I have stated many times that voter suppression and racism go hand in hand. Believe it or not people actually argue with me. They make it sound like there is no voter suppression and that everything is fair. Well I am white man from Wisconsin and now live in Florida. I never had to wait 8hrs in line to vote. Why did some people have to wait 8hrs to vote? Could it be that they are being discouraged to vote? The wait time for everyone to vote should be the same if all things are fair. Let me ask you how long did it take you to vote? Me I called for a ballot, they mailed it to me and then I dropped it off. Easy. I have written before and have stated that the lying has to stop. If you are saying that there is not voter suppression I could be nice and say you are mistaken or I could just be blunt and say your are lying. In today’s digital age no one should have to wait 8hrs in line unless you are trying to discourage people from voting. Discouraging people from voting actually is voter suppression. 

A person stated that the Delaware’s voter law was more restrictive than Georgia so I looked up Delaware’s voter law.  Now Delaware is more restrictive than I like but their IDs are actually pretty broad. A  Delaware driver’s license, a Delaware state ID, a US Passport, a signed polling place card, a signed Social Security card, a signed vehicle registration, signed credit card with photo, and any document that identifies the person by photo or signature. Now that is a lot of different types of identification that is accepted in Delaware. The Georgia law was similar to Delaware but from what I see. The new Georgia voter law just has 2 forms, Georgia State driver’s license, or a State ID number. I would be surprised if Military ID and Passports were not allowed but the article I looked at didn’t mention them.  People that were able to vote in the last election are not able to vote in the next one. That is voter suppression. A person voted legally for all their life now cannot vote unless they get different ID.

Now Wisconsin enacted an similar law a few years back accepting only limited forms of ID, a Wisconsin Divers License or a State voter ID which you had to go to the motor vehicle dept. to get. They also accept a passport or military ID, University ID and Tribal ID. Not near as inclusive as Delaware.  Now, I am sure you all have been to a motor vehicle dept. in your State and know that it is not the most pleasant place to go, they are not located in convenient areas making it hard for people from the inner-city to get to and the wait time is always long. Now I ask you this question. You instigate these rules when there is no evidence of voter fraud do you really think the politicians are worried about election security?  What really bothers me is that people assume that other people are cheating. Our laws people are suppose to be innocent until proven guilty, but when it comes to voting if Trump lost, people have to be guilty of voter fraud. Besides being voter suppression that is also un-American. I have to prove myself innocent before I can vote even though I am already registered.  

In 2016 there were all kinds of claims of voter interference by foreign governments and organizations. Our FBI claimed that there was election interference. The CIA claimed there was interference.  Now, there was real election interference that our own Law Enforcement and Security Agencies identified and nothing was done. Why? Could it be that as long as the Republicans won they didn’t care? Election interference is attack on our republic just like 9/11 and Mitch and company didn’t care because their side won. That does not make me feel real safe and secure. That does not make me feel like they have the well being of all Americans as a priority. 

 I care about election interference. Voter suppression and Russian interference is the same thing to me. They are meant to undermine the will of the American people. The only way we can know the will of the people is to let all the voices be heard at the election box. We need to hold the organizations that spread the foreign interference accountable especially if they are our own network news organizations. We need truth and we need to be able to trust those organizations.

I want the voices in America to be heard. We need to do away with gerrymandering and voter suppression. We need to find ways to get all the people engaged in our electoral process.  Every voice should be heard at the ballot box.