The Republicans aren’t fooling anyone. The Denver Post reports:
Of the nearly 4,000 letters mailed this month by [Colorado] Secretary of State Scott Gessler to suspected noncitizens — asking that they prove they are eligible to vote or remove themselves from the voter rolls — 12.45 percent went to Republicans, prompting critics to again question whether the effort is politically motivated.
Gessler, a Republican, has strongly denied the allegation that his effort to block noncitizens from voting is intended to keep left-leaning voters from going to the polls in November.
Of the 3,903 letters mailed, the largest number — 1,794 — was sent to unaffiliated voters, while 1,566 went to Democrats and 486 to Republicans. The other 57 went to other parties.
As of Aug. 1, Colorado’s registered voters were 35 percent unaffiliated, 33 percent Republicans and 32 percent Democrats.
They honestly do not believe that they can win fair and square.
Has anyone done a sampling to see how many of those names are Hispanic? Since Hispanic voters are about two thirds Democratic, I suspect that virtually all the names are Hispanic with a few others thrown in for “balance”.
You forget something. Hispanics, non-Cuban, only became 2/3(or close) in the last 4 years. Why? Because the GOP has gone all in on the fact that only old, white people count. Wanting to build a wall at the border, plus the “Papers, please!!” laws. Even Cranky McSame jumped on the border wall thing in ’08 despite having been against it prior.
That was my point. I guess I didn’t express myself clearly.
They honestly do not believe that they can win fair and square.
Of course they can’t. If they ever told the truth about their policies, they’d never win another election.
Somehow, I don’t believe this is an accurate statement about what would happen: “remove themselves from the voter rolls.” I belive this is what the state would do if the recipients did not respond appropriately.
Another case of Republicans believing “Guilty until proven innocent.”
More to the point, they obviously believe there is no downside, legal or political, to getting caught cheating. And they may well be right.
and the next thing you’ll be telling me is that water is wet.