These new restrictions fall most heavily on young, low-income voters, African Americans, Hispanics as well as on voters with disabilities. These new laws are part of a well-orchestrated campaign to hurt the chances of Democrats to retake control of Congress or retake the White House during the 2012 election.
Based on the Brennan Center’s analysis of the 19 laws and two executive actions that passed in 14 states, it is clear that:
- These new laws could make it significantly harder for more than five million eligible voters to cast ballots in 2012.
- The states that have already cut back on voting rights will provide 171 electoral votes in 2012 – 63 percent of the 270 needed to win the presidency.
- Of the 12 likely battleground states in 2012 -- five have already cut back on voting rights (and may pass additional restrictive legislation), and two more are currently considering new restrictions.
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We are not going to back down to a bunch of haters. We are going to get it together. It takes courage and we've got that in our blood.
*PS* Some trolls were trying to be scary...keyword...TRYING...on my blog and I am not posting at the moment so i privatized it. I will not be moderating or reading homophobic or racist (right wing haters) to foolish comments.*
Kandake - I'm with you ... and I hope you find reason to visit with us on this blog often in the future.
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