Sen. Sherrod Brown accuses Republicans of voter suppression

[OhioChick]

Source: Cleveland.com

September 10, 2014 at 1:34 PM

WASHINGTON, D. C. - In a conference call with reporters on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown said it is "clear as a bell" that Republicans have a national plan to suppress voter turnout and that Ohio is a key part of it.

That's why Brown, who was Ohio's chief election official when he served as Secretary of State, says he plans to help Democrat Nina Turner's bid this year to win that position from Republican incumbent Jon Husted.

He said their efforts to cut back voting hours and repeal voting laws that GOP-controlled state legislatures passed 10 years ago show the Republican party has shifted to the right.

Brown said Republicans know there's not significant voter fraud, but they believe they can't win elections with a shifting electorate unless they change the rules and suppress votes.

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[liberal N proud]

1. Someone finally says it

Thank you Senator

[Seedersandleechers]

6. A lot of people have been saying it

since 2000 - and since then it has become steadily worse. Sadly there are not a lot of people who seem to care.

[Stuart G]

2. Yes, absolutely...k and r..nt

[riqster]

3. That's my Senator! GOTFV, while we still can.

[Dawgs]

4. There you go.

Democrats needs to use recent comments from GOP to make this a big issue.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. He calls 'em like he sees 'em. Good for Senator Sherrod Brown!

[Enthusiast]

7. Duh.

Gotta love Sherrod Brown.

[jonjensen]

8. Does sen. brown plan to do anything about it other then complain?

Is sen. brown going to ask president obama to send in federal marshals to protect voter's rights ?

[elleng]

9. 'That's why Brown,...plans to help Democrat Nina Turner's bid this year to win that position

from Republican incumbent Jon Husted.'

Got it?

[blkmusclmachine]

12. Nope. All our DEMS ever do is issue a canned statement, and LOOK FORWARD

Hell, we couldn't even get them to do SQUAT about voting integrity, even after the fiasco of Bush v. Gore in 2000!!!

[JohnnyRingo]

10. K&R

I love Brown. He's my senator as well, and always speaks for the working class.

Thanx for posting.

[blkmusclmachine]

11. In other late breaking news, water is wet.

[Marthe48]

13. Thanks Senator Brown! My Senator!

I saved a picture of the Republican mob who terrorized the volunteers doing the recount in Florida in 2000, so that 'election' is always fresh in my mind. Voter suppression was already in use during that election, and it has gotten more sophisticated and wide-spread since then. And voter fraud? If my grocery store can print out a receipt naming every totally random item I bought, price per item, all the coupons and discounts, and tell me how many bonus points I have, then by God, the electronic voting machines can print out a paper receipt to show how I voted. The exit polls need to be revived. Any 'proprietary' voting applications need to be made public, or junked. There isn't any coverage of the flaws in voting, or what dedicated investigators have uncovered, so most people are like 'what voting irregularities?' We can GOTV to the max, but if the votes are redirected, lost, not counted, we aren't going to win. And every election is covered as 'too close to call' so that if somebody gets a helping hand, it isn't even scrutinized. And I didn't even get to gerrymandering, which as far as I'm concerned can and should be reversed as soon as any state gets a Democratic majority.

[NorthCarolina]

14. Isn't purposefully suppressing the vote some sort of crime in America? Especially since it affects

primarily minority voters?

[DFW]

15. More Senators, Reps and Governors have to says this out loud. The White House, too.

The Republicans can't win fairly held elections. If everyone who can vote is allowed to vote, if all parties have equal financing, what happens? Democrats win, and win massively. The Republicans know this, and they freely admit it--in a roundabout way.

If they were confident their message was convincing, they wouldn't need to resort to putting scum like Alito on the Supreme Court, Citizens United, Koch and Adelson billions funneled into the election process and voter suppression rationalized by non-existent voter fraud. They KNOW they're bad news for the country. If they thought they were in the right, they'd get by on their message alone. Their message sucks and they know it. They just never say it aloud. Ergo--WE must say so aloud, and often.