On the 42nd anniversary to the day of Bloody Sunday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) today announced that they are reintroducing in both chambers of Congress comprehensive voting reform legislation that demands an electoral system that not only ensures that every voter is given the opportunity to cast a vote, but also instills in every voter the confidence that his or her vote has been counted. Senator Clinton and Representative Tubbs Jones announced the action today in a press conference joined by co-sponsors Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and voting rights advocates, including Ralph G. Neas, President of People For the American Way; Hilary Shelton, Director of the Washington Office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Barbara Arnwine, the Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Wendy Weiser, Deputy Director, the Brennan Center for Justice.These are the same people who don't want you to have secret ballot voting rights when addressing the question of whether or not to unionize... All this is about is finding new ways for Democrats to steal elections. As Hugh Hewitt often says, "If It Ain't Close, They Can't Cheat."
"Voting is the most precious right of every U.S. citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our elections. We cannot rest until we have done everything we can to make sure that voters have confidence in our voting system and exercise their right to vote. We must be able to easily and accurately count every vote so that every vote counts," said Senator Clinton.
"I am pleased to once again join with Senator Clinton in introducing companion legislation in the House as we continue our efforts to ensure that every American is afforded their Constitutional right to vote," said Representative Tubbs Jones. "Considering the tremendous election discrepancies that we have seen take place in this country, including this past mid-term election, we know that we are still dealing with a flawed system. The passage of this legislation is paramount to ensuring that people throughout this country are not disenfranchised when they attempt to exercise their right to vote."
The truly sad thing is that election reform is something that ought to be looked at...but we can't trust the politicians and their special interest groups to do it.
