“Voter fraud” or “voter suppression” defines current contortionist politics, too frequently depending on one’s party affiliation. There are some lessons America can garner from the experience of other societies more recently and perhaps its own before most US voters were born. Democracy frustrated can erupt into civil disobedience, even violence. More immediately, by pressing “voter suppression” with little evidence of “voter fraud,” are some opting for the fleeting election day victory but risking indefinite damage to the social fabric that keeps the US largely politically conversant and peaceful despite significant differences from demographics and identity to opportunity and income inequality?Elections …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
