Reply #10: looking at the Georgia walkout

[gmoses]

March 15, 2005
Why Are Top Republicans Lawyers in Two States Suddenly Working on "Voter Integrity?"
The Fix-It Guys and Their Election Filters

By GREG MOSES

http://www.counterpunch.org/moses03152005.html

In light of our recent interest in the de-registration and criminalization of the voters of West Houston, news from Georgia comes timely. Last Friday, the Democratic Caucus of the Georgia Senate staged a symbolic walkout following that chamber's passage of a bill that would limit the kinds of ID that can be used to register and vote.

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The parallels between Texas and Georgia raise questions that can be asked of other states in turn. Are your top Republican lawyers hyping issues of registration integrity, raising specters of nefarious voters planning massive acts of fraud, playing up fears that have no basis in election facts, installing new filters into law that will make voting even less hospitable? And your local election activists? Are they so obsessed with issues of verified counts that they remain blind to all other issues in voting rights?

POSTED at Tuesday 3/15 Election Fraud, Reform, & Updates Thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=344047&mesg_id=344147&page=