GOP: Lies, Gimmicks, Scams, and Voter Suppression
(Lots of Red to Go Around)
This story comes from
National Memo here:
Specifics:
A
new analysis of voter data found that between 2016 and 2018, millions
of people were purged from voter rolls, overwhelmingly in areas of the country
under Republican-led state governments.
“At least 17 million voters were purged
nationwide between 2016 and 2018,” reported the Brennan Center for Justice, a
nonpartisan research organization based at New York University (NYU). The
analysis found “[…] that counties with a
history of voter discrimination have continued purging people from the rolls at
much higher rates than other counties.”
More from the article:
The biggest source of those
purges were states like Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina,
Idaho, and Indiana, where the governments are led by Republican elected
officials.
The Brennan Center also noted: “Minority
voters are more likely to share names than white voters, potentially exposing
them to a greater risk of being purged. Voters often do not realize they have
been purged until they try to cast a ballot on Election Day — after it’s
already too late.”
History and Background:
Republicans have repeatedly
been caught in the act of trying to instigate voter purges as part of a
systemic campaign of voter
suppression. By tamping down on minority voters and other populations
likely to support Democrats, Republicans seek a path to winning elections.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) was
revealed to have authored emails plotting to purge voter rolls in his
state based on false claims of “voter fraud.”
Arizona Republicans have been
pursuing legislation that would wipe out 200,000 voters from the
state’s rolls. That is more than twice the number of
votes that decided the election between Trump and Hillary Clinton in that state
in 2016.
Georgia’s Republican-led
government pushed to
purge thousands of voters in last year’s gubernatorial election. Brian Kemp, who
was then Georgia’s secretary of state, won the
gubernatorial race by a margin of 1.4 percentage points.
My 2 cents: This SOP for the GOP all the while blaming DEMS if they end
up losing – how ironic is that?
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