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deminks

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Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:31 AM Oct 2015

Ben Carson: Voting should be done by the appropriate people

http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/1981219/carson-voting-done-appropriate-people/

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson does not think voter identification laws and other voter suppression policies are racist.

“I’ve made it my personal project, every time I visit a country outside the U.S., to ask what do they do to ensure the integrity of voting? There’s not one single country anywhere – first world, second world, it doesn’t matter – that doesn’t have official requirements for voting,” Carson told The Topeka Capital-Journal.

“My question to those people who say we’re racist because we apply those standards: Are all the other countries of the world racist?” he asked. “I don’t think so. Voting is an important thing. Obviously, you want to make sure that it’s done by the appropriate people.”

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Ben Carson: Voting should be done by the appropriate people (Original Post) deminks Oct 2015 OP
He DOES realize that GOP definition of 'appropriate' would eliminate his vote, right? Myrina Oct 2015 #1
Are all the other countries of the world racist? WDIM Oct 2015 #2
Operation EAGLE EYE. Octafish Oct 2015 #3
Well, that eliminates him and every Repuke member of the House Benghazi Committee. n/t Hepburn Oct 2015 #4
And... 2naSalit Oct 2015 #6
We have "offocial requirements for voting" - registration, citizenship, etc. cyberswede Oct 2015 #5
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