The PBS Program NOW aired a segment focused on voting and the restrictive laws that are being enacted that will serve to limit the vote. Here is a link to the page that describes the show. You can view the video online by clicking here. Host David Brancaccio and Maria Hinojosa do a great job of examining the impact of these laws and the inconsistencies in the rationale for the new laws. For example, voting in person is being made harder while voting using absentee ballots is being made easier. Many question whether the relatively small number of fradulent ballots that are being case is worth the much larger number of people who are apt to be excluded from voting by the new procedures. In other words, is the "cure" worse than the "disease?"You can also view the Now show "Down for the Count" describing the problems with electronic voting machines. The PBS description of the show is here, while the show can be viewed online here.
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This is a very important subject, and I am very pleased you have taken the time to put it together. Ironically, I was just thinking about a voter education mechanism for our congregation.
Thank You
ericp
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