Voting Rights Act

 

February 26 2013

The AJC should be commended for publishing charts and data on the topic of the Voting Rights  Act.  Unfortunately the conclusion captured in the  headline does not correlate with the information, and does not meet a true scientific test from the data shown. It's clear from the second chart that over the last 30 years Republicans have indeed become more conservative, ( 300% based on the trend line ), whilst the Democrats  have taken a slightly more liberal view, ( 30%). It is not clear from the article how that is related to the Voting Rights Act and seems to indicate an emotional bias on the part of the authors.

In a sea of political gamesmanship and increasing ideological positions, to single out the VRA as the culprit is unreasonable. The intent of the act is to keep us honest and this article unfortunately furthers the biased rhetoric of the conservative wing which would  prefer to keep the playing field at a steep angle favoring the right. If the supreme court refutes the VRA it will be a sad day for our nation and a horrendous step back to the mean and nasty politics of the Jim Crow era and we all will lose.