The motive?

[Guns Guns Guns]

Turnout can be very different this election, stuff like this underlines that the use of the 2008 percentages for "turnout" in polls may be a bit off.

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The Republican Party's concerted effort to suppress the vote of those individuals -- primarily minority, low-income, working class and student voters -- who are likely to vote the Democratic ticket in November has refocused attention on the connected issues of enfranchisement and voter turnout, as well as their consequences for the future of our political system.



If this were merely an attempt to return Southern states to the Jim Crow era's poll taxes, literacy tests, and voter intimidation, it would be bad enough.



But it is more widespread than that, occurring even in Pennsylvania which has no Jim Crow heritage and considers itself "the Cradle of Liberty" with its Liberty Bell and Independence Hall where the Constitution was created.



What makes the Pennsylvania case especially egregious is its express purpose -- implicit elsewhere but overtly declared by its proud legislative sponsor -- to have Mitt Romney elected president, as well as benefiting the rest of the Republican ticket.



Ostensibly enacted to counter voter fraud, as in most states, authorities in Pennsylvania were hard pressed to document any such cases.





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allan-brawley/republicans-voter-suppression-activities_b_1914542.html

 

[Haiku]

It's still up in the air....why aren't these 'liberty loving patriots' up in arms about this?? Oh, yeah.....

 

[Guns Guns Guns]

It's still up in the air....why aren't these 'liberty loving patriots' up in arms about this?? Oh, yeah.....

If these efforts are successful, with Romney as president and a Republican-controlled Senate and House, not only will they control two of the three branches of our government but will then be in the position to reinforce the already highly conservative Supreme Court with one or more appointments.


This is a situation that any person concerned about civil liberties, constitutional rights, and the power of money and corporations in politics would have to view with acute alarm.


If this were to occur through the fair exercise of the will of all of the people choosing to exercise their constitutional right to vote, that would be one thing.


But to see the country set back decades by latter-day Jim Crow electoral strategies would be a disgrace.

That is why these efforts need to be exposed for the partisan and undemocratic goals they are pursuing and challenged through all appropriate legal avenues.


The stakes are too high to allow another presidential election to be stolen.


Fortunately, Mitt Romney and his campaign are currently doing enough damage to their cause to allow one to be cautiously optimistic about the re-election of the president and retaining a majority in the Senate.


If that turns out to be the case and House Republicans are suitably chastened by the rejection of the head of the ticket and other defeats, the moderate wing might be emboldened and less committed to partisan obstructionism.


The opportunity might then exist for the Democrats to pass legislation that addresses constructively the issues of voter registration and turnout.






http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allan-...b_1914542.html