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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsConservative Think Tank President Says Voter ID Helps Conservatives Win Elections
Jim DeMint, the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation and former senator from South Carolina, became the latest in a growing list of Republican lawmakers who have admitted the real intention of voter ID laws. In an interview last week, the Tea Party leader asserted that the laws have shifted elections toward conservative candidates because they are blocking Democratic voters.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/02/3774447/jim-demint-voter-id/
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Nice that they are willing to say it out loud, though.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)msongs
(67,417 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)it pegs my "D'UH" meter.
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)There's a reason NC and TX have put these in place and OR hasn't.
UTUSN
(70,708 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Paul Weyrich was one of the first presidents of the Heritage Foundation and he was a leader back in 1981 in pushing for voter suppression
Viking112
(4 posts)A progressive oligarchy is what America needs.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)so they resort to theft....assholes