# In Florida, 2000-style voter-registration shenanigans yet again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-florida-2000-style-voter-registration-shenanigans-yet-again/468898 "2008-10-21T15:51:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 66
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-florida-2000-style-voter-registration-shenanigans-yet-again/468898/66 "2008-10-22T00:43:40Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > No one said ACORN is noble souls. People have most certainly advanced that general proposition here. > [@](#): > > But let’s assume for a moment that both of these views are basically true: > -ACORN is trying to register as many new democratic voters as possible, which is 100% legal > -EvilRepublicanConspiracyCorp™ is trying to put as many 100% legal roadblocks in the way of voting as possible, motivated NOT by a belief in the sanctity of balloting and fear of voter fraud, but out of the cynical (but probalby correct) belief that any time you make voting harder, the number of voters will decrease, and the reduction will come disproportionately from minorities and the poor, who tend to vote democratic > > Do you honestly, deep in your heart of hearts, believe that those two actions are morally and ethically equivalent? Yup. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-florida-2000-style-voter-registration-shenanigans-yet-again/468898)._