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hi everyone,
from NPR;
After high turnout in last year's midterm elections propelled Democrats to a new House majority and big gains in the states, several Republican-controlled state legislatures are attempting to change voting-related rules in ways that might reduce future voter turnout.
In Texas, state lawmakers are considering adding criminal penalties for people who improperly fill out voter registration forms. Arizona Republicans are proposing new voting rules that could make it more complicated to cast an early ballot. In Tennessee, GOP lawmakers are considering a bill that would fine groups involved in voter registration drives that submit incomplete forms.
Republican lawmakers in those states say new laws are needed to maintain the integrity of voter rolls and prevent fraud.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/22/7149...republican-run-states-eye-new-curbs-on-voting
if you live in certain states (like i do in North Carolina), you've lived with the yearly efforts of the GOP state legislatures make in the name of "voter fraud prevention"...efforts that routinely get overturned in Federal Court.
meanwhile...
The now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud, according to an analysis of administration documents released Friday.
https://www.apnews.com/f5f6a73b2af546ee97816bb35e82c18d
so, what do you think, War Room folk?
does this fall under the auspices of "politics is a rough business" or it is a violation of the 15th amendment?
- IGIT
from NPR;
After high turnout in last year's midterm elections propelled Democrats to a new House majority and big gains in the states, several Republican-controlled state legislatures are attempting to change voting-related rules in ways that might reduce future voter turnout.
In Texas, state lawmakers are considering adding criminal penalties for people who improperly fill out voter registration forms. Arizona Republicans are proposing new voting rules that could make it more complicated to cast an early ballot. In Tennessee, GOP lawmakers are considering a bill that would fine groups involved in voter registration drives that submit incomplete forms.
Republican lawmakers in those states say new laws are needed to maintain the integrity of voter rolls and prevent fraud.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/22/7149...republican-run-states-eye-new-curbs-on-voting
if you live in certain states (like i do in North Carolina), you've lived with the yearly efforts of the GOP state legislatures make in the name of "voter fraud prevention"...efforts that routinely get overturned in Federal Court.
meanwhile...
The now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud, according to an analysis of administration documents released Friday.
https://www.apnews.com/f5f6a73b2af546ee97816bb35e82c18d
so, what do you think, War Room folk?
does this fall under the auspices of "politics is a rough business" or it is a violation of the 15th amendment?
- IGIT