Voting Rules Quotes
Henry Wheeler Shaw. Billings is not the originator of this adage, but seems to be recalling it. See William Porcher Miles {607439}
The Republicans had been very effective in staffing off all attempts to strengthen gun control legislation. In addition, in a number of states they passed legislation reducing the voting days, times and places and requiring driver’s licenses or equivalent picture ID at the time of registration voting. Election day, not being a work holiday in America, it is harder for less affluent people to arrange their schedules and get to polling places, so restrictions tend to reduce their voting more so than for affluent citizens. The former tend not to vote for Republicans, so this was a very effective political strategy, albeit many questioned the morality, the fairness, the legality and the long term value to the nation.
Canada’s immigration policies have tended to be more liberal than those of the United States.