Reply #70: Disenfranchisement is disenfranchisement, SicTransit [View All]

Does SicTransit think disenfranchisement only counts when it involves clubbing someone over the head - not when it involves more subtle means?

In the Ukraine, you may get clubbed over the head when you try to vote.

In America, where we've perfected the art of deniability and high-tech Jim Crow, we are more subtle - officials may lose your voter registration card or illegally bounce you from the voter rolls, officials may make sure the machines "break", officials might even plant backdoors in the software.

Be patient, SicTransit. Someday the Ukraine may have a Karl Rove and a Diebold and Checkpoint of its own, and then they can steal elections and leave nary a trail, like they do in the US.