The Republicans want to Suppress your Vote.

Here is a list of states either have changed voting rules or intend to do so, while claiming to reduce alleged voter fraud, while the real intent is to keep Democrats away from the polls.


According to the Brennan Center of the Justice, the following states have changed the rules to make voting more difficult for people most likely to vote Democrat or they are in the process of passing such laws.

Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

The Republicans have several tactics to suppress the vote, including:

1. Voter identification requirements. This one is a two pronged approach as it seeks to exclude people who don’t have a certain kind of identification, and establishing a poll tax. There are two types of voter id laws. One which requires voters to have a photo i.d. States that require photo i.d. are: Alabama, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin. The second version requires proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate. States which have the proof of citizenship law are: Alabama, Kansas, and Tennessee.

2. Making registration harder by eliminating the same day registration and restricting voter registration drives. Fortunately, the people of Maine voted to repeal the Republican ban on same day legislation. However, other states have not had the same fortune. The Kasich regime eliminated Ohio’s weeklong period of same-day voter registration. Florida and Wisconsin now have laws making it more difficult for people who move to stay registered and vote. Florida, Illinois and Texas have new laws restricting voter registration drives

3. Reducing early and absentee voting. Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia passed bills to reduce early voting.

4. Making it harder to restore voting rights. Florida and Iowa have permanently disenfranchised most citizens with past felony convictions.

The results of changes already in place are significant. According to the Brennan Center’s analysis:

• These new laws could make it significantly harder for more than five million eligible voters to cast ballots in 2012.

• The states that have already cut back on voting rights will provide 171 electoral votes in 2012– 63 percent of the 270 needed to win the presidency.

• Of the 12 likely battleground states, as assessed by an August Los Angeles Times analysis of Gallup polling, five have already cut back on voting rights (and may pass additional restrictive legislation), and two more are currently considering new restrictions.