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Georgia GOP official express concerns about ‘minority voters’
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/georgia-gop-official-express-concerns-about-minority-votersComplicating matters, a recording of comments Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) made in July surfaced today to a group of Republican voters.
“In closing, I just wanted to tell you, real quick, after we get through this runoff, you know the Democrats are working hard, and all these stories about them, you know, registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that, they can win these elections in November.”
Now, in context, Kemp didn’t say efforts to “register all these minority voters” should be curtailed, only that Republicans should work harder to compensate, presumably by registering more non-minority voters.
But that’s cold comfort. Georgia’s Secretary of State is also the state’s top elections official, responsible for the integrity of the system for all citizens, not just Republicans. It’s hardly reassuring that he’s concerned about one side of the political divide “registering all these minority voters.”
“In closing, I just wanted to tell you, real quick, after we get through this runoff, you know the Democrats are working hard, and all these stories about them, you know, registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that, they can win these elections in November.”
Now, in context, Kemp didn’t say efforts to “register all these minority voters” should be curtailed, only that Republicans should work harder to compensate, presumably by registering more non-minority voters.
But that’s cold comfort. Georgia’s Secretary of State is also the state’s top elections official, responsible for the integrity of the system for all citizens, not just Republicans. It’s hardly reassuring that he’s concerned about one side of the political divide “registering all these minority voters.”
Here we go again!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025510230
