Turzai: Voter ID Will Allow Romney to Win Pa.
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Politics Stack Exchange users link it as primary-source evidence that some Republican officials openly tied voter ID laws to partisan electoral advantage.
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What it is
A 13-second clip from Pennsylvania House Video of Republican House Leader Mike Turzai speaking at a party gathering on June 23, 2012. He lists GOP legislative wins and says the new voter ID law will allow Mitt Romney to win Pennsylvania.
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Cites jalynn2 · 2017-01 · Politics Stack Exchange · on “What makes "Voter ID laws" so controversial in the US?”
Speaking of PA, the House Republican Leader was dumb enough to get caught on camera saying that enacting a voter ID law would help Romney to win the state. [this video]
Cites thieupepijn · 2020-10 · Politics Stack Exchange · on “Is there evidence that the Republican Party leadership wants fewer people to vote?”
In the 2012 Obama vs Romney presidential election, Pennsylvania state House Republican leader Mike Turzai admitted openly that the whole purpose of a voter ID-law was to suppress Democratic votes and win the state for Mitt Romney. In listing the accomplishments of the state House and Senate GOP for the partisan crowd, Mr. Turzai pointed to the new requirement for all voters to show a photo ID card as one example. "Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it's done," Mr. Turzai told the gathering of party activists. "First pro-life legislation -- abortion facility regulations -- in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor [Mitt] Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, don
Cites Number File · 2021-09 · Politics Stack Exchange · on “Why haven't any Republican-controlled states moved to ban or severely restrict mail in voting?”
[this video] -- here is an example of Republicans pushing this idea of trying to block people who would likely vote against them THEMSELVES. Specifically this is a Pennsylvania Republican saying voter ID will help Romney win Pennsylvania. This is not a baseless conspiracy, this is their own words. There are multiple examples.
Cites Number File · 2021-09 · Politics Stack Exchange · on “Why haven't any Republican-controlled states moved to ban or severely restrict mail in voting?”
In the lead up and after the 2020 presidential election, it was clear that voting by mail had a clear divide, mostly driven by Donald Trump's demonization of the process as well as other Republicans. However, no states (as far as I know) have moved to outright ban mail in voting after the 2020 presidential election. Mail-in vs in person (election-day) votes per 538 [LINK] : [LINK] Trump, then the incumbent Republican president even won in-person votes in deep blue states like Hawaii and Maryland as well as a few others. The elections in 2021 so far show that the mail-in vs in-person partisan divide appears to be holding up. Biden won mail-in voting in states like Oklahoma and Arkansas. Why h