IRVINE, Calif. — IT’S the latest fad among state officials looking to make voting harder:
We’re not racist, we’re just partisan.
Some background: In June, the Supreme Court struck down a core provision of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, under which nine states and portions of others had to get federal
approval before changing their election laws.
One of those states, Texas, is again in court, facing a Justice Department suit seeking to get
the state under federal oversight again. To do so, the Justice Department must prove
intentional racial discrimination.
Texas’ defense? It’s discrimination, all right — but it’s on the basis of party, not race, and
therefore it’s O.K.

Read on - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/16/opini ... 31116&_r=0

It does, grampa. We have been fighting ths battle for years.

why do you want to make me mad, grampa?

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world, Macro. Get in step.