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402 votes by surrogate ballots / 731 total votes = 55%
His brother was a politician and he was a fuck up? David Spade was assigned to be his handler and through their trials and mishaps they end up exposing his brother's opponent's election fraud by proving dead people were voting?
I wonder what made me think of that movie?
You get the forms at Board of Elections, along with your voter registration forms. You can probably print them directly off the website, too.
I have done voter assistance at low income housing for seniors and the disabled and it is, hands down, one of my FAVORITE volunteer activities of all time. Probably of my favorite things, period. The idea that helping them to vote is somehow not legit or that is "soliciting" votes.... 
The elderly and disabled have a goddam RIGHT to participate, just like young voters, just like the poor and any group that faces obstacles and disenfranchisement. I don't know what to say about people who think there is a problem with this, particularly when they claim to be "progressive".
I am not big on purity tests for progressives, but this is one. If you want to keep a group from voting because you do not like the way they vote, you don't get to use that label. Disenfranchising voters is NOT progressive.
And it just may be a very active GOTV effort (which I support).
Per the Wyoming Democratic Party website --
http://www.wyodems.org/frequently-asked-questions
7. What if I am unable to attend the county caucuses?
If an attendee is unable to attend their county caucus due to:
- Religious Observance
- Military Service
- Disability
- Illness
- Work Schedule
- Student studying abroad
then they may submit a surrogate form to the state party. The deadline for surrogate forms to be received is April 1st- since this deadline is past the form is no longer available.
The OP focus was on disability, but it looks like there may be more reasons, so does anyone KNOW if the "reason marked" was disability (which still seems crazy high to me)?
Not. Progressive. At. All.
BTW, Thom, my mom was a below the knee amputee . She often voted absentee.
One living, breathing representative per ballot and was it legit for just 1 person to submit 600 (?) surrogate ballots?
I believe that's the real question not that fact that a candidate's supporter/representative GOTV at a nursing home, for instance.
Just making sure you use the right example 
Wise decision.
That is called GOTV. It is part of the process Are you suggesting that disabled voters not be allowed to participate?
into this -- it's either fraud, or absolutely terrifying.
and we are talking there, too.
For those following the sub threads, this is what it says:
http://www.wyodems.org/frequently-asked-questions
7. What if I am unable to attend the county caucuses?
If an attendee is unable to attend their county caucus due to:
- Religious Observance
- Military Service
- Disability
- Illness
- Work Schedule
- Student studying abroad
then they may submit a surrogate form to the state party. The deadline for surrogate forms to be received is April 1st- since this deadline is past the form is no longer available.
I also said "The OP focus was on disability, but it looks like there may be more reasons, so does anyone KNOW if the "reason marked" was disability (which still seems crazy high to me)?"
Hopefully this is just a very excellent GOTV effort.
of the voters who participated? Was it 45% of ALL participants? The disability rate for Laramie County, 65 and under is 8.5 percent, so not at all unreasonable to think that a large percentage of the primary voters, who would skew older, are disabled, particularly if one of the campaigns was targeting them.
I have done turnout with older and disabled voters. You can provide forms and limited assistance, but after that, hands off the controls unless you want to be charged with felony voter fraud.
There is no law against turning out your base voters. I am sure that Sanders was beating the bushes at the colleges, too
Elsewhere someone commented that someone basically went into a back room and came out with 300 surrogate ballots at the end of the process (I am paraphrasing) which set off all kinds of alarms. It should be pretty easy to investigate that; it might be something as simple as stressed out "oh, crap, I forgot about these" but even the perception of "bad behavior" is a cause for concern.
Oh, and thank you for your GOTV efforts! 
And frankly, absentee is the most easily abused form of voting. But it is also necessary to make voting accessible to so many.
Fantastic article about HRC support of people with disabilities with longtime attention, policies and plans. Robyn Powell-- a proud disabled woman, attorney, disability law and policy consultant -- is a fierce advocate. I hope she responds to just how thoroughly Thom Hartmann insulted an already disenfranchised and discriminated against group.
Love this part of her article:
Intersectionality matters. As demonstrated most recently by Clinton’s support among people of color in Nevada and South Carolina, she is attuned to race issues. Indeed, Clinton has been endorsed by a number of prominent civil rights activists, such as Representative Jim Clyburn, as well as the Congressional Black Caucus. A strong supporter of LGBT rights, Clinton has also been endorsed by the Human Rights Committee. Race, gender, and LGBT issues matter to the disability community. In fact, recent data from the CDC indicates that disability is more prevalent among people of color as well as women. Moreover, some people with disabilities also belong to the LGBT community. People with disabilities who are also African American, women, or LGBT face multiple levels of discrimination. We need a president who can be a champion on all of our issues.
"The disability community is 56.7 million people strong"
Everyone: GOTV for people with disabilities!
apologized and deleted the tweet
Done
I just don't get the offense, other than at most a poorly worded tweet, could have been clearer in asking.
So don't care about this, and those that do, meh. All I have to say is meh.
