The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
In the midst of a piece primarily about demographic patterns, Clarence Page looks below the surface of the Republican gut-out-the-vote movement.
“Significantly more minority youths age 18-29 were asked to show identification than white youths: 72.9 percent of black youths were asked for ID, compared with 60.8 percent of Latino youths and 50.8 percent of white youths. Even in states where there are no voter ID laws on the books, 65.5 percent of black youths were asked to show ID at the polls, compared with 55.3 percent of Latino youths and 42.8 percent of white youths.”
Racial bias — sometimes subtle, always sinister — is alive and well.
