How Republicans Rationalize Voter Suppression

by confuzzled dude Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:39 pm

"Since 2011, Republican lawmakers in swing states have pushed hard for new restrictions on voting, from voter identification to new rules on early voting and ballot access. “Nine states have passed measures making it harder to vote since the beginning of 2013,” notes the New York Times, and other states “are considering mandating proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate or passport, after a federal judge recently upheld such laws passed in Arizona and Kansas.”

This fear wouldn’t go away, and would become a preoccupation of Republican lawmakers in the Northeast. In the late 1880s, for instance, New Jersey Republicans pushed a measure that would have required naturalized citizens to have their naturalization papers when voting—a precursor, of sorts, to voter ID. “A sad feature” of New Jersey’s requirement, noted the New York Herald, “was that many persons will be deprived of their vote, as their papers are either worn out, lost, or mislaid.” It’s a worry that should sound familiar to anyone concerned about the impact of a strict ID requirement for voting."

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/03/republican_voter_suppression_rationales_why_voter_integrity_is_nonsense.html

-> Unfortunately, for Propa showing his firearm as a proof to vote won't pass muster, being a brown guy, he will have to take his naturalization papers with him to voting booth Razz

by confuzzled dude Fri Apr 11, 2014 5:55 pm

It’s getting harder and harder to vote in the Land of the Free.
New voter suppression laws have recently been passed in North Carolina by Republicans in the General Assembly. In essence, these laws make it harder to vote.
It’s no surprise Republicans would want to reduce early voting. Early voters have won states for the Democratic Party in presidential elections. Just look at North Carolina during the 2008 election. On Voting Day, McCain beat Obama handily, but once early voting was factored, Obama managed to barely snag the electoral votes.
It gets worse, though. A federal judge recently upheld laws in Arizona and Kansas requiring voters to provide a birth certificate, passport or other documentation to prove citizenship when registering to vote.

http://www.guilfordian.com/opinion/2014/04/11/ncs-voter-suppression-tactics-adopted-by-other-swing-states/

by nevada Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:49 pm

Voting is such a waste of time. I would rather watch an IPL replay than go and vote.

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