UMark Twain uthe, "Amanga angahamba ingxenye enkulu emhlabeni kuyilapho iqiniso lifaka ezicathulweni zalo." Kulelo nothi, insumansumane yokukhwabanisa kwabavoti okusabalele isakazeka kulo lonke elaseMelika kuyilapho iqiniso lokucindezelwa kwabavoti abambalwa lihlanganisa i-Adidas yayo.
Maningi amathuba okuthi umuntu ashaywe wumbani kunokuthi ahlulwe okhethweni ngenxa yomkhonyovu wabavoti. Iqiniso lelo.
Umama Jones Magazine kuqhathaniswe izibalo zokukhwabanisa kwabavoti nokubonwa kwe-UFO kanye nabaseMelika ababulawa umbani. Bathole:
โPhakathi kuka-2000 no-2010, kwakukhona: amavoti ayizigidi ezingu-649 okhethweni lukazwelonke angu-47,000 441 abonwa ama-UFO; 13 abantu baseMelika ababulawa umbani; Amacala ayi-XNUMX athembekile okuzenza ongeyena womvoti.โ
Umzamo wokwenqabela ivoti elincane kusetshenziswa impikiswano "yokukhwabanisa kwabavoti" ukuwohloza kancane kwezombusazwe zokhetho Iqembu elithi "Cha" elaputshuza kudala ngaphambi kokuba abantu abambalwa balinde olayini abade ukuze bavote. Umshini womsindo we-GOP uvule lowo mpompi ngaphambi kokuba umthetho we-ID yabavoti wande ezifundazweni eziseningizimu futhi ummeli-jikelele u-Eric Holder wehlisela isando sombuso e-Texas ukuvikela ivoti elincane. Ukufakwa kwesigaba sesihlanu soMthetho Wamalungelo Okuvota, owawugunyaza ukwenganyelwa kwezifundazwe ezazakhele imithetho eqinile ukuze abantu abamnyama bangakwazi ukuvota, kwaba idriphu yokugcina eyagcwala idamu elakhelwe ukuvimba le mikhuba โengeyona eyaseMelikaโ. .
Emqhudelwaneni ka-McCain/Obama ka-2008, i-Republican uJohn McCain wathi inhlangano engenzi nzuzo, i-Association of Community Organizations for Reform, i-ACORN, yenza "ukukhwabanisa okukhulu emlandweni wabavoti kuleli zwe, mhlawumbe kucekela phansi isisekelo sentando yeningi." (I-ACORN yayidume ngokubhalisa abantu base-Afrika baseMelika ukuthi bavote.)
Iphuzu lokukhuluma ngokukhwabanisa kwabavoti linabantu abaningi abanqekuzisa amakhanda, bemagange ukuvikela inqubo yokhetho futhi bazizwe beshisekela izwe ngakho. Isidingo sokudinga omazisi ukuze kuvotelwe sibonakala simsulwa ebusweni baso ukuze amazwe afana neTexas abonakale enza ngokukhulu ukucophelela. Noma amanye amaRiphabhulikhi avuma ngempela ukuthi ayezama ukucindezela ivoti elincane okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2012 ngokukhansela ukuvota kwangeSonto (okuyisiko ikakhulukazi kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika abavota ngemva kwesonto), ukukhawulela ukuvota kusenesikhathi, futhi edinga omazisi - iningi lama-conservatives angenangqondo liyakuphika ukuvota. ye-franchise etholwe kanzima yabavoti abambalwa.
Umbiko we-DNC (Democratic National Committee) uthi cishe Izakhamizi eziyizigidi ezingama-23, i-11% yabantu baseMelika, ingase ikhishwe yimithetho ye-ID yezithombe. Abavoti asebekhulile, abahola kancane, abakhubazekile, abasha, kanye nabavoti abambalwa bakulelo nani.
Ngokuxakayo, ihlazo le-ACORN lalingekho ngisho nokukhwabanisa ekuvoteni langempela. Bekumayelana nokubhalisa okungafanele ukuvota. I-Congressional Research Service eqoqa idatha ye-US Congress kuphela, ithole ukuthi kwakukhona abukho ubufakazi bokuthi noma ubani obhalise ngokungafanele nge-ACORN wake wazama ukuvota.
Noma kunjalo, ukucabanga kweRiphabhulikhi ukuthi i-ACORN ayisizanga nje ukweba uKhetho lwango-2008, kodwa noKhetho lwango-2012. Ngeshwa, i-ACORN yahlakazeka ngo-2010. Noma ingasekho, i-ACORN ifa kancane ezindebeni zochwepheshe beFox News abasadakiwe ngenxa yentambo yokhetho lwango-2012. Ngenxa yalokhu, ama-49% amaRiphabhulikhi avotelwa yiPublic Policy Polling, PPP, ukholelwa ukuthi uMitt Romney ulahlekelwe ukhetho ngenxa yokukhwabanisa kwe-ACORN.
Isazi sokhetho uDavid Schultz, uProfesa Wenqubomgomo Yomphakathi e-Hamline University School of Business eSt. Paul, eMinnesota, uthe:
"Ukukhwabanisa kwabavoti okhethweni kuyisici esingabalulekile sokhetho lwaseMelika...abukho nhlobo ubufakazi bokuthi ukukhwabanisa [kokuzenza abavoti] kuthinte umphumela wanoma yiluphi ukhetho e-United States, okungenani noma yiluphi ukhetho lwakamuva e-United States."
