Tennessee Wants to Ban UN From Monitoring Its Elections
[Tennessee
Wants to Ban UN From Monitoring Its
Elections: It's payback for 2012 by
Emma Roller] "When you think of the
type of countries the United Nations
might want to keep an eye on, you
probably think of, say, Libya, whose
citizens voted for the first time in
over 40 years in 2012.
But newly democratized countries
aren't the only subjects of U.N.
election oversight. In 2012,
civil-rights groups voiced their
concern to the U.N. that state
voter-ID laws would lead to voter
suppression. The U.N. sent 44 of its
election monitors to
states—including Tennessee—and drew
much ire from conservative groups in
the process.
Now, the Republican-controlled
Legislature in Tennessee is fighting
back against the international
governing body. On Tuesday, the
state Senate passed a bill banning
U.N. elections monitors from
overseeing state elections—unless
they have express permission from
the U.S. Senate to be there. The
legislation now sits on Republican
Gov. Bill Haslam's desk, waiting to
be signed..." Full text:
Tennessee Wants to Ban UN From
Monitoring Its Elections
Response to comment [from "other"]: "Well that sounds like something the Tennessee legislator should have spent their time debating."
You think
Eurotrash should be involved in
Tennessee's
election?
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "The UN shouldn't be involved in anyone's elections."
Darn tootin'.
See:
One World Government/Religion
