Colin Powell On Republican Voting Restrictions: 'It's Going To Backfire'

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/25/2523781/colin-powell-republican-voting-restrictions-going-backfire/

On Face the Nation this Sunday, Colin Powell, former Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, warned his fellow Republicans that the continuing push to restrict voting rights is going to “backfire” and harm the Republican Party:

These kinds of procedures that are being put in place to slow the process down, and make it likely that fewer Hispanics and African Americans might vote I think is going to backfire, because these people are going to come out and do what they have to do in order to voteand I encourage that.

Powell went on to describe just how damaging these laws may be as the country’s demographics shift:

Here’s what I say to my Republican friends: The country is becoming more diverse. Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans are going to constitute a majority in a generation. You say you want to reach out, you say you want to have a new message, you say you want to see if you can bring some of these voters to the Republican side. This is not the way to do it. The way to do it is to make it easier to vote and then give them something to vote, they can believe it. It’s not enough to say just we have to have a new message. We have to have a substance to that new message.

great advise to those known not to take paid for advice. my question is why do these moderate and some liberal minded stay with this "ABOMINATION" of a political org. that continually lies to it's voters and anyone in ear shot, hate those of their race and tries to disenfranchise them from the American dream, why not go independent or progressive and stop pulling their hair out.

Voting rights were an integral demand of the March on Washington 50 years ago, but the Republican Party has been pushing a variety of restrictions at the state level and are now emboldened by a Supreme Court ruling invalidating part of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Powell remarked that these state laws “in some ways makes it a little bit harder to vote,” such as requiring ID, restricting voting hours, and making it harder for students to cast a ballot.

but the SCOTUS found no reason to keep the voter act in tack as they celebrate their 50 year anniversary of voter suppression. lady justice is blind and the scales are rusty.