After months of silence, the Justice Department is finally speaking out against Republican-dominated legislatures making it harder for generally Democratic-leaning groups to vote. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. promised to use the full weight of his department to ensure that there are no discriminatory electoral laws passed. So far, Republican law makers have enacted discriminatory laws in more that a dozen states. These laws focus primarily on groups such as blacks, hispanics, young people and the poor: groups that most often vote democratic. They have passed strict voter ID laws purposely, knowing that millions of people cannot easily oblige with these laws. This was a deliberate attempt to force American citizens to give up their constitutional right to engage in a democracy.
The fact that this is happening is actually mind boggling to me. I do not see a difference between this and the literacy tests African Americans were given before being able to vote in the time of African American Sufferage. Both were enacted to hold back minorities from their basic right to democracy, which this country prides itself on. I cannot believe that the Republican lawmakers have gotten away with this for so long, as for it to reach thirty-four states. Holders promise to eliminate these new laws are encouraging, but he has a huge job on his hands now, and not a huge amount of time. Holder effectively demolished the phony voter-fraud excuse that Republicans use to "justify" these laws by pointing out that this type of fraud happens so infrequently that there is no reason for these discriminatory laws.
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