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Remember When Voting Was Thought of as a Sacred Right?

January 30, 2012 at 6:57 PM Leave a comment

Remember when Iraq held its first election after the U.S. invasion and all of us, including conservatives like Bill Bennett, held their breath hoping the elections would be “free and fair?”

Let’s see many Americans color their right index finger purple in solidarity for the people voting in free elections in Iraq.  Americans should watch closely the voting in Iraq.

I think it will do us all good to see democracy in action.

We watched from a high and mighty place back then because after all, we were the United States of America, where everyone has a voice, everyone has a vote and voting is sacred and respected above almost all other rights.

Well, that was then, this is now.  Since then, the people in Bill Bennett’s Republican party have pushed through extraordinarily repressive voting rights laws in several states and now the international community is focusing attention on one of our most deeply held rights and traditions:

A wave of restrictive laws passed in Republican-held state legislatures will mean that a disproportionate number of ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the elderly and the young, will find voting difficult and in many cases impossible.

Among the legislation is a requisite that aspiring voters present a state-issued photo identification card to cast their ballot. That would affect around 21 million people who do not have the ID.

The apparent reason for the ID requirement is to prevent voter fraud, yet an extensive analysis by the US Justice Department.found that incidents of vote fraud are exceedingly rare and that the new laws would not solve the eligibility issues.

Some analysts say the restrictions would have a severe impact on the country’s presidential vote in November, favouring the Republican candidate.

Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynold travelled to the state of Wisconsin, where he spoke to one woman whose right to vote may have been stripped by the new restrictions.

(Via.)

Fundamental rights in the United States are under assault people.  We are facing an emergency.

Newt Gingrich attended a rally in The Villages, Florida yesterday and he said something about how he isn’t going to stand around while President Obama presides over America’s decline.  Time to look in the mirror Newt.

Entry filed under: 2012 Election, Dumbed Down, Repression, Voting Issues, We the People. Tags: vote fraud.