Major papers report today that the Democratic Party — asleep at the switch while the Republicans cooked up ways to block voter access to polls — is now going to fight back. \u00a0 Several studies show that laws passed by Republican-dominated state legislatures succeeded in keeping hundreds of thousands of voters, mostly elderly and minorities who tend to vote Democratic, away from the polls.\u00a0\u00a0 Lines created by the Republican “reforms” caused delays in urban areas lasting several hours.\u00a0 MIT researchers have determined that blacks and Hispanics waited nearly twice as long in line to vote on average than whites.\u00a0 An Ohio State University professor and The Orlando Sentinel, concluded that more than 200,000 voters in Florida (surprise!!!!) \u201cgave up in frustration\u201d without voting.<\/p>\n
Democrats in the House and Senate have already introduced bills that would require states to provide online voter registration and allow at least 15 days of early voting, among other things.\u00a0 We’ll see, won’t we?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Major papers report today that the Democratic Party — asleep at the switch while the Republicans cooked up ways to block voter access to polls — is now going to fight back. \u00a0 Several studies show that laws passed by … Continue reading