Justice O'Connor announces she has been diagnosed with dementia, 'probably Alzheimer's'

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16. Just heard author Ari Berman on NPR talking about his book

“Give Us The Ballot”. Sound like a very timely read; a history of Republican effort to suppress and purge the votes of anyone voting against them. He reviewed what he considers the start of this “strategy”; the 2000 voter roll purge in Florida. I didn’t realize but the NAACP eventual won a ruling against Florida that essentially acknowledged the fact that some 2800 citizens has been improperly scrubbed from the rolls, mostly minorities, which amounted to over 20X the number of votes that Bush won the state by. These are voters who were acknowledged by the courts; I’m sure the true number was much higher. (Sorry if my numbers are off; I was driving at the time)

How infuriating! It’s way past time for the media and the Democratic Party to identify the biggest threat to America democracy; the GOP who have continued a relentless strategy to purge voter roles of groups who will vote against them. If true democracy is ever to be restored to the USA it has to start with insuring every citizen has the right to vote!