AFL-CIO Now

09/20/2012; Jackie Tortora

http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Why-6-Million-Americans-Didn-t-Vote-in-08-and-What-You-Can-Do-to-Change-That

Just in case you were concerned about the more than 750,000 Pennsylvania voters who would0 Pennsylvania voters who would be disenfranchised this November—thanks to the state’s new voter ID law—Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Pa.), who sponsored the law, assured Pennsylvania residents during a radio interview that the law would only disenfranchise “lazy” individuals.

Astonishingly, Metcalfe took a cue from Mitt Romney and claimed these individuals who are “lazy” are also the 47% “living off the public dole, living off their neighbors’ hard work.” Continue reading “GOP Rep.: The Pa. Voter ID Law Would Only Disenfranchise ‘Lazy’ People”