Some In The GOP Wanted Fear And Intimidation In Springfield Ohio. They Got It.

By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. Let’s just call it like it is. The divide in this country is at an all-time high. In some corners of the nation, evil is flourishing. People and their twisted ways have gained a foothold. I am on the way out and those on the way in don’t have a script to follow. All they see is intolerance, meanness and hatred. That is not a blueprint for success. It used to be that we would look forward to voting. You would show your ID, cast your ballot, went home and waited for the results. Now, some states have passed laws to make it more difficult to vote. If you are Black like me and lived through segregation, you know the struggle that it has been. Uzoma Nkwonta, an attorney representing the New Georgia Project Action Fund said, “There’s always been some litigation about voter rolls and list maintenance. But part of what you’re seeing with this explosion is what appears to be a concerted attempt to generate errors and controversy that can then be used down the road to undermine election results.” Many folks within the Grand Old Party are casting doubts about whether...