Shameful Six States
Submitted by Yankee_Blue on Tue, 08/15/2006 - 2:42pm
I was cruising around the other progressive blogs and sites today, and ThinkProgress.org has a interesting link to a article by Salon.com. It addresses the attempts by certain groups in our society to inhibit voting. Voter Surpression is not new to the United States. However what is new is that after all these years as a functioning republic, it is still allowed to stand.
North Carolina is not on the list. It is compromised of Arizona, Missouri, Indiana, California, Ohio, and of course Florida.
In response to this threat to democracy, our beloved DNC Chair Howard Dean hits the nail on the head in reference to these Conservatives without a conscience:
For Republicans, nothing is more important than their partisan interests, not even the American people's most cherished right to vote and have that vote counted.
However Salon is correct to assume that
...it's not at all clear whether progressives are going to offer enough practical help so that the victims of legalized Republican vote-robbing,...
Its a good read and may not directly relate to NC. But in my opinion all elections effect us all, because anytime they are undermined, weakness us all.
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This is the stuff that scares me.
We know the Fright Wing will stop at nothing to win. We may not have had the same kind of voter supression these other states will see, but we've had our share of electioneering from the Republicans for a Legislative Majority, Inc. (Art Pope's personal 527 organization).
I wonder what that sheriff in Almance will be doing on election day to help the Vermin out?
Nice find
I knew about Ohio, Florida and California, but hadn't heard about the other three. It is scary....
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