Self quotes are always so tasteful-

Let's first establish who the "oppressed" voters are.
In general, poor minorities seem to be the most common phrases pushed around. Welfare or other forms of public assistance are often mentioned as well, so it's safe to assume that the most disenfranchised voter would be a minority living either in public housing or at least living primarily off of public aid, is this correct?
Therefore-
- Cutting early voting times does not effect them.
- Restricting voter registration drives does not effect them.
- Requiring ID which cannot be gotten at no cost to the recipient is not a valid issue; the same ID would be required to receive their public aid.
- Eliminating same day registration would not effect them; if they can't figure out that November 2nd happens every year, then they do not have the intelligence to vote.
- Limiting the number of polling places may effect them somewhat, but honestly it's not like they are taking time off from work to go vote.

As far as redrawn districts, take a look at some of the democrat-drawn monstrosities out there before calling it solely a republican mess.
And for the record, I am neither democrat nor republican, I cannot fathom the lack of intelligence that would lead someone to blindly swallow the party line. I am independent.

The partisan bickering is a tool being used by both sides to further pet projects and personal agendas. Because people are frothing at the mouth about being red or blue, they miss the point that there are quite a few people sitting in congress right now who have made a career out of doing nothing except digging their fingers deeper into their "supporter"'s pockets. I feel that once a person has been away from the place they are supposed to represent more than a few years, then they no longer have a connection to that place and are no longer qualified to represent it. A decade is too long. The trend of 30+ year career politicians is abhorrent, they are nothing but leaches especially when all they can do is bicker and argue. My four and six year olds will gladly do that for free-