Hillary Clinton, in a San Francisco speech yesterday made these statements: “Anyone that says that racial discrimination is no longer a problem in American elections must not be paying attention.” “We do — let’s admit it — have a long history of shutting people out: African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, people with disabilities,” she said. “And throughout our history, we have found too many ways to divide and exclude people from their ownership of the law and protection from the law.” “We’ve seen a sweeping effort across our country to construct new obstacles to voting, often undercover and addressing a phantom epidemic of election fraud,” she said. Clinton singled out four states in particular: Florida, South Carolina and Texas, as well as North Carolina, home to what she called the “greatest hits of voter suppression.” “There are many problems in life that we can’t fix, at least not quickly, but preserving fairness and equality in our voting system is one that we can and that we should,” she said.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:08:57 +0000