“Democrats Challenge Voter Restrictions in Battleground States”

Important Maggie Haberman/Amy Chozick NYT reporting:

For or Mrs. Clinton, such speeches can do much to reinforce her liberal credentials while reassuring black voters who supported Mr. Obama that she is on their side.

In the same way, even if the lawsuits are unsuccessful, Democratic strategists say, they serve an important political purpose for Democrats by highlighting Republicans’ responsibility for the statutes being challenged. Democrats will also remind the party’s base that Republicans have tried to mobilize their own core voters by warning, as Mitt Romney did in 2012, against the possibility of widespread voter fraud by Democrats.

Both those points could help fire up minority leaders and voters, Democratic strategists say.

Republicans, however, argue that the lawsuits are a transparent ruse aimed at energizing minority voters, whom Mrs. Clinton badly needs to turn out in numbers similar to those Mr. Obama drew in his 2012 re-election.

 

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