Showing posts with label Voting Rights Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voting Rights Act. Show all posts

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Suppressing the Vote









By now you've surely heard about the so-disgusting-it's-almost-not-even-funny report from last night's "Daily Show" during which a Republican precinct chairman in North Carolina didn't even try to pretend like his state's new voter ID laws weren't designed to harm Democratic candidates. The racist pig -- who has a friend who is black! -- ended up losing his job today. But the fallout from the Supreme Court's destruction of the Voting Rights Act is anything but a laughing matter, which inspired these celebrity PSAs that might help even the score!