But now, Republicans are trying to roll back all these voting expansions, because they think that by doing so, they'll make it harder for Democrats to vote.
They are almost all white males, and hard line opponents of abortion, same-sex marriage, voting rights expansion, and increased federal regulations.
A large and growing population of politically liberal UCSC alumni changed the electorate of the town from predominantly Republican to markedly left-leaning, consistently voting against expansion measures on the part of both town and gown.
If Virginia Tech is invited to join the A.C.C., indications are that the University of Virginia will vote for expansion to 12 or 13 universities from 9. Looming is an unofficial June 30 deadline to complete expansion.
Dee also indicated that Duke, which voted against expansion last month, was again expressing its reluctance.
Hours before the vote on Oct. 21, two "no" votes were replaced with other members, one of whom voted for expansion, increasing the margin in favor to 5-2.
Nan Keohane, the Duke president, said in an e-mail message to colleagues that was obtained yesterday by The Associated Press that the university might vote against expansion unless the A.C.C. addressed some other issues, including travel costs, divisional alignments and student welfare.
House Republicans who voted for expansion with a work requirement pitch it as reforming Medicaid, not simply enlarging it.
