These people fought--some of them were beaten, some of them were killed--because of their desire to ensure that everybody that wanted to had the right to register to vote and participate in the process. I'm not going to cheapen the work that they did. I'm not going to embarrass them by allowing somebody that's too sorry to get up off of their rear to go register to vote.
Merrill argues against automatic voter registration, claiming it undermines civil rights leaders' efforts.
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The only people that need to be voting in U.S. elections are United States citizens.
At one time, our laws were written to reduce or eliminate minority participation in the electoral process.
If you are too sorry or lazy to get up off your rear and to go register to vote, then you don't deserve that privilege. As long as I am Secretary of State of Alabama, you are going to have to show some initiative to become a registered…
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