The Republican Party is so bereft of useful ideas, so fundamentally unable to inspire confidence and excitement over their policies that they’ve been forced to undermine the very foundations of our democracy in order to cling to power.
Their gerrymandering and voter suppression efforts have disenfranchised large swaths of the voting public and reveal the ruthless, power-hungry ethos that animates the rotten heart of the modern GOP.
Given this grim reality, any victory against efforts to curb voting rights is a cause for celebration. Today saw just such a victory, as HuffPost’s Sam Levine reports that a New Hampshire court has struck down a law passed in 2017 that required people to provide proof that they lived where they intended to vote.
The court agreed with critics of the law, who pointed out that it unfairly targeted college students and was designed to make it harder for them to vote. Perhaps most tellingly — at least as it pertains to the current political discourse around voting in this country — is that the court ruled that so-called voter fraud, that perennial bugaboo of the conservative movement, is almost non-existent with less than one documented instance of it occurring in New Hampshire annually over the past twenty years.
The finding is in sharp contrast to Trump’s claim that voter fraud is a serious problem, and yet another rebuttal of his pathetic attempts to rationalize his 2016 popular vote loss by falsely stating that millions of fraudulent votes in California inflated Hillary Clinton’s margin.
All levels of government and Law Enforcement are watching carefully for VOTER FRAUD, including during EARLY VOTING. Cheat at your own peril. Violators will be subject to maximum penalties, both civil and criminal!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2018
With the November midterms right around the corner and the future of our Republic hanging in the balance, this ruling is great news to anyone who cares about fair and free elections.
Read the full ruling here.
Breaking news: A state court in New Hampshire blocked a 2017 law that required people to prove they lived where they were trying to vote. Critics said it was targeted at college students and designed to make it more difficult for them to vote.
Opinion: https://t.co/8speSpHM0E
— Sam Levine (@srl) October 22, 2018
New Hampshire judge says "voter fraud is not widespread or even remotely commonplace." A reminder that President Trump said repeatedly, without evidence, that thousands were bused in to illegally vote in NH in 2016. https://t.co/8speSpHM0E pic.twitter.com/emJJ8i3eSd
— Sam Levine (@srl) October 22, 2018
