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Double Vision on Democracy
The American Mind ^ | 01/13/2022 | Ryan Williams

Posted on 01/13/2022 1:36:44 PM PST by PoliticallyShort

Republican state legislatures have, across many states in recent months, passed legislation to roll back some of the extraordinary (and often, unlawful) suspensions of time-honored election integrity safeguards during the 2020 election. To the leaders of the Democrat party, this amounts to a return to the poll taxes, firehoses, and dogs of the segregated South.

To Republicans, the two “voting rights” laws would amount to a federalization of elections without precedent in American history. What’s more, it’s a solution in search of a problem. There is no crisis of voting rights in America. As anyone who has tried knows, it’s not very hard to vote in America. It requires a minimal amount of organization and planning, as so many civic duties do. Requirements like meeting deadlines, proving residency, and showing ID do not amount to voter suppression to most reasonable Americans.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanmind.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; democracy; democrat; republican; voters

1 posted on 01/13/2022 1:36:44 PM PST by PoliticallyShort
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To: PoliticallyShort

Hey, look at your posting history.

https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:politicallyshort/index?tab=articles

Always the same source. Isn’t that curious?
Almost like as if you were here for purposes of promotion.

That’s just crazy, huh?

You have any thoughts about that?


2 posted on 01/13/2022 1:45:47 PM PST by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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