The Republican Party's War on Democracy

[Donnachaidh]

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BuzzFlash at Truthout has posted a lot of commentary over the years about the Republican Party's war on democracy.

It's not an exaggeration, either. All of the current efforts to reduce the number of people who vote are aimed at disenfranchising Americans who are less wealthy, less mobile, less knowledgeable about voting requirements - and, of course - the young, particularly on college campuses.

The Republicans generally believe that we are not a democracy in which everyone has a right to vote: Voting is the ultimate entitlement belonging to those who believe that this is a white, Christian nation run by people of means.

In recent coverage of Republican statewide initiatives to expand voter identification requirements, other new voter suppression strategies are being overlooked by the mainstream media. These include longer residency requirements to keep students from being able to vote on their campuses and reducing - that's right, reducing - the period for advance voting.


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