History will not look kindly on what we're doing to restrict and suppress voting in America today.
The argument on its face that we are justified in spending so much effort to make voting harder and more inconvenient in order to prevent fraud is absurd, considering it's a crime that doesn't exist. It's a hyper-partisan attack aimed at the heart of our democracy: one man, one vote.
Incidentally, today I'm in another country with its own national elections. It's a Sunday and polling stations are open from early morning till late evening. Administrative judges are required to work all day to resolve, immediately, any questions about voters' registration. Meanwhile, the United States routinely criticizes other countries' elections for not being free and fair. Matthew 7:3-5 comes to mind.
Voter suppression efforts today echo 19th century efforts to block urban immigrant working class from casting vote.
By Paul Rosenberg
October 28, 2012 | Al Jazeera
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