Just needed to say that…

Disenfranchisement is real…but this clearly isn’t the strongest argument against it.

While I am a liberal Democrat, I do feel that people need to take personal responsibility for things, including voting. The nuns need to play by the rules, just like everyone else. No question there.

But, the reality is that laws which seek to validate people before they vote have historically been used to disenfranchise huge swaths of citizens. No one can argue that. Poll taxes were used to that end and, many people believe the modern voter ID laws are an updated version. I tend to agree.

The GOP doesn’t care what the long term outcome of a lot of laws and regulations are; they want votes to go their way NOW. They’ll maneuver and scam and do what they can to limit Democratic voter involvement; that’s just the way they do business.

So while a few nuns don’t ultimately mean much, their case shouldn’t obviate the reality that many people, concerned about their “status” probably didn’t vote…and we never heard a word about it….

Pilt

ps: Funny how “smaller government” proponents seem just fine with these sorts of “intrusions” into our lives…..