CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) – High voter turn-out is considered a sign of a healthy democracy. The more people who take part in the political process, the better.
I’m not so sure.
Anyone who is a legally qualified voter should be able to cast a ballot if they wish.
But I’m not interested in politically unaware, uniformed voters being shepherded to the polls. If someone doesn’t know the candidates and is indifferent to the issues, it doesn’t bother me if they stay home. If someone’s attitude is “whoever I vote for, nothing changes…” – then don’t bother. If you blindly vote for a candidate because of a “D” next to their name, or an “R” for that matter, there’s nothing that says you have to participate. I have no problem with a smaller, but more informed electorate.
I also have a huge problem with federally-funded get-out-the-vote efforts. The Biden Administration is giving grants to non-profit groups that will reach out to “underrepresented communities.” The grant recipients are almost all democrat-affiliates. Some are the groups that ACORN or LaRaza evolved into. (For those with short memories, ACORN was barred under court order from taking part in voter registration activities because their volunteers falsified voter registration information to meet quotas. LaRaza, ‘The Race’ in Spanish, changed to UnidosUS because of the negative, racially-charged implications of their name.)
Milwaukee will use GPS Impact for its get-out-the-vote grant. They’re a democrat-consulting group. The state Republican party has already filed a lawsuit asking for communication records between the mayor, the city election commission, and GPS.
And all of this is insulting. People who live in the inner city are uninformed that there’s an election? They need ‘help’ voting? Of course not.
What we’re learning is that get-out-the-vote is code for get out more Democrats.
Chris Conley
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