09-29-2020, 10:56 AM
(09-29-2020, 10:42 AM)GMDino Wrote: The hits just keep coming for the Trump campaign.
https://www.channel4.com/news/revealed-trump-campaign-strategy-to-deter-millions-of-black-americans-from-voting-in-2016
He said: “The thing that’s shocking slash troubling about this is that there’s this category of suppression. That ‘Deterrence’ part. So, we use data – similar to voter file data – but it’s to motivate, persuade and encourage folks to participate. We don’t use the data to say who can we deter and keep at home. That just seems, fundamentally, it’s a shift from the notion of democracy.
This part deserves special emphasis.
It's of a piece with the many individual state Republican party efforts at targeted voter suppression through legal innovations.
All amidst smoke and thunder about non-existent voter fraud.