Midterm elections are known for low voter turnout and this is exactly what the republican party, particularly those backed by the extreme right are counting on. They have gone out of the way to restrict voters right's with an extreme emphasis on the poor and minorities. The main reason for the implementation of voter ID is and was to bar as many urbanites as possible. Cities dwellers are the single largest group of liberal and progressive leaning citizens in America. They are also the least likely to possess a drivers license and have the largest amount of university students. Student ID's were disallowed simply because students are more likely to vote and they tend to lean towards liberal and progressive idealism.
Since urban communities have public transportation and the cost of parking can be equal to rent the less than affluent don't drive. Meaning they are less likely to possess the now required form of ID.
The elderly living on limited income and also are a target as are the poorer country residents.
These voter ID laws were the brain child of the Koch brothers and the anti-American pro-corporate entities under their control. They want not less government as they claim but corporate control of the government. Their agenda is to turn every aspect of our lives into a profit for themselves.
It is up to us, all of us to stop them. So get off your butts and #getoutthevote.
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