Keeping in the vote

Slate has an article about how the steps Republicans are taking to ensure that Democratic supporters can’t get out to vote:

In a series of laws passed since the 2004 elections, Republican legislators and officials have come up with measures to suppress the turnout of traditional Democratic voting blocs. This fall the favored GOP techniques are new photo I.D. laws, the criminalizing of voter registration drives, and database purges that have disqualified up to 40 percent of newly registered voters from voting in such jurisdictions as Los Angeles County.

According to the article, there are many, many ways that Republicans can disenfranchise Democrats.  But, I wonder, how could one go about stopping a Republican supporter from voting?

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  1. Tim Newman
    August 16, 2006 at 4:28 am

    But, I wonder, how could one go about stopping a Republican supporter from voting?

    Do what Al Gore tried when he ran against Bush: prevent overseas soldiers from voting.