[lbo-talk] Making it harder to vote

[Bill Quimby]

Yes, but does anyone have any ideas on why this is true? It would seem to
me that there are advantages to anyone in having one or more of these id's in
their possession. For securing social welfare benefits? For cashing a paycheck?
For getting a library card?

(And haven't some voting rights organizations in various states been active in
seeing that potential voters have one or more of these id's?)

Maybe I am missing something and should be clued in?

(And no, I am not agreeing with Republican disenfranchise efforts - in any state.)

- Bill

123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> The Republican Party's target is obvious. Studies indicate that 25% of African 
> Americans nationwide do not have a government-issued photo ID, 18% of voters over 
> age 65 do not have a photo ID, and 15% of voters with incomes under $35,000 lack 
> the ID as well. Besides going after blacks, the elderly and the poor, the bill 
> also sets its sights on college students. What do these people have in common? 
> They tend to vote Democratic.
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