Actually, America is much more of a Republic than it is a Democracy. And what's so bad about not wanting to let people like that vote? It's the same thing with illegal aliens--

There were pamphlets handed out everywhere, not just to minorities. And if somebody doesn't know which day to vote on, that's good, becaues they're too damn stupid to vote anyway. It's like not knowing which hole to punch out when there's an arrow pointing directly to it.

You call it "showing compassion"? Ah. Mostly I hear tactics like that referred to as "vote-buying". I figured showing compassion would be helping them get jobs for themselves, letting them keep the money they work for...but hey, different strokes for different folks, right?

I do agree with you though, that just because certain politicians support it, or certain supporters carry it out, doesn't mean that the entire Democratic or Republican parties are involved, or even know about it.