... as in, suppress the Democratic vote;
new voter ID laws nationally are the most widespread, and most bitterly disputed, of several types of voting procedures that states have adopted after the chaotic 2000 presidential election. The procedures include statewide electronic databases of registered voters, which critics allege have in a few states improperly knocked out eligible people. In another procedure, Ohio and Florida -- battleground states that have produced recent contested elections -- have placed tighter reins on groups that work to register new voters.
...the changes are ploys to suppress voting among poor, elderly, minority and disabled citizens, who are prone to support Democratic candidates.
In Arizona you have to bring proof of citizenship. As in, GOP pollwatchers will throw out any Hispanics they think are Democrats if they didn't happen to bring their passports with them.
And what's the motivation of Bush' Justice Department sending out 800 'watchers' to 'monitor' elections --- including haunting Denver's polls next Tuesday??
All citizens should be apoplectic...
All part of the now-national GOP Southern strategy; keep the uppity folk down for over one hundred fifty years....
