Voter Suppression, Rethug Style, Cont'd.

It's no surprise that the Rethugs are pulling out all the stops in trying to pre-select who votes in this election and who won't. Historically, large turnouts favor Democrats, and this year the turnout by minority groups will be critical for President Obama's reelection chances. One of the traditions among African American voters is the "souls to the polls" movement: the Sunday before the election, black churches get their parishioners to the polls.

In Florida, for example, a state that's no stranger to election shenanigans by Rethugs, Rethug Gov. Rick "Voldemort" Scott has deliberately restricted voting days and hours in order to drive down the Democratic vote, specifically blocking voting on Sunday. While it may have seemed smart to the Rethug political apparatus to play with the elections this year, the long lines at polling stations -- with some people waiting as much as 8 hours to vote -- indicate that their plan may have energized people instead. Instead of turning away at the sight of long lines, the vast majority have stuck it out and cast their ballots. We hope the next time Gov. Voldemort is up for reelection, the voters remember him for the needless hours upon hours they spent standing in line to exercise the basic right to vote.

(photo: This is actually how Gov. Voldemort looks)