The proposed legislation was ostensibly part of an effort to crack down on voter fraud. But, as Greg Sargentpoints out, there is little evidence of such fraud, and for the most part anti-fraud measures just make it more difficult for liberal groups to vote. New Hampshire Speaker of the House William O’Brien made it clear that was part of the motivation for the New Hampshire bill when he told to a Tea Party group that students lack “life experience” and “just vote their feelings.” “Voting as a liberal,” he told them, “that’s what kids do.”(BigThink.com)
Keeping legitimate voters from voting seems to be running effort in some Republican circles, and usually under the guise that some group--black, Hispanics, the young--are engaged in a massive voting fraud that distorts the results. Such accusations help de-fund organizations like Acorn, and also help to advance the lie that when liberals win, it is without legitimate support.
These types of un-American challenges continue, evidenced by the number of states who are seeking to challenge the citizenship of the president by presenting legislation that is stubbornly irrelevant to existing facts, designed solely to obstruct and belittle, and lend a type of government sanction to ideas germinated in the gullible mind. If the twelve or however many candidates cannot match President Obama in votes, then find ways to keep people from voting for him. Just "equalize" the equation and call it democracy.
That's how men like Gaddafi do it, albeit with a bit more force and bluster.
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