Under Pennsylvania law your must register to vote at least 15 days before the election. This year the date is Oct. 18. It was like that for the primary as well. Although election day registration would increase turnout and the 15 day cut-off will disadvantage some groups (college students, for example), that date was not specifically adopted to disenfranchise certain groups.
Montana, on the other hand, allowed election day registration, a feature of election law that Montana’s Indian population took advantage of. Montana also allowed people to collect ballots in rural areas and bring them to the polling place. This also was a boon to Indians on reservations.
Now Montana is trying to take away election day registration and collecting ballots. Indians tend to vote Democratic. The legislature is Republican. The bills are aimed at decreasing Democratic votes. That, my friends, is voter suppression.
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