What we have now is a de facto Jim Crow voting system, so what Tancredo wants is a return
to a de jure Jim Crow system.

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Shocker: Tea Party Convention Opening Speaker Suggests a Return to Jim Crow Voting Laws
By John Byrne, Raw Story
Posted on February 5, 2010, Printed on February 5, 2010

The opening night speaker at the Tea Party convention suggested a return to a “literacy test” to protect America from presidents like Obama — a segregation-era method employed by southern US states to keep blacks from voting.

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