These guys are so arrogant it's not even funny anymore.New Hampshire's new Republican state House speaker is pretty clear about what he thinks of college kids and how they vote. They're "foolish," Speaker William O'Brien said in a recent speech to a tea party group.
"Voting as a liberal. That's what kids do," he added, his comments taped by a state Democratic Party staffer and posted on YouTube. Students lack "life experience," and "they just vote their feelings."
New Hampshire House Republicans are pushing for new laws that would prohibit many college students from voting in the state - and effectively keep some from voting at all.
One bill would permit students to vote in their college towns only if they or their parents had previously established permanent residency there - requiring all others to vote in the states or other New Hampshire towns they come from. Another bill would end Election Day registration, which O'Brien said unleashes swarms of students on polling places, creating opportunities for fraud.
Show me this "massive" fraud. Anybody, really, show me it. It's not there. There is no crisis with voter fraud in this country. The reality about these types of bills are, due to the distance needed for many students to travel to vote at home, and the hectic nature of their schedules, attempts to limit access to the ballot for students will keep them out of the voting booth. Republicans can't win these voters because they don't believe the crazy stuff the GOP claims to believe. So, the GOP won't let them vote. Mature, I suppose.
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