Because Republicans Can't Legitimately Win Elections......

...they work to pass laws that disqualify voters, purge voting list and create contortions to prevent LEGITIMATE AMERICANS from voting....not unlike the Jim Crow Laws.

Greg Palast

Voting Rights Group: Over 1 In 10 Texas Voters Lack ID Required To Vote by Ian Millhiser | ThinkProgress
According to the Advancement Project, a leading voting rights organization litigating several challenges to state-level voter suppression laws, over 1 in 10 registered voters lack the ID necessary to vote under a voter ID law that went into effect after the Supreme Court gutted a key prong of the Voting Rights Act. And that’s just one fact offered by a graphic outlining many of the impacts of voter suppression laws in four states. In North Carolina, 1 in 3 voters lacking ID are African American, and 70 percent of black voters used early voting in 2012. North Carolina recently enacted a voter suppression law that imposes a strict voter ID requirement and cuts early voting by a full week.

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/10/28/2843221/voting-rights-group-1-10-texas-voters-lack-required-vote/