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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump/Kobach "Election Integrity" commission is requesting full voter rolls frm every state
AND SO IT BEGINS, the voter suppression plan for 2018 and 2020 and beyond...including voting history back to 2006, dates of birth, and last four digits of voters' SSNs. Says all docs will be "made public" by the commission. And of course fucking Republicans would NEVER do anything bad with all that data...RIGHT?
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Trump/Kobach "Election Integrity" commission is requesting full voter rolls frm every state (Original Post)
CousinIT
Jun 2017
OP
Now this is one thing that might turn my Republican SIL against him - maybe. n/t
seaglass
Jun 2017
#1
DO NOT PASS GO! GO STRAIGHT TO SCOTUS. Even the unholy four will not stand for this.
nikibatts
Jun 2017
#4
If it's in your voter record, or you ever used it to request an absentee ballot, it is public. n/t
Ms. Toad
Jun 2017
#12
seaglass
(8,171 posts)1. Now this is one thing that might turn my Republican SIL against him - maybe. n/t
madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)2. I see States refusing to turn them over.
Lots of legal battles on the horizon.
AJT
(5,240 posts)7. Wisconsin, an all R run state, will gleefully turn the info over.
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)3. Why, so they can fuck them up?
nikibatts
(2,198 posts)4. DO NOT PASS GO! GO STRAIGHT TO SCOTUS. Even the unholy four will not stand for this.
onenote
(42,700 posts)10. Why? What legal case is there against asking for publicly available data?
Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)5. You are aware that is already public information, right? n/t
CousinIT
(9,241 posts)11. Last 4 digits of my SSN is NOT public info nor should it ever be. n/t
Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)12. If it's in your voter record, or you ever used it to request an absentee ballot, it is public. n/t
CousinIT
(9,241 posts)13. It isn't and I had better not find it posted anywhere.
I will sue their goddamned asses seven ways from Sunday.
Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)14. If it's not, then you're safe since they don't have it anyway.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)6. Voter rolls are already public in almost every state
You can go online and download it or look voters up in most places
AJT
(5,240 posts)8. Including last 4 of SSN?
onenote
(42,700 posts)9. Such information is only being requested if it is publicly available under state law
Clear on the face of the letter.
brush
(53,776 posts)15. If they get that info they're going to slash the hell out of that list with Interstate Crosscheck
Repugs will never lose another election as all AA, Latino, and Asian-sounding names will be purged.
We have to get rid of these cockroaches some way as they are spreading their filth into every element of the government.