“You would think that making it easier for citizens to vote would be something for everyone in a democracy to celebrate. But the shocking remarks by these six government officials — some of whom will be on the November ballot — tell a different story.
Earlier this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie spoke at a US Chamber of Commerce gathering in Washington, DC. In his comments, The Record reports that Christie “pushed further into the contentious debate over voting rights than ever before, saying Tuesday that Republicans need to win gubernatorial races this year so that they’re the ones controlling ‘voting mechanisms’ going into the next presidential election.”
This isn’t the first time Christie’s come clean about GOP intentions at the ballot box. In August, while campaigning in Chicago for Bruce Rauner, the GOP candidate challenging Gov. Pat Quinn, Christie complained that Illinois would become the 11th state to permit same-day voter registration this November — a move supporters say will increase turnout and improve access.“* John Iadarola (TYT University), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) and Brian Unger break it down.
*Read more here from Karin Kamp / Bill Moyers:
http://billmoyers.com/2014/10/24/voter-discrimination/
Comments
Well, Jimmy, maybe it’s a plot by the evil people in the suburbs. I have expected prjudice, close minded comments from the Fox Nutwork since I stopped watching them back in the ’90s. I also thought I had found a refreshing place to get the facts behind the news at TYT. But your diatribe against anything suburban and other comments I have heard lately at TYT (especially from you and Ana) indicate that TYT is just as close minded and prejudiced as Fox, AM radio or any other media outlet. It is very disappointing. Particularly here in NE Ohio where there is nothing bu right wing propaganda. Now, I can’t trust what I see and hear on TYT. Very disappointing.