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At SeattlePI, Joel Connelly goes bird-watching and espies Jim Crow’s current aerie.
They can, however, restrict early, and particularly Sunday, voting. They can require government ID and then make it difficult — particularly for elderly non-drivers — to get. They can make minority voters spend hours waiting at understaffed polling places.
They can discourage college students by not accepting college-issued photo ID. They can gerrymander legislative and U.S. House districts to such ends as minimizing Hispanics in Texas’ congressional delegation.
From the party of Lincoln to the party of stiffing Lincoln.
Nixon’s Republican Party tried to harness hate with the odious Southern Strategy. Come 45 years and the hate has harnessed them.
Do read the rest.
