Voter Suppression
An editorial in the New York Times (registration required) saysOne of the cornerstones of the Republican Party’s strategy for winning elections these days is voter suppression, intentionally putting up barriers between eligible voters and the ballot box. The House of Representatives took a shameful step in this direction yesterday, voting largely along party lines for onerous new voter ID requirements. Laws of this kind are unconstitutional, as an array of courts have already held, and profoundly undemocratic. The Senate should not go along with this cynical, un-American electoral strategy. ...The article goes on to say that court after court has found this to be unconstitutional. It just contributes more to my feeling that Republicans are trying to take over the country in any way - legal or illegal - possible.
(Bill, I know you're going to disagree ... :))
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 9:01 AM
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Actually, court after court has *NOT* found it unconstitutional. Here in Indiana, the ID requirement was upheld. The judge noted that even after requesting that they search for one, the opponents could not find a single citizen in the entire state who would have been unable to comply.
There is, in my opinion, greater reason to believe that Democratic opposition to such a law is so fervent because they have plans to get votes from illegal aliens.
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