Democrat Attacks Voting Rights of Gun Owners

The same Democrats that had no trouble with ACORN registering voters are trying to disenfranchise hunters:

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A proposal in Albany to make it easier for hunters and anglers to register to vote has been dubbed the “NRA voter assistance act” by one critical lawmaker.

The proposal would make voter registration an option for people who buy hunting and fishing licenses through the state’s Department of Environmental Conversation.

Already, people who interact with other government agencies – including the Department of Motor Vehicles, social service agencies and unemployment offices – can register to vote while renewing a driver’s license or applying for other public programs.

Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, wants to add the DEC to that list.

But some Democratic senators questioned that today, arguing Ball’s bill was really intended to help hunters and fishers – who might oppose New York’s gun laws under the NY Safe Act – to register to vote.

Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Manhattan, called the bill “the NRA voter assistance act” during today’s floor debate.

Later, Ball pulled the proposal before a vote was held.

Similar legislation passed the Senate twice in the past two years. Last year, it passed 54-9; all of Central New York’s senators voted in favor of the bill. Hoylman voted against the proposal last year.

The Assembly did not take up the bill last year.

Contact Teri Weaver at , 315-470-2274 or on Twitter at @TeriKWeaver.

Source: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/02/senator_calls_effort_to_add_voter_reg_to_hunting_license_forms_an_nra_voter_assi.html

3 Responses to Democrat Attacks Voting Rights of Gun Owners

  1. Ironically seems to actually be a common sense idea, hence why the democrats are throwing a fit about it….

  2. My simple common sense approach is that People shouldn’t be able to vote if they don’t pay taxes and legally own a gun. We should have had this conversation long ago. Come on, I know you want to, do it for the Children.

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