Florida republikanere taler ud: Nye valglove bevidst designet til at undertrykke minoriteter

Jim Greer, den tidligere formand for det republikanske parti i Florida, hævdede for nylig, at lov der forkorter den tidlige stemmeperiode i staten bevidst er designet til at undertrykke stemmer blandt grupper, der har tendens til at støtte demokratiske kandidater, skriver The Palm Beach Post.

“The Republican Party, the strategists, the consultants, they firmly believe that early voting is bad for Republican Party candidates,” Greer told The Post. “It’s done for one reason and one reason only. … ‘We’ve got to cut down on early voting because early voting is not good for us,’ ” Greer said he was told by those staffers and consultants.

“They never came in to see me and tell me we had a (voter) fraud issue,” Greer said. “It’s all a marketing ploy.”

About inhibiting minority voters, Greer said:

“The sad thing about that is yes, there is prejudice and racism in the party but the real prevailing thought is that they don’t think minorities will ever vote Republican,” he said. “It’s not really a broad-based racist issue. It’s simply that the Republican Party gave up a long time ago ever believing that anything they did would get minorities to vote for them.”

Greer went on to suggest that there was "absolutely nothing" state Republicans wouldn't do in following their "absolute obsession with retaining power."

Læs Former Florida GOP leaders say voter suppression was reason they pushed new election law hos The Palm Beach Post,