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[Jan Klimkowski]

Florida Republicans Admit Suppression of Democratic Votes Was Goal of New Law


Former Republican officials in Florida have admitted a controversial new law that helped fuel massive lines on Election Day was intentionally created to suppress Democratic votes. Republican leaders had claimed the law was aimed at stopping voter fraud. But former Republican officials, including former Florida governor Charlie Crist, told the Palm Beach Post that alleged fraud was used as a cover to conceal the main goal of Republicans curbing Democratic votes. In particular, Republican officials were apparently concerned about the impact of early voting by people of color. The Palm Beach Post cites an anonymous Republican consultant saying: "I know that the cutting out of the Sunday before Election Day was one of their targets only because that's a big day when the black churches organize themselves." President Obama ultimately won the battleground state of Florida, but the state's voting restrictions caused a spike in provisional ballots, which are used when a voter's eligibility is in question.

Shucks. There was lil' ole me thinking that the Republicans could rely on the votes of pissed off white men and bigoted old white women to guarantee another victory.

To overcome the "demographic timebomb", it looks like the Republicans are going to have to go the whole spit roasted hog and disenfranchise blacks, hispanics and native Americans....