Lisa Chavez: Voter Fraud Probe is Intimidation

NMPolitics - This is a partisan attempt to intimidate voters and a massive waste of taxpayer dollars, and Secretary Duran’s inclusion of state police in the probe is a cynical attempt to hide a nasty political tactic behind a curtain of public safety and up the ante on voter intimidation. The real issue here is that both nationally and locally, the GOP knows they have to stop intimidated and disenfranchised groups from voting if they want to stand a chance in the 2012 elections.

It’s that simple.
It should come as no surprise that the groups who are most likely to not have the proper ID required for voting – seniors, African-Americans, Native Americans and Latinos – are by-and-large traditional Democratic constituencies. Voter suppression is a tool long used by the Republicans to keep the poor, minorities and the elderly away from the polls on Election Day. Instead of encouraging wider participation – the lifeblood of any democracy – and making New Mexicans feel comfortable about voting, Republicans are trying to exclude eligible voters and fool the average New Mexican into believing that our democracy is anything but free and fair. Read full column here: News New Mexico

Lisa Chavez: Voter Fraud Probe is Intimidation