Uphenyo emikhubeni yokubhalisa abavoti yase-ACORN yaba โisibhamu esibhemayoโ ukufakazela ukuthi abantu abamnyama babeyibhuntshisa inqubo yokuvota futhi bahlakaza wona kanye uMthethosisekelo uqobo ngesikhathi lapho umMelika waseMelika egaqele isikhundla sikamongameli. AmaRiphabhulikhi kanye ne-Fox news bullhorn bafaka ezingqondweni zabantu isithombe esimnyama sabantu abamnyama abafole ngobuningi babo ukukopela inqubo yokhetho futhi bavote izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa. Imibiko yeMedia Matters:
Ngo-2008, izinhlelo zakusihlwa zikaFox zasakaza imibiko engaphezu kuka-50 exhumanisa i-ACORN โnokukhwabanisa kwabavotiโ phakathi kuka-Okthoba 1 noSuku Lokhetho, ngokusho kukaNexis. Ngesikhathi esisodwa nje, izinsuku ezintathu (Okthoba 8-10) izinhlelo zasebusuku zikaFox zasakaza izingxenye eziyishumi nesithupha ze-ACORN.
Izindlovu zeQembu selike lakhipha ikhadi lomjaho kaningi kangangokuthi kufanele libe yizindlebe zenja futhi lifiphele njengoba zikhipha inhlanzi ebomvu, ukuthi yizishoshovu zamalungelo omphakathi ezibhebhezela imililo yobuhlanga. Bedlala nge-animus yobuhlanga ebikezelwe, basungula ingxabano yokukhwabanisa kwabavoti emihlane ekhathele yabantu abamnyama.
INews21, inhlanganisela ye-The Carnegie Corporation yaseNew York ne-John S. kanye ne-James L. Knight Foundation, yenze ucwaningo olunzulu ngokukhwabanisa kwabavoti futhi yathola ukuthi "Kunokukhwabanisa obuningi ekubhaliseni ukuvota nokubhaliswa kwabavoti kunanoma yiziphi ezinye izigaba." Lapho behlaziya abavoti base-US ababhalisiwe abayizigidi ezingu-146, bathole izehlakalo ezingu-10 zokuzenza abavoti, noma oyedwa kwabangaba yizigidi ezingu-15 abazoba ngabavoti.
Lapho iNkantolo Ephakeme muva nje ikhulula izifundazwe ezinhlanhlathayo zokugunyazwa kombuso ngemithetho emisha yokuvota, iNingizimu yaphinde yavuka. IJaji Lenkantolo Ephakeme uRuth Bader Ginsberg unikeze ingxoxo ne-Associated Press futhi wathi akumangazi ukuthi iTexas inqume ukusebenzisa umthetho we-ID yomvoti amahora ngemuva kokuthi iNkantolo Ephakeme ivumele amazwe aseningizimu ukuba ahlukane. Umthetho we-ID yesithombe umane uyisikhali sokuncisha amalungelo abantu abambalwa. Umbuso waseningizimu uthathe inhloso ngokushesha nje lapho iNkantolo Ephakeme ibheka eceleni.
I-Indiana ne-Georgia yizifunda ezimbili ezisebenzise imithetho ye-ID yezithombe. I-Mississippi, i-Arkansas, i-Alabama, iPennsylvania, ne-Wisconsin ngezinye zezifundazwe eziphushayo. Ngokombiko we-DNC:
Ngo-2011, amaRiphabhulikhi anomthetho we-ID wesithombe othuthukisiwe okungenani ezifundazweni ezingama-35. Umbiko uphethe ngokuthi uma lezi zifundazwe ezingama-35 zenza umthetho we-ID yezithombe, zizosebenzisa okungenani amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-276, futhi ngokunokwenzeka imali efinyelela ezigidini ezingama-R828, eminyakeni emine yokuqala kuphela.
IMelika isinenhliziyo embi. Yizwe labampofu nabangenakho. Yindawo lapho ubulungiswa buhlanjululwe kubantu abakhethekile. Yindawo lapho iQembu elingazimisele ukudingida izindaba zabantu abamnyama nabansundu, lizama ukuphuca i-franchise ecwiliswe egazini nasezinyembezini zokhokho babo.
Into ehlekisayo ukuthi ngamazwana akamuva ka-Republican Steve King "i-cantaloupe" abonisa i-Hispanics, isifiso esiqinile sokubeka umthetho izibeletho zabesifazane, ukucwasa kwabo okujwayelekile kwebhizinisi kubantu base-Afrika baseMelika, kanye nokuvinjwa kwemali okungenanhliziyo kuzisulu zeSiphepho uSandy, Iphathi izigqoko ze-pointy tin foil zizoba nenhlanhla yokubona i-Oval Office lapho isihogo sine-Titanic iceberg. Qaphela amaRiphabhulikhi. Lokho kuconsa okunensayo, okuqinile kokungabi nabulungisa kungase kubhidlize idamu elivikela amalungelo โabancane balabaโ baseMelika, kodwa uzamcolo uyeza ngawe.