave an interview about a week ago in which he said, talk about voter i. D. And other laws that most of these laws are not preventing the overwhelming majority of folks who dont vote from voting. Most people do have an i. D. Most pe
And then we will open up for questions and answers. So, with these few words, im handing over to mr. Von spakovsky as agreed between the panelists that he would start first. The floor is yours. Thank you very much. And welcome to the United States. Were glad to have you here. You got an introduce of me as a lawyer and a write br these topics but i want to you understand also that i come at this from a practical standpoint. Because i actually have been an election administrator down at the local level. I was on a county registration and election board in the state of georgia where we were responsible for Voter Registration and running the polls on election day in the largest county in the state. I recently left another county electoral board in the state of virginia, Fairfax County, where i think many of you may be going to observe tomorrow. And Fairfax County also is the largest county in the state of virginia. So i have a lot of practical experience in what its like to register indivi
Neighborhood of the year i know it as a hope of many residents the demonstration of a c having did will be appreciated supervisor kim. Ill save my thanks but happy this is moving forward and im happy about a couple of things for district 6 skaerth park has been added as a parcel within the binder to help to clean the areas around the childrens backgrounds and want to make sure those families are able to use it so its a safe and clean area and second glad the service plan is heavily wgd towards youth and happy to partner with them. We were not able to get everything we wanted to see in this district in the future were hoping there will be an expansion after were able to showcase and the project in this area like a mc and transmit turn over and other changes in this part of the neighborhood were able to expand into the future as we are able to convince Property Owner forces the success of the lower cv d. I represent many districts Central Market and north of market and others. I just hav
A strict supervisor to give you the certificate of honor creating one of San Franciscos premium defense programs and for everything youve done being the communities go to peoples lawyer and for doing our work with tremendous love and passion and respect for your clients. On behalf of the city thank you for everything youve done clapping and i know that some of my colleagues perhaps want to say something. Supervisor avalos yes. I want to say thank you for your Great Service francisco its been really an honor to work with you. Youve been part of my pieces of lvengs weve done at the board of supervisors protecting immigrants and its axiliary because youve protected families by youve also lived up to the inspirations of a network and working with other attorneys in the community to protect immigrants in the city ive sat down with a lot of folks you living up to the commitment and because of that work we have others people that have the capacity to do this work this is fantastic and part of
To make sure those families are able to use it so its a safe and clean area and second glad the service plan is heavily wgd towards youth and happy to partner with them. We were not able to get everything we wanted to see in this district in the future were hoping there will be an expansion after were able to showcase and the project in this area like a mc and transmit turn over and other changes in this part of the neighborhood were able to expand into the future as we are able to convince Property Owner forces the success of the lower cv d. I represent many districts Central Market and north of market and others. I just have to say i had mixture feeling but taking the Public Service into the private realm but the cvs have been an advantage and the creativity that is Community Driven by Small Business and residents bring a layer of personal warmth to developing our neighborhoods identified throughout district 6 and, of course, looking for the Public Comment arrest lets go to the publi