A new study from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU puts forth an ominous prediction: five million voters could be affected by the deluge of restrictive voting laws that have swept the country in recent years.
The report finds that the voters are from traditionally Democratic demographics and could be kept away from the polling booths in 2012. Importantly, the sheer number of voters who could be impacted is larger than the margin of victory in two of the last three presidential elections.
State governments across the country have enacted an array of new laws that make it harder for likely voters to register. The new rules include often costly voter ID laws; proof of citizenship requirements; and the elimination of early, absentee, and election day registration programs. For many states, the new rules are costly for both residents and state governments.
“Already 19 new laws and two new executive actions are in place and at least 42 bills are still pending,” according to the report “Voting Law Changes in 2012.”
11 comments:
citizenship, identification, ect should be required
there is way too much voter fraud going on.
it should have been done sooner, and once people get it they have it
The classic victim portrayed is an older woman who never drove or flew and it is too difficult to get a photo ID.
But I'll bet she has a medicare card. If she can go through the process to get that, she can get a photo ID. For that matter why isn't there a photo on medicare cards?
9:34 has zero evidence of actual voter fraud. Other than a few isolated cases, widespread voter fraud is a myth. The fact that voting systems only allow a person to vote once ensures that.
10:22 yeah ok
and no person was ever elected by dead people
you keep believing that
"The fact that voting systems only allow a person to vote once ensures that."
Patently untrue. My daughter grew up here and was a registered voter in Worcester County. She moved to Michigan and registered to vote in Detroit. She is still carried on the voter rolls at her former address (my house) in Worcester County but, since she lives out of town, requests an absentee ballot every election, which is sent to my address and she mails it in and is counted. She also goes to the polls in Detroit and votes there as well. In the past presidential election she got to cast two (2) votes for president. So....tell me it doesn't happen.
I also remember the election with Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. I had just moved from Florida in August and registered to vote in Maryland, which I did. I also obtained and absentee ballot from Florida and voted on that, as well. It's really easy to beat the system because nobody ever checks the voter roles to see who has moved out of state, or even to a different precinct in state.
you are letting her do this?
you both should be arrested
but i bet your obama supporters
We are not Obama supporters and are both Republicans. Why should we be arrested? The Democrats do it all the time and we were taught how to do it by a member of the Democratic Central Committee in Worcester County.
The five million people hurt by these bills are probably dead.Anyone who disagrees with showing ID to vote is advocating fraud.
I am 60 years old and have not missed a presidential or off-year election since 1972. I have never, ever been asked to show identification of any kind at any polling place. That's just plain wrong; I could have been dead and Joe Blow could have said he was me.
Better get the black panthers out there so this dont happen!
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