[courtesy of California Progress Report]

By Bill Cavala
A veteran of over 30 years in Sacramento

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ill-advisedly ruled that requiring identification at the polls as a requisite for casting a ballot is Constitutional, the G.O.P. is taking the next step: requiring “proof of citizenship” at the polls.

The initial effort is being made in Missouri where voters will likely pass such a measure in August – in time to disenfranchise enough poor people to swing the state to the Republicans. Swinging state election results to Republicans by disenfranchising poor Democrats is, you see, the order of the day.

Oh, the G.O.P. will say it’s to stop fraudulent voting by “illegal aliens”. Even though every reliable study shows that’s as rare as voting by Martians.

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

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Republican election officials are trying to require "proof of citizenship" at the polls. Bill Cavala has the details at the California Progress Report.

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