“All that had to happen was for the GOP to reinforce the lie of voter fraud, create the public perception of democracy imperiled, increase the groundswell to "protect the integrity of the ballot box," require exactly the type of identification that blacks, the poor, the young, and the elderly did not have, and, equally important, mask these acts of aggressive voter suppression behind the nobility of being "civic-minded.” RacismAmerican HistoryUs HistorySuffrageAgeismVoter SuppressionVoter Fraud Book:One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy Source: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
“The goal of all the GOP voter ID laws is to reduce significantly the demographic and political impact of a growing share of the American electorate. To diminish the ability of black, Latinos, and Asians, as well as the poor and students to choose government representatives and the types of policies they support. Unfortunately, it's working.” RacismAgeismClassismVoter SuppressionVoter Id Laws Book:One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy Source: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy