As Voter ID Advances, Colorado Secretary of State Admits Voting Restrictions Block Eligible Voters

[n2doc]

The state with some of the most accessible elections laws in the nation could soon make it more difficult to cast a ballot.

Colorado lawmakers began debating a bill Wednesday that would require voters to present a photo ID if they register to vote on Election Day — a policy that would disproportionately impact people who are younger, lower income, non-white, and newly naturalized.

While attending a recent conference in DC, Secretary of State Wayne Williams told ThinkProgress that he supports these measures despite the fact that investigations by his predecessor found voter fraud to be nearly non-existent in the state.

“Most people don’t rob banks but we still protect against bank robbery,” he said. “Most people vote honestly but we did have some instances — for example, one individual submitted five separate voter registration forms with sequential Social Security numbers. The overwhelming majority of people don’t do that, but we need to have the protections in place to ensure all of us can have confidence in our elections.”

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http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/02/18/3624060/voter-id-advances-colorado-secretary-state-admits-voting-restrictions-block-eligible-voters/

[randys1]

1. This should outrage all of us.

First of all, any voter fraud you will find will be from rightwingers who are doing it so they can then point and say

"See, told you so"

Here I am working so hard to protect people's right to vote, many of us are, in the face of these terrorists (teaparty, republican party) these American Taliban terrorists who hate it when non whites vote, we fight them in our own way, mine is my twitter account and other stuff I do...

and yet
right here on DU

RIGHT HERE

we have people assuring us that both parties are the same and voting is a waste of time

sigh

[NYC_SKP]

2. OK. Then what can we do to help people vote? More voting days? Provide transportation?

I'll accept the need for protections, but can we then look at ways to bring equity to the situation?


Why the hell do these questions never reach the SCOTUS?

Not that the current court would rule in our favor.

Equal access should be guaranteed and subsidized in some fashion.

[Panich52]

3. Be citizen co-signer of "Right to Vote" constitutional amendment

Not the more rapid fix that's obviously needed, but we have to look long term, esp since this is the closest GOP comes to looking at the future.

FairVote.org | Right to Vote Amendment:
http://www.fairvote.org/reforms/right-to-vote-amendment/
Write your rep:
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2495/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=13697


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