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....not my first choice, and I'm not sure 'Mericans are unbiased enough
to vote a New York Jewish Democratic Socialist into office, but I don't have any serious policy issues with him, and this issue is certainly one I favor: Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders called for a constitutional amendment to automatically register all *eligible* voters during a Democratic candidate forum on Friday night. He said he wanted to see legislative reform or “maybe even a constitutional amendment that says that everybody in America who has 18 years of age or older is registered to vote, end of discussion.” Sanders blasted politicians who pass laws making it harder for people to register to vote. States across the country have passed new laws—most pushed by Republicans—that require a photo ID to register to vote or limit when people can register. “People who suppress the vote are political cowards and are undermining democracy,” Sanders told moderator and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow during the forum at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. “What the Republicans are doing is so un-American, it’s outrageous, it is beyond belief,” he said. “If they can’t face a free election, they should get another job.” In his many elections, Sanders said, “it has never occurred to me as a candidate to figure out the way to deny people the right to vote because they might vote against me.” - - - - - Sanders is spot-on...there's very little voter fraud in this country, and the only reason the Repubs are pushing for tougher laws is to limit the vote. |
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