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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think the voter-id laws will cut our turnout by 25% minimum. Not just those without id but by
causing massive delays at the polling stations and long lines causing many to leave.
Turbineguy
(37,375 posts)that by enacting these laws the repubs could cheat less.
pnwmom
(109,009 posts)and their goal was to reduce Democratic participation.
msongs
(67,462 posts)oh we don't? never mind
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)they belong in a dictatorship.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)with any luck your track record of predictions will hold.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)What have been the results in states with the laws on the books? I don't support these laws but I am curious how you arrived at this number.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)if it's only in the proposal stage? Also, some states have had voter ID laws since 2003. Surely there is statistical data available.
LiberalFighter
(51,170 posts)I would suggest that activists get involved in voter registration drives. Use the state laws against them. And if they make it difficult for us to vote then we should make it difficult for them to vote.
Regardless of what happens we need to be getting our voters out to vote as we have never done before. There were plenty in 2008 that probably didn't vote and would had voted D if they had. They just weren't pushed hard enough. That should more than make up for those that are prevented from voting. And then change the laws where we can.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)Only the civil rights division in the Dept of Justice can stop or prevent this for happening this Nov.
Watch the Walker recall election to see how in works.
LASlibinSC
(269 posts)I agree, especially the lines at the polls. Remember 2008?
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)but I voted absentee.
and Brown trounced anyway.