This is a letter published in my local paper. I will be pushing my state to adopt VBM. Anybody up for an online petition?
In 1980, Paul Weyrich, one of the founders of the conservative movement, said: “I don’t want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.” Very simply, “our leverage” refers to the power exerted by the super-wealthy in this country, their lobbyists and bootlickers. The Republican Party is determined to cut voter turnout by alleging voter fraud (almost non-existent), and requiring voters to provide forms of identification that may not be easily available.
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