Republicans Boast About Voter Suppression in Tampa, but the Ground Is Shifting

[babsbunny]

http://www.thenation.com/blog/169642/republicans-boast-about-voter-suppression-tampa-ground-shifting

George Zornick on August 29, 2012 - 4:06 PM ET

On the first full day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay, Republicans were not running from their record of voter suppression. At a fundraiser Tuesday afternoon not far from the Tampa Bay Times Forum, GOP superstars lined up to pay their respects to one of the key architects of recent voter-suppression tactics—Cleta Mitchell, a Tampa Bay–based attorney who is head of the Republican National Lawyers Association.

Earlier this year, before the House Judiciary Committee, Mitchell proudly testified that the “burdens” of voter identification laws—that is, some people not being able to vote—were justifiable to prevent non-existent fraud. “Because the purpose of a voter identification, a photo identification, is to ensure and protect the integrity of the election, whatever burden may exist is offset by the need to protect the integrity of the elections,” she testified. And Mitchell is not a newcomer to the voter-suppression game—back in 2008, she was running “training sessions” for GOP poll-watchers so they could fight back against a supposed “long pattern of abuses in registration by groups such as ACORN and their Democratic allies.”

[socialindependocrat]

1. There needs to be a law that says that no adoption of a law nor

any change to an existing law nor redistricting of voting districts can be made until there is
an objective analysis done to show that there is no ill intent prejudice any particular group
or groups for any political advantage.

I'm sick and tired of seeing laws get enacted that make things worse just because
a bunch of lying manipulative morons comes up with a bright idea to tip the scales.

Why does our government allow this stuff to continue?