working class stiff wrote:
Thank God. Voting is a right. The attempts by Republicans to limit the right to vote in states that they control is un-American. In N. Carolina, the Democratic Party received half the votes and are outnumbered in the legislature by a 2 to 1 margin in the house and senate via jerrymandering.
Only people who support tyranny would think it fair to ignore the concerns of half the population of a state.
First: In regard to the intent of voter ID, you're confused. Voting is only a right of American citizens who have not committed felonies and thus lost their right to vote. The drive to require identification as a prerequisite to voting is not an attempt to limit the right of American citizens to vote, be they Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, latino, black, caucasian, asian, male, female, homosexual, or of indeterminate sexual persuasion. PERIOD. It AIN'T a limit on any citizen. But it definitely IS an attempt to prevent non-citizens, dead citizens, and criminals from voting. So...what's your beef? Are you in favor of allowing non-citizens, dead citizens, and criminals to vote? Because it turns out that these types of voters usually vote a straight Democratic ticket.
Second, in regard to the practice of jerrymandering, once again, you're confused. You do have a point, the practice of jerrymandering skews the results of elections. Here in Washington state, where Democrats have controlled state politics for decades, jerrymandering by Democrats has worked the opposite of what you describe in NC. It's archaic and wrong, but it isn't just Republicans who do it. But you know, whether its the practice of jerrymandering that you hate, or the electoral college, you have to realize that we are not a direct democracy. Although we use the model of a REPRESENTATIVE democracy for voting purposes, we aren't a representative democracy, either. We are a republic, not a democracy. For a quick primer on the difference, try [
www.tmra2.org/images/democracyvsrepublic.pdf ]. It will open your eyes. Maybe you could then read the Declaration of Independence, and understand why it NEVER uses the word "democracy".