If I belonged to a party that used dirty tricks like, passing laws to make it harder for the huddled masses to vote, (or suppress their votes altogether, therefore attempting to dismantle Democracy) in order to win… I would leave that party because it has no place in our Republic… But, that’s just me, I really don’t understand the Republican voter who thinks this double-dealing (which should be a crime) is A-OK. thinkingblue
Update, Friday October 10, 2014: On Thursday, two separate courts blocked restrictive voter ID laws in Texas and Wisconsin.
As candidates across the country are kicking their get-out-the-vote efforts into high gear, many states are feverishly litigating to defend newly implemented voting restrictions that could prevent many voters from casting a ballot. The outcomes of those cases could shape critical races—and even influence which party wins control of the US Senate.
In a way, Barack Obama can be blamed for this. In 2008, his historic campaign inspired record turnout, drawing more people to the polls than the country had seen in 40 years. Almost all of the record increase came from black, Hispanic, and young voters, who tended to vote Democratic. Republican governors and GOP-controlled state legislatures, not surprisingly, saw this as a problem. They responded by throwing up a host of new obstacles to voting that disproportionately affect black, Latino, and low-income voters.
Since the last midterm elections in 2010, 22 states have passed strict new voting restrictions, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Some of those measures took effect before the 2012 election, as in Florida, where long lines at polling stations apparently deterred at least 200,000 people from voting that year. Nationally, fewer people cast votes in the presidential race in 2012 than in 2004, even though the country saw the number of eligible voters increase by 8 million. In 15 states, this year's midterms will mark the first federal election with a host of these new voting restrictions in action.
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