Showing posts with label Voter Caging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voter Caging. Show all posts

October 20, 2014

September 4, 2012

Why We’re Still Fighting for Voters’ Rights | Common Dreams

Why We’re Still Fighting for Voters’ Rights | Common Dreams
"Now, the American right wing is doing its best to take the franchise away from as many non-rich citizens as possible. Since the 2008 presidential election, there’s been a pervasive campaign to make it harder for Americans to vote. The proposals have come from across the country. Over the past two years, 11 states have passed new laws requiring voters to provide ID at the polls and seven have shortened the timeframes for early voting."

GOP Targets African-American Women in Voter Suppression Efforts | Alternet

GOP Targets African-American Women in Voter Suppression Efforts | Alternet
"How will the American Presidential election be won in November 2012? By the Republicans buying the election? Perhaps. But money cannot always buy an election. That is why Republicans have spent the last 4-6 years passing a spate of voter suppression laws in “swing states” that will make it more difficult and costly for the young, the elderly, minorities, union members and single and elderly women to cast a vote for Barack Obama.
Although the Republican effort is not exactly a secret, few Americans are discussing it with the urgency it deserves."

August 29, 2012