New Registration Rules Stir Voter Debate in Ohio
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on August 10th, 2006 11:07 am by HL
The Republicans stole the election in Ohio in 2004, so of course the thing to do is to make new voting registration laws that make it harder for poor people, (especially black) to vote.
New Registration Rules Stir Voter Debate in Ohio
NY Times
Excerpt:
CLEVELAND For Tony Minor, the pastor of the Community of Faith Assembly in a run-down section of East Cleveland, Ohio new voter registration rules have meant spending two extra hours a day collecting half as many registration cards from new voters as he did in past years.
Republicans say the new rules are needed to prevent fraud, but Democrats say they are making it much harder to register the poor.
In the last year, six states have passed such restrictions, and in three states, including Ohio, civic groups have filed lawsuits, arguing that the rules disproportionately affect poor neighborhoods.
But nowhere have the rules been as fiercely debated as here, partly because they are being administered by J. Kenneth Blackwell, the secretary of state and the Republican candidate in one of the most closely watched governors races in the country, a contest that will be affected by the voter registration rules. Mr. Blackwell did not write the law, but he has been accused of imposing regulations that are more restrictive than was intended.
H.L.s Take
Yep, everyone knows that the poor people are going to try to steal the vote for the democrats this year. Good thing Mr. Blackwell, (the reason Bush is still in the White House) is being extra careful to make sure that does not happen
August 12th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
FREAK!!!