Lefties are just begging Artur Davis to address the Republican National Convention, aren’t they?

The largest civil rights group in America, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is petitioning the UN over what it sees as a concerted efforted to disenfranchise black and Latino voters ahead of next year’s presidential election.

The organisation will this week present evidence to the UN high commissioner on human rights of what it contends is a conscious attempt to “block the vote” on the part of state legislatures across the US. Next March the NAACP will send a delegation of legal experts to Geneva to enlist the support of the UN human rights council.

The NAACP contends that the America in the throes of a consciously conceived and orchestrated move to strip black and other ethnic minority groups of the right to vote. William Barber, a member of the association’s national board, said it was the “most vicious, co-ordinated and sinister attack to narrow participation in our democracy since the early 20th century”.

In its report, Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers to Voting Rights in America, the NAACP explores the voter supression measures taking place particularly in southern and western states.

Fourteen states have passed a total of 25 measures that will unfairly restrict the right to vote, among black and Hispanic voters in particular.

How does requiring a drivers license, passport, or other form of identification to vote disenfranchise black or Hispanic Americans?

The only people who would be disenfranchised would be those ineligible to receive appropriate identification or whose identification would disqualify them from voting. In short, illegal aliens and convicted felons whose rights haven’t been restored.

Ah, I see. And therein lies the problem. The NAACP is a dominantly left-wing organization. It’s why they attacked the Tea Party as racist but did nothing about SEIU goons beating up a black conservative businessman.

If we were to stop illegal aliens and convicted felons from voting, that would have negative consequences for Democratic candidates. And we can’t have that, can we? Even if it means voter and election fraud.

As for the United Nations, it has no power over American legislators or election officials. We’re not subservient to a “human rights” committee that welcomes Cuba and China, having to be convinced to suspend Gaddafi’s membership even after he’s slaughtered his own people.