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Voter Suppression tactics elect Republicans (Original Post)
UCmeNdc
Nov 2018
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global1
(25,225 posts)1. The Repugs That Are Employing These Voter Suppression Tactics Can't....
be too happy that they have to resort to those tactics to win. It's got to bug them that they can't win fair and square and that they have to cheat. They got to be worried that the Dems will institute measures to make it more and more difficult for the Repugs to employ voter suppression. Then they're really in trouble.
elleng
(130,751 posts)3. The only thing they care about is winning;
they are NOT AT ALL about how.
Dems have failed for years to counter repug tactics successfully.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2. Even denied a provisional ballot. One of thousands.
TIME MAGAZINE: Ive Worked in Republican Politics. The Partys Voter Suppression in the Midterms Has Been a Disgrace
That an estimated 113 million peoplean increase of 30 million voters from the 2014 midtermsstill turned out, despite this mess, demonstrated that Americans want to do their part. In Florida, citizens even expanded the number of people who can participate by reinstating the right to vote to 1.4 million former felons. This devotion deserves a fair process.
http://time.com/5455179/georgia-brian-kemp-voter-suppression-recount-republicans-trump/
One thing the Democratic Party intends and will be able to accomplish in many states, and perhaps even nationally, before 2020 is automatic voter registration.
That an estimated 113 million peoplean increase of 30 million voters from the 2014 midtermsstill turned out, despite this mess, demonstrated that Americans want to do their part. In Florida, citizens even expanded the number of people who can participate by reinstating the right to vote to 1.4 million former felons. This devotion deserves a fair process.
http://time.com/5455179/georgia-brian-kemp-voter-suppression-recount-republicans-trump/
One thing the Democratic Party intends and will be able to accomplish in many states, and perhaps even nationally, before 2020 is automatic voter registration.
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