Texas Republicans Launch New Vote Suppression Scheme

Craddick committee directive and GOP vote suppression think tank will attempt to justify denying Texans access to the ballot
Academic studies, media reports and fact based voter analysis consistently demonstrate that systematic, widespread or frequent voter fraud in Texas, or anywhere else in the United States, simply does not exist. Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, however, has directed a State House committee to conduct an interim study on voter fraud with the clear intention of recommending legislation to limit the ability of thousands of eligible Texans to vote......

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Entitlement

I suspect what really twists Republican knickers is the fact that voting is an entitlement. They really hate entitlements. That's because they want everything people do have to be deserved. In other words, people are supposed to subjugate themselves, rather than be full-fledged citizens by virtue of being born here and their age.
From their perspective, citizenship needs to be a privilege, not a right.