• rosellem
    +4

    Of course not all republicans think exactly in lockstep, but voter suppression is not a fringe ideal within the party. Voter ID laws, getting rid of early voting, closing polls/dmvs, etc. are all enacted and supported by the overwhelming majority of the party.

    • NinjaKlaus
      +4

      I live in a Republican state, we now can vote up to a month early at the county offices, it used to be 2 weeks, with extra satellite offices for early voting a week before the election in the local communities. Mail in ballots can be sent up to 2 months out, I believe it is. The other news outlets had a better reason for the DMV locations closing, they were satellite operations and losing money. The state has promised to open them for Voter ID reasons still though, though I agree I'd believe that when I saw it. Again a lot of what's said and done at least here doesn't match up with the perception of the other side. It may in some places though and I may just have elephant glasses on and not donkey ones.

      I support voter ID laws, so long as they are provided free of charge. I have to have an ID to get on a plane, a train, into a courthouse and soon when Real ID goes into full affect if you don't have a government approved ID you can't get into federal buildings at all...(some states have yet to join RealID believing it is against the 10th Amendment) why shouldn't we be required to provide an ID at the voting station...