OH black vote disenfranchisement

[chomskysright]

the sister is right: we white folks are sucking wind....

The sister is right on the money:

marsha hammond, phd: asheville

shanikka's diary :: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/12/15/9734/4841
I

have noticed something. Since the election all the threads which have raised the issue of Black disenfranchisement -- whether in the context of Ohio this year, Florida in 2000, or generally -- as a form of electoral fraud have ended up devolving into ignorance and/or dying as threads. Specifically, whenever this issue comes up, whether in a diary of its own or in connection with someone else's Onio thread, there appear to be three primary reactions:
A vigorous attempt to insist that systematic disenfranchisement through whatever means is not the same thing electoral fraud, such that the Ohio disenfranchisement is less of a priority right now since it will be fixed "someday"; or
Silence in response to any poster who contends that, whether or not it changes the outcome, the ongoing fight to count all votes in Ohio is a fight to ensure the rights of African-American voters and thus deserves the party's public attention and commitment.
A cry of "tin foil hat" and arguments that nothing is "proven" so it must not be reality -- it's just bad planning, bad administration, in other words, just an unfortunate mistake.

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2. I agree. Disenfranchisement is important and must be remedied.

It's discriminatory and clearly violates the Voting Rights Act.

I think the reason people are more obsessed over the electronic fraud, however, is that technology has given the GOP the power to influence the national election everywhere in ways that can't be traced (unless a whistleblower comes forward). Disenfrancisement through withhholding voting machines and intimidation, while horrible, tends to be more localized--and it's easier to catch the bastards.

With electronic hacking, the power in party can stay that way forever unless we all join forces and get rid of the machines.

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