"Desperate people do desperate things. And Donald Trump is desperate. He cannot win in November on the economy. He cannot win it on the war. So he is trying to win it by making sure the people who would vote against him are not allowed to vote at all.
"Proof-of-citizenship requirements sound reasonable until you understand what they actually do. Millions of Americans, disproportionately women who have changed their names through marriage or divorce, do not carry documents with matching names. Elderly voters who were born before modern birth certificate systems may not have proof of citizenship at all. A mail-in ballot ban would gut access for rural communities, disabled voters, and anyone who cannot afford to take a day off work to stand in a line. This is not about catching noncitizen voters. Noncitizen voting in federal elections is already illegal and extremely rare. This is about making it harder for the people most likely to vote against him to vote at all."
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The above is a quote from Heather Reese Delaney's post of yesterday. Read the complete post HERE.
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