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Accidental Republican candor about voter-ID laws
Jim DeMint, the former South Carolina senator and Tea Party firebrand who is now the president of the Heritage Foundation, became the latest in a string of conservatives to admit that restrictive voting laws such as voter ID requirements are an attempt to help Republicans win elections, telling a St. Louis radio host yesterday that voter ID laws help elect “more conservative candidates.”
“t’s something we’re working on all over the country because in the states where they do have voter ID laws you’ve seen, actually, elections begin to change towards more conservative candidates,” he said.
(Notice: He's not saying Republicans are trying to get more people to vote, they are trying to keep others from voting. That's what traitors do. People that know they have no policies to win by.)
Republicans Boast About Voter Suppression in Tampa, but the Ground Is Shifting
The bill’s author, state Representative Alan Clemmons, took the stand yesterday and admitted he cannot produce a single example of in-person voter impersonation, and also conceded his law wouldn’t really stop a dedicated impersonator anyhow. Then, one lawyer presented racist e-mails sent to Clemmons about voter-identification laws—with which Clemmons agreed. (Someone e-mailed Clemmons to denounce the idea that black voters wouldn’t sign up for photo identification if an incentive was offered, saying “it would be like a swarm of bees going after a watermelon.” Clemmons replied, “Amen, Ed, thank you for your support,” a response he admitted in court yesterday was “poorly considered.”)
Republicans Admit Voter-ID Laws Are Aimed at Democratic Voters
So we should be thankful for Schlafly’s candor. The more Republicans acknowledge that these laws are designed to suppress the votes of blacks, Latinos, and others, the easier building a movement to stop them will be.
Birth certificates ordinarily cost $22. The state offers ones costing $2 to $3 for election purposes, Justice Ginsburg wrote, but it had not publicized that option on the relevant website or on forms for requesting birth certificates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/u...-voter-id-law-intact-with-a-warning.html?_r=0
“Even at $2, the toll is at odds with this court’s precedent,” she wrote, citinga 1966 decision striking down Virginia’s poll tax.
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Republicans think their traitorous and treacherous behavior is clever. But with just a 37% approval rating, they are digging their party's grave. Oh, the party isn't going away, but it will change so much, it will be like the 60's when all the liberals and moderates left and all the Confederates, the KKK, the Aryan Nation and all the other racists move into the GOP. The party has to change. The base doesn't like it's disastrous and disgraceful leadership. The GOP leadership is so bad, the base is embarrassed.
Jim DeMint, the former South Carolina senator and Tea Party firebrand who is now the president of the Heritage Foundation, became the latest in a string of conservatives to admit that restrictive voting laws such as voter ID requirements are an attempt to help Republicans win elections, telling a St. Louis radio host yesterday that voter ID laws help elect “more conservative candidates.”
“t’s something we’re working on all over the country because in the states where they do have voter ID laws you’ve seen, actually, elections begin to change towards more conservative candidates,” he said.
(Notice: He's not saying Republicans are trying to get more people to vote, they are trying to keep others from voting. That's what traitors do. People that know they have no policies to win by.)
Republicans Boast About Voter Suppression in Tampa, but the Ground Is Shifting
The bill’s author, state Representative Alan Clemmons, took the stand yesterday and admitted he cannot produce a single example of in-person voter impersonation, and also conceded his law wouldn’t really stop a dedicated impersonator anyhow. Then, one lawyer presented racist e-mails sent to Clemmons about voter-identification laws—with which Clemmons agreed. (Someone e-mailed Clemmons to denounce the idea that black voters wouldn’t sign up for photo identification if an incentive was offered, saying “it would be like a swarm of bees going after a watermelon.” Clemmons replied, “Amen, Ed, thank you for your support,” a response he admitted in court yesterday was “poorly considered.”)
Republicans Admit Voter-ID Laws Are Aimed at Democratic Voters
So we should be thankful for Schlafly’s candor. The more Republicans acknowledge that these laws are designed to suppress the votes of blacks, Latinos, and others, the easier building a movement to stop them will be.
Birth certificates ordinarily cost $22. The state offers ones costing $2 to $3 for election purposes, Justice Ginsburg wrote, but it had not publicized that option on the relevant website or on forms for requesting birth certificates.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/u...-voter-id-law-intact-with-a-warning.html?_r=0
“Even at $2, the toll is at odds with this court’s precedent,” she wrote, citinga 1966 decision striking down Virginia’s poll tax.
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Republicans think their traitorous and treacherous behavior is clever. But with just a 37% approval rating, they are digging their party's grave. Oh, the party isn't going away, but it will change so much, it will be like the 60's when all the liberals and moderates left and all the Confederates, the KKK, the Aryan Nation and all the other racists move into the GOP. The party has to change. The base doesn't like it's disastrous and disgraceful leadership. The GOP leadership is so bad, the base is embarrassed.