In my opinion voter suppression is an ugly act. When one party is in power and then pushes legislation that only serves to help to ensure they will stay in power then there is something wrong with our democracy. This is now the case in Florida where the party in power waited until week seven of a nine week legislative session to attempt to ram-rod through bills in both the House and Senate that will help to ensure they stay in power. Our two ‘Featured’ editorials (here and here) explain what is happening in Florida much better than I can. …
- Featured – FL: Editorial – GOP power grab is an affront to voters
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article993149.ece - Featured – FL: Editorial – Suppressing the Vote in Florida
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/opinion/19sun2.html?_r=1&ref=opinion - National: Opinion – No Country for Close Calls
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/opinion/19silver.html?_r=1&ref=opinion - National: Voting Rights Act has passionate, strong advocate in Sensenbrenner
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/43234327.html - CA: Riverside County – JACOBS: Supervisors demonstrate selective hearing
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/04/19/opinion/jacobs/z1c926e6627c8bc848825759b0064e069.txt - IL: Low turnout has state debating voting by mail
Governor sees Oregon as model
http://www.galesburg.com/news/news_state/x718260423/Low-turnout-has-state-debating-voting-by-mail - NY: Voters could register on Election Day
http://www.uticaod.com/news/x1092973969/Voters-could-register-on-Election-Day - TX: Voter discrimination law debate rages
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=238306&SecID=2
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