Disfranchisement
From Wikipedia
Disfranchisement (also called disenfranchisement) is the revocation of the right of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or rendering a person's vote less effective, or ineffective. Disfranchisement may occur explicitly through law, or implicitly by intimidation or by placing unreasonable registration or identification impediments in the path of voters.
I got to thank Ed Schultz for being all over this "below the Radar" story today:
Ohio House Passes Nation's Most Restrictive Voter ID Law
wegoted.com -- 3/25/2011
House Republicans in Ohio pushed through what could become the nation's most restrictive voter identification law.The bill requires Ohio voters to show government-issued photo IDs at the polls.
The legislation would require voters to show one of four forms of ID when voting in person.
They must show an Ohio driver's license, state ID, military ID or passport.
Doesn't sound like that big of a deal, UNLESS you only find out about it, on the day of the Election; or UNLESS you don't have the means to actually acquire one of those "Acceptable Govt IDs" ...
(remember how many in New Orleans, didn't "have the means" to escape Katrina?)
Whatever happened to those "Voter Registration Cards"? -- I thought those were our Voter Ids?
What Gives!?