Top Dem: Colorado losses due to 'voter suppression, pure and simple'

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By Jonathan Easley

Successful recall elections Tuesday of two Democratic state senators in Colorado were because of “voter suppression, pure and simple,” Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Wednesday.

Wasserman Schultz blamed lawsuits filed by opponents of gun control to prevent voters from mailing in ballots, the late announcement of polling locations, and “efforts by the NRA, the Koch brothers and other right wing groups who know that when more people vote, Democrats win.”

“The recall elections in Colorado were defined by the vast array of obstacles that special interests threw in the way of voters for the purpose of reversing the will of the legislature and the people,” Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic lawmaker from Florida, said in a statement. “This was voter suppression, pure and simple.”


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/other-races/321567-top-dem-blames-colorado-defeats-on-voter-suppression-pure-and-simple

[kentuck]

1. Basically true

No mail in ballots. Changed precinct locations. No Sunday voting. Only four days to vote. Voter IDs. Pro-gun demonstrations. Etc.

[liberal_at_heart]

3. wow I did not know that. That is very disturbing.

[madamesilverspurs]

2. It's damned awful.

And there's this vulgarity posted by Colorado's LaPierre-wannabe:




http://coloradopols.com/diary/49138/dudley-brown-spikes-the-ball#comments


Add to all this our Secretary of State, Scott Gessler, who has been anything but non-partisan since coming to office. His efforts to suppress Democratic votes have been blatant.

[DontTreadOnMe]

4. So when the Rethugs do a recall, they get out their voters...

but when we are asked to come vote, we sit at home?

No one to blame but the Democrats on this loss. Start with Wasserman.