G.O.P. to the Poor: Don't Vote

[baby_bear]

NYTimes editorial today

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/opinion/30sat3.html

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With little notice or discussion, Senator Christopher Bond of Missouri allowed a provision into a Senate appropriations bill that could ban even nonpartisan voter registration efforts in public housing developments all over the country. This is an example of the unfortunate impulse now afflicting some parts of the Republican Party: a desire to suppress voting in poor and minority neighborhoods. Mr. Bond's proposal runs contrary to both the spirit of democracy and federal law, which in recent years has moved increasingly toward broadening ballot access.
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The proposed Senate legislation comes on top of recent G.O.P. maneuvers in Ohio, where Republicans challenged the registrations of more than 30,000 voters, many of them impoverished.
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Mr. Bond's argument - that housing built with public money should be used only for housing, not voter registration - makes no sense on its face. It is even more ridiculous given the universal support for voter registration on military bases around the world. Military voters tend to favor Republicans, and public housing residents tend to favor Democrats. It would be nice if everyone could agree that both groups should be encouraged to vote.

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There's another example about HHS halting voter registration at Indian health clinics in New Mexico.

Does this information ever get reported? Do people just not care about the disenfranchised in this country?

This makes me crazy. I feel like I live in a country I know longer know.

s_m

[Raster]

1. "they" don't want the poor to vote.... voting is power.

It's that "government of the people" thing.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Like the poll tax of old................

these people are despicable.

[bettyellen]

3. like the wisecrack about taking post rally buses to polls..

some repug said they are not doing it because we're pretty sure our people have cars.

they just don't get it.

[Redleg]

4. GOP to everyone else "FUCK YOU, I GOT MINE!"

EOM

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. The audacity of these assholes never ceases to amaze me.

[johnnyrocket]

6. The GOP is pure evil...there's no other word for it.

I wish more people could realize that.