do you admit or deny that it is the GOP pushing for VOTER ID laws and do you
admit or deny that the Dems are opposed to those laws
Right wing forces in America are pushing voter ID laws because they believe it will cause a disenfranchisement of non white voters and allow them to overcome the increasing demographic disadvantage that is going to occur over the next three or four decades. As a large segment of the right wing makes up the Republican Party, they are playing a major role in this drive.
People concerned about Constitutional rights and civil libertarians are rightly opposing this effort to disenfranchise people. As a significant part of the Democratic Party is made up of people who place a high value and priority on the right to vote, the tend to oppose it.
In the end, it is not political considerations or even ideological considerations that should decide this question but rather the first consideration should be the NEED or NECESSITY for such voter restrictions. Why, at this pint in time, do we need to adopt these restrictions which could effectively hurt the right of people to vote? In a democratic republic such as ours, no right is more central to our political health than the right to vote. So where is the need to do this?
Where is the list of voter fraud convictions that provide the underpinnings to show that this is needed and necessary? It simply does not exist. If you think it does, please present it.
So which side is arguing for change? And which side is failing to present any evidence of a significant problem of voter fraud to justify their schemes and plans to deny people the right to vote?
Of course, it is the Republican Party. There is no doubt about that.
Yes, I am a Democrat. Yes, I make my living working for a Democrat. Yes, I give political and election advice as part of that living. And yes, I support EVERYONE voting who is eligible to vote. We should be exploring laws to make voting easier - not harder.
What does it say about a particular political party when the stated assumption of even their own supporters and backers is that they need to disenfranchise others so they have a chance to win? What does it say about a particular political party when their members go on record as NOT wanting people to vote because it threatens their own selfish agenda?
It is sad. Very very sad.