NH GOP Seeks To Disenfranchise Students Who 'Just Vote Their Feelings'

[kpete]

NH GOP Seeks To Disenfranchise Students Who 'Just Vote Their Feelings' (VIDEO)
Brian Beutler | March 7, 2011, 1:21PM

At a January 9/12 event with local tea partiers, the Republican House Speaker in New Hampshire, Bill O'Brien explained his problem with young voters.

"They go into these general elections, they'll have 900 same day registrations, which are the kids coming out of the schools and basically doing what I did when I was a kid, which is (vote liberal)," he said. "They don't have life experience and they don't have life experience and they just vote their feelings and they're taking away the town's ability to govern themselves, it's not fair."

The remarks were caught on tape by a tracker with the New Hampshire Democratic party, but up until today they haven't caused O'Brien much embarrassment.

Now, though, the New Hampshire House is trying to put those words into law, with two bills designed to disenfranchise young voters -- one to disallow them from voting if they or their parents haven't established residency in that district, the other to disallow same-day voter registration altogether.

VIDEO & MORE: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/nh-gop-seeks-to-disenfranchise-students-who-just-vote-their-feelings-video.php?ref=fpblg

[RandySF]

1. Can we disenfranchise people who vote their stupidity?

[Drale]

2. If this isn't collusion to stop democrats from getting elected

I don't know what is.

[Boswell]

3. not far until they try to get it back to

white male land-owners ONLY with the vote again...

[Deep13]

4. That would also disenfranchise teabaggers and anyone else...

...basing a decision on anger, hate or anything that isn't fact-driven.

[drm604]

5. How about people who vote based on fear?

Fear is a feeling and Republicans are experts at getting people to vote based on fear.

[Deep13]

6. Also...

Constitutional Amendment XXVI:

The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

[Webster Green]

7. Not fair? WTF?!

This is crazy. They want to disenfranchise voters because they might vote liberal, and they think that's OK?

Holy fucking shit!

[left is right]

8. Isn't this a federal issue

Census rules require post-secondary students to be counted in the city/county in which they attend college. Doesn't that make them aresident of their college towns and therefore eligible to vote if they have properly registered?

[DirkGently]

9. Translation: "We haven't had time to instill the proper level of hatred & unthinking partisanship."

[truedelphi]

10. K & R. Hmm. What about people

who haven't had an original political thought for years - but follow whatever nonsense their RW preachers are spouting...

Can we eliminate their votes too?

[Warren Stupidity]

11. they are also seeking to disenfranchise military personal based in NH

The Full Out Loons of the NH Teabagnut Majority in the legislature are, well, out of their freaking minds.