GOP to the poor.Dont vote.Great editorial

[rhino47]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/opinion/30sat3.html?oref=login&th

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

Published: October 30, 2004





ith 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. The National Voter Registration Act - commonly known as the Motor Voter Act - actually requires state agencies, including those that issue welfare benefits and drivers' licenses, to offer voter registration materials to the people they serve

[mikehiggins]

1. Blatently unconstitutional

and he knows it. This is just more pandering to the base.

Of course we all know that poor people shouldn't vote. They aren't as good as God's favored, i.e., people with money.