Black senior citizens ordered off Georgia bus taking them to vote

[RavenSky]

Why is the group only driving black seniors to the polls? Seems a tad racist to me.

There is no indication in the linked reports that the group is only driving black seniors to the polls. Do you have a link that indicates they take only black seniors?

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Also, if they were, why would that be an issue? If a group feels that fundamentalist evangelicals will reliably vote for the candidates who'll champion the issues which the group likes, it would make sense for them to target fundamentalist evangelicals in their voter drives as opposed to other groups who might dilute the vote totals if they help those guys get to the polls. That's not religious bigotry against other faiths, it's just intelligent targeting of their resources.

There's a ballot in Michigan to legalize pot. If a pro-pot group is driving people to the polls and a bunch of fundamentalist evangelicals show up, it's in their best interest to drive away and find another group to help get to the polls ... or just drive away and go toke up in a parking lot and maybe try and remember to get around to voting next week or something.

It's not the job of private organizations to increase voter turnout in general. It's their job to increase the voter turnout of the specific people whom they feel will vote for their agendas.

Yes in part and no in part.

As you noted, a non-partisan organization is well within their mandate to target a specific group for outreach.

For example:

Christian Voter Guide: http://www.christianvoterguide.com/
Christian Non-Partisan Voter Guide for San Diego County Voters: https://www.familyvoterinfo.org/

Targets young voters: https://marchforourlives.com/vote-for-our-lives/
Rock the Vote targets young people who go to concerts: https://www.rockthevote.org/

League of Women Voters: https://www.lwv.org/elections/increasing-voter-registration

Abortion - Pro Life - Announcing National Christian Voter Registration: http://www.priestsforlife.org/vote/

Young Conservatives for Energy Reform: http://yc4er.org/conduct-a-voter-registration-drive/

and so on for every conceivable demographic.

But to maintain their "non-partisan" status, none of them would be able to refuse services to anyone on the basis of color, religion, political affiliation, etc. So if a bunch of fundamentalists showed up to register to vote or for a ride to the polls, the pro-pot group really couldn't refuse them as long as the fundies were, themselves, being non-partisan.