The Democratic Party's hypocrisy on the most fundamental right in a democracy, the right to vote, is breathtaking. Not only have they successfully used the courts (surprise, surprise) to refuse California citizens the right to vote to end gerrymandering, they are also trying to revoke Michigan voters' right to make their voices heard on the issue of racial profiling (liberals think racial profiling is bad if used to fight terrorists, but good if used to admit students to schools).

By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), has been engaged in a long guerilla campaign to prevent the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) from getting on the state ballot.

This initiative, backed by Ward Connerly, the California businessman who successfully spearheaded a similar effort in his home state, seeks to end, once and for all, racial preferences in public universities and state government.

Polls have repeatedly shown that over 60% of Michigan voters oppose preferences...

But instead of doing the hard work required in a democracy to convince voters, BAMN has been using its patented formula of political intimidation and legal harassment in an attempt to strangle the initiative in the crib...

MCRI has already obtained 500,000 signatures and the secretary of state's office has certified around 450,000 of them--about 125,000 more than necessary.

Undeterred, BAMN is now trying to invalidate the signatures. And, unfortunately, instead of distancing itself from BAMN's thuggish tactics, the Democratic establishment in Michigan is backing them with its political muscle.

Democrats know that voters reject their extreme left-wing agenda (when allowed to vote, that sentiment is fairly clear), which is why Democrats, from California to Michigan, are going to such grotesque lengths to stop citizens from exercising their right to vote and translating their beliefs into action. In other words, Democrats are doing everything they can to disenfranchise Americans who do not agree with them. All their bluster about "making every vote count" only applies when they approve of the result. It is a disgrace.

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