2012 Presidential Election

Rob Gaudet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012

In 2011, several states enacted new laws that the Democratic Party attacked as attempts to improve the Republican Party's presidential prospects. Florida, Georgia, Ohio,[9] Tennessee and West Virginia made their early voting periods shorter. Florida and Iowa barred all ex-felons from voting. Kansas, South Carolina,[10] Tennessee, Texas[11] and Wisconsin[12] began requiring voters to identify themselves with government-issued IDs before they could cast their ballots. Obama, the NAACP, and the Democratic Party fought against many of the new state laws,[13] and former President Bill Clinton denounced it, saying, "There has never been in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the Jim Crow burdens on voting, the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today".[14] He said the moves would effectively disenfranchise core voter blocs that trend liberal, college students, Blacks, and Latinos.[15][16] Rolling Stone magazine criticized the American Legislative Exchange Council for lobbying in states to bring about these laws.[13] The Obama campaign fought against the Ohio law, pushing for a petition and statewide referendum to repeal it in time for the 2012 election.[17]

Posted Friday, April 06, 2012 by Rob Gaudet in 2012 Presidential Election
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