America’s politics have always been rowdy, and sometimes violent; if it’s bad now, it’s been much worse. Here, Texas Democratic politician Beto O’Rourke describes some incidents from his state’s political past. For example: “After Reconstruction, states throughout[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Voting Rights’
Democrats have already passed two voting reform bills in the House
Republicans are against democracy. They want to make it as hard as possible to vote. They also want to thwart majority rule. They want a “heads, we win; tails, you lose” political system. At least one GOP senator, Mike Lee of Utah, has come out openly against democracy, and has proposed [...]
October 20th, 2020 - 12:50 pm § in Politics
Voters’ rights
I live in Washington, which has all-mail voting, so some of this doesn’t apply here. But it’s very applicable in all the key battleground states. From USA Today (read article here): The right to vote free of intimidation 18 USC §594 makes it a federal crime to intimidate, threaten, or c[...]
May 16th, 2016 - 2:16 pm § in Politics
A 5-minute primer on vote supression
Politics is a dirty, bare-knuckles business. But of all the dirty rotten things Republicans do, none are nastier than their attempts to keep American citizens from voting in their own country — a right our veterans fought and died for. Of course, they rarely come right out and say “we do[...]