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Editorial | The Struggle to Cast a Vote
Upholding Democracy, Ballot by Ballot
November 3, 2012 - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/opinion/sunday/voting-rights-upholding-democracy.html
This year, voting is more than just the core responsibility of citizenship; it is an act of defiance against malicious political forces determined to reduce access to democracy. Millions of ballots on Tuesday along with those already turned in will be cast despite the best efforts of Republican officials around the country to prevent them from playing a role in the 2012 election.
Even now, many Republicans are assembling teams to intimidate voters at polling places, to demand photo ID where none is required, and to cast doubt on voting machines or counting systems whose results do not go their way. The good news is that the assault on voting will not affect the election nearly as much as some had hoped. Courts have either rejected or postponed many of the worst laws. Predictions that up to five million people might be disenfranchised turned out to be unfounded.
But a great deal of damage has already been done, and the clearest example is that on Sunday in Florida ............
jenw2
(374 posts)I still don't have a ballot. If you know someone that lives here, you can see if they're progressive that they most likely weren't allowed to vote either:
http://info.kingcounty.gov/elections/ballottracker.aspx
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)jenw2
(374 posts)Of course my vote didn't count.
I shouldn't have to pay taxes since I'm one of many people here that either aren't allowed to vote or have our votes thrown away. It is taxation without representation.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)intentionally suppressing the vote?! Get out!
R$ has broken through the bottom of the cynical barrel and is digging down through bare earth.
Wednesday cannot come soon enough. Every time I see the pathological liar or hear it speak, I feel the need to delouse.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)to get any advantage to overcome their minority disadvantage.