Despite 'Disgust' with Obama,
U.S. Hispanics Need to Vote (La Jornada, Mexico)
"Hispanics
have expressed disgust with the Democratic government of President Obama for
failing to keep his promise to reform the immigration system and his policy of
deportations, but for Republican candidates, winning means exacerbating the population
against Hispanics. If the Senate is lost, however, the project to reform treatment
of the undocumented would be forbidden, and in the absence of a congressional
counterweight to Republican policies against the undocumented in the House of
Representatives, the number of deportations would rise. For those two reasons alone,
it is important that Hispanics vote on November 4th."
In a couple of days elections will be held in the United
States, but unlike the presidential race, these don’t generate the same level
of excitement. A presidential carried out a survey which found that millions of
voters are unaware even that there are elections, and of course what day they are
being held. He also noted that African American and Hispanic voters are the principle
groups absent from the polls during these types of elections.
Disinterest
and disinformation are the key factors. Since votes from these two sectors strongly
favor the Democratic Party, GOP candidates are benefiting from their absence at
the polls. It's that simple. This time around, added to this one must add one
more factor sure to diminish the number of Hispanics and African Americans at
the polls. The governments of several states where legislatures and executives
are held by the Republican Party have altered the electoral system to
discourage these segments of the population from voting, including requiring identification
to vote which, unlike our electoral system, had not been necessary in the
United States. This is spite of the fact that historically, there has been no
fraud in our neighboring country to justify asking voters to identify themselves.
Why this sudden preoccupation? The votes of African
Americans and Hispanics made possible Obama's arrival to the presidency, as
well as the elections of a handful of liberal lawmakers in Congress. It is
therefore no coincidence that they are now being asked to identify themselves in
order to vote, as it is common knowledge that for a variety of reasons, many of
them lack the required documents.
Posted By Worldmeets.US
Hispanics have expressed disgust with the Democratic government
of President Obama for failing to keep his promise to reform the immigration
system and his policy of deportations, but for Republican candidates, winning
means exacerbating the population against Hispanics. If the Senate is lost,
however, the project to reform treatment of the undocumented would be forbidden,
and in the absence of a congressional counterweight to Republican policies against
the undocumented in the House of Representatives, the number of deportations would
rise. For those two reasons alone, it is important that Hispanics vote on November
4th.
Disinterest
and disinformation are the key factors. Since votes from these two sectors strongly
favor the Democratic Party, GOP candidates are benefiting from their absence at
the polls. It's that simple. This time around, added to this one must add one
more factor sure to diminish the number of Hispanics and African Americans at
the polls. The governments of several states where legislatures and executives
are held by the Republican Party have altered the electoral system to
discourage these segments of the population from voting, including requiring identification
to vote which, unlike our electoral system, had not been necessary in the
United States. This is spite of the fact that historically, there has been no
fraud in our neighboring country to justify asking voters to identify themselves.
