>>I think there are two separate issues. I agree with you that the Democrats are recruiting voters who would be unlikely to vote otherwise, and that it isn't necessarily an expression of the will of the people. (Stop the presses! -- I criticized the Democrats). But I think voter suppression is a very real issue, and we know which party is doing that. The Republicans have very specific, very targeted strategies for minimizing turnout in some areas. Fortunately, it isn't going to be enough to save them this time (evil cackle). > >Yeah, but a lot of the "strategies for minimizing turnout" include things like asking all voters to produce identification to match registration records. I live in about the whitest, most Republican suburb in Ohio and I have to do that every time I vote, even though the old lady at the registration table was in Eastern Star with my mother for 40 years. > >Treating voters differently based on arbitrary criteria is voter suppression. Asking voters to identify themselves at registration or at the polls to protect the integrity of the process discriminates against no one - except those who are voting in ways that are illegal. >
That certainly sounds unobjectionable in concept. But some of the efforts go beyond checking ID at the polling place. Here are some links.
