Reality: Americans overwhelmingly support voter ID efforts.
Via HuffPo:
Russell Simmons is extremely upset about voter suppression, and he wants everyone to know about it.
“It is hypocritical, it’s anti-American, it destroys the democratic process,” the Def Jam label founder and business magnate says. “And the people who need their votes to count the most are being suppressed.”
Simmons is partnering with Battle For Your Ballot, a non-partisan movement to ensure every vote counts that is funded by Miami creative agency owner and HuffPost blogger Gerard Bush. Bush’s firm BRPR helped produce the YouTube short “Listen + Respond,” visiting Simmons at his home to talk about the challenges to voting rights and the need to get proactive.
“The more we educate people,” explains Simmons, “the better off we are.”