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Originally Posted by kane
As I have said before in this thread, if the voter ID laws were just about ID I wouldn't have a problem with them. Most states could quickly come up with a solution for those who are too poor or in a bad situation and can't afford or aren't able to get to the location to get an ID.
The problem is that most of these laws also want to restrict other voting options. They do things like restrict registration dates, reduce the days for voting, change where and how you can vote and other things like that.
If they just want a vote ID bill, great. Put up a bill that is just about voters having to get and show an ID to vote. But don't put in a bunch of other shit that is meant to reduce the number of votes cast and call it bill that is meant to fight fraud when in reality it is a voter suppression bill.
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And that's pretty much it. It's very transparent as to what they're trying to do by limiting as many democratic voters as possible. One Pennsylvania politician even admitted that voter ID and voting time restrictions would help Republicans win their campaigns.
Higher voter turnout always fovors Democratic candidates. Republicans know that most of the country is not going in the same direction. The only option they have at this point is to cheat, because they sure as shit aren't going to get votes by being against everything...except tax cuts. That's the only thing they give a shit about.