Keith and Rep. Keith Ellison discuss the latest GOP-driven voter ID laws introduced in 34 states that are sure to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
To reduce the impact of what he is calling “a poll tax – a price to pay
before you can vote,” Ellison has introduced a bill that would require
all states to offer same-day voter registration for federal elections
and another bill that would prevent state officials from requiring photo
identification before a citizen is allowed to vote.
Noting that the trajectory of voting has been an “expansion of rights” and that the GOP “is trying to roll this back,” Ellison says he hopes and prays that the Occupy movement will “think about how this voter suppression movement is trying to curtail their rights.” In response to Keith’s suggestion that the voting day be changed from Tuesday to Saturday/Sunday, Ellison calls it “a great idea” and says that he’ll “get working on it.”
Read and download the complete transcript for the November 3, 2011 edition of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”
http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-together-rep-keith-ellison-encourages-movement-to-respond-to-gop-driven-voter-suppression-laws
Noting that the trajectory of voting has been an “expansion of rights” and that the GOP “is trying to roll this back,” Ellison says he hopes and prays that the Occupy movement will “think about how this voter suppression movement is trying to curtail their rights.” In response to Keith’s suggestion that the voting day be changed from Tuesday to Saturday/Sunday, Ellison calls it “a great idea” and says that he’ll “get working on it.”
Read and download the complete transcript for the November 3, 2011 edition of “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”
http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-together-rep-keith-ellison-encourages-movement-to-respond-to-gop-driven-voter-suppression-laws
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