27 Oct 2012 11:23 am
Voter Supression? What Voter Supression? It's all in your imagination.10 States Where Voter Suppression Scams Target New Voters, Minorities and The ElderlyFranklin County Ohio Republican Chairman Doug Preisse, when asked whether it was fair to end weekend voting, said, I guess I really actually feel we shouldnt contort the voting process to accommodate the urbanread African-Americanvoter-turnout machine.Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai said, "Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done.Minnesota House Speaker Kurt Zellers said, "I think (voting is) a privilege; it's not a right. Everybody doesn't get it because if you go to jail or if you commit some heinous crime, your (voting) rights are taken away. This is a privilege."Florida state Sen. Mike Bennett said, "I don't have a problem making (voting) harder. I want people in Florida to want to vote as bad as that person in Africa who walks 200 miles across the desert. This should be something you do with a passion.When did voting become a 'privilege'? Maybe it was once a privilege afforded to white males only, but people of color and women fought hard for their RIGHT to vote.