For anyone who takes time to think, and consider, whatโs happening to us, this is scary.
Have you wondered why thereโs all the noise about voter fraud without seeing any news about voter fraud?
It shouldnโt surprise anyone that a group playing havoc with a few cherished American values derives from the Tea Party.ย Voting rights, thatโs a traditional American value, right?ย Now True the Vote is going after selected voters to try to suppress voting.ย With software designed to spot minor differences in driving and property records, and organizations in 30 states, theyโre hoping for thousands of volunteers to help them achieve their goal of affecting the 2012 election.
Voter fraud?ย Does it exist?ย The New York Times says not really.
โVoter identity fraud is all but nonexistent,
but the assertion that it might exist is used as an excuse
to reduce the political rights of minorities, the poor, students,
older Americans and other groups that tend to vote Democratic.โ
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/opinion/voter-harassment-circa-2012.html
What True the Vote is doing is illegal.ย Itโs prohibited by The Voting Rights Act of 1965.ย It should matter, for reasons of common morality as well.ย ย That many of the same people enabling this peversion of law claim to have fundamental religious and ethical convictions is mind boggling.ย But in a Karl Rove world, itโs the end, not the means, Stupid.
For more information on True the Vote, please see:ย http://colorlines.com/archives/2012/08/true_the_votes_large_and_growing_far-right_network.html
Weโre a republic, not a banana one, right.
Carole