ACLU Urges Electoral Reform, Republicans Sit on their Hands
Here's a pretty old legacy post from the blog archives of Geekery Today; it was written about 23 years ago, in 2001, on the World Wide Web.
The ACLU has published a press release which endorses John Conyer’s introduction of legislation to ensure that the widespread problems with our voting system that were highlighted in last year’s election, are resolved. The press release also criticizes President Bush and the Republican Congress, who have not lifted a finger to do anything about the bill or the problem as a whole. The House has not scheduled any hearings on election irregularities and has no timetable for addressing it. ACLU representative Christopher Anders testified to the Democratic Caucus of the House:
Although the 2002 and 2004 elections may seem distant,Anders added,we are already very late if we want to get the reforms in place to achieve equality in the polling place.
Gee, the problems of the electoral system disproportionately disenfranchise poor and minority voters. If it weren’t for the problems that this bill aims to fix, George W. Bush would not have been elected President. And now the Republican Congress and Republican President are not willing to take concerted action to ensure fairness in voting. What a surprise!
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Absolutely! You should check out Billionaires for Bush or Kerry (http://www.billionairesforbushorkerry.org): great political satire on how we don’t need electoral reform.