Short of a grand solution, we need a moratorium on additional partisan changes to election rules that cannot be implemented before November without a significant risk of disenfranchisement.
It is a recipe for the disenfranchisement of significant portions of the country and the divorce of one America from the other.
The political implications of disenfranchisement can be significant, Professors Uggen and Manza conclude, especially in close races.
As you correctly pointed out, there were many balloting glitches here in New York City, resulting in the disenfranchisement of a significant number of Asian-American voters.
Trying to rein in FOIA to prevent abuses is akin to imposing voter-ID laws to stop electoral fraud, which will almost certainly result in voter disenfranchisement, a more significant problem.
While the GOP insists its goal is to deter voter fraud, there is no evidence that voter fraud is a significant problem in the U.S. Selective disenfranchisement, by contrast, is a historic problem.
If significant evidence of widespread fraud and voter disenfranchisement in these elections exists, and if the United States does not insist on a thorough investigation, we are forfeiting so much, and even dishonoring the sacrifices of our brave troops who have brought democracy to Iraq.
This approach is congruent with our intention to contextualise end-of-life experiences for the deceased and bereaved within a broad socio-cultural, political and historical context; for Māori, we anticipate the impact of cultural disenfranchisement, urbanisation, and discrimination may be significant here [ 23].
Key to this process was the disenfranchisement of nearly all African Americans and a significant number of white southerners, too.
