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The Supreme Court acted Wednesday to limit voting rights in North Carolina, after doing the same for Ohio the week previous. Early voting was the key issue in both cases. In North Carolina, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a dissent, which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined...A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that voter ID requirements in Kansas and Tennessee reduced voter turnout overall, but especially among young people and black people. So, mission accomplished. Reducing voter turnout among groups that tend to vote Democratic is one of the top Republican strategies to win elections.
The Supreme Court acted Wednesday to limit voting rights in North Carolina, after doing the same for Ohio the week previous. Early voting was the key issue in both cases. In North Carolina, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a dissent, which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined...A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that voter ID requirements in Kansas and Tennessee reduced voter turnout overall, but especially among young people and black people. So, mission accomplished. Reducing voter turnout among groups that tend to vote Democratic is one of the top Republican strategies to win elections.
