....not my first choice, and I'm not sure 'Mericans are unbiased enough
to vote a New York Jewish Democratic Socialist into office, but I don't
have any serious policy issues with him, and this issue is certainly one
I favor:

Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders called for a constitutional
amendment to automatically register all *eligible* voters during a
Democratic candidate forum on Friday night.

He said he wanted to see legislative reform or “maybe even a
constitutional amendment that says that everybody in America who has 18
years of age or older is registered to vote, end of discussion.�

Sanders blasted politicians who pass laws making it harder for people to
register to vote. States across the country have passed new laws—most
pushed by Republicans—that require a photo ID to register to vote or
limit when people can register.

“People who suppress the vote are political cowards and are undermining
democracy,� Sanders told moderator and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow during
the forum at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

“What the Republicans are doing is so un-American, it’s outrageous, it
is beyond belief,� he said. “If they can’t face a free election, they
should get another job.�

In his many elections, Sanders said, “it has never occurred to me as a
candidate to figure out the way to deny people the right to vote because
they might vote against me.�

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Sanders is spot-on...there's very little voter fraud in this country,
and the only reason the Repubs are pushing for tougher laws is to limit
the vote.