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Love how Sen. Schumer's calling it a 'voter suppression commission' (Original Post) bigtree Jul 2017 OP
It's worse than voter suppression vlyons Jul 2017 #1
that bigtree Jul 2017 #2
Exactly. dalton99a Jul 2017 #3
The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races Gothmog Jul 2017 #4
This scares me more than almost anything he has done to date. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #5
Correct Senator. old guy Jul 2017 #6
Schumer's right but it's more like an attack on our constitutional right to vote... WePurrsevere Jul 2017 #7
That should be what we're all calling it... Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #8
Jason Kander is the future of the Democratic party. Tatiana Jul 2017 #9

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
1. It's worse than voter suppression
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 10:01 AM
Jul 2017

It violates your right to a secret ballot. No one should know how you voted, unless you tell them. We have secret ballot voting, so you can't be harassed and/or persecuted for how you vote.

bigtree

(85,986 posts)
2. that
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 10:03 AM
Jul 2017

...and the fact the administration intends to use the data to purge or disqualify voters.

The intimidation factor you outlined can't be overstated. Already reports of voters pulling their registrations to avoid exposure.

Gothmog

(145,086 posts)
4. The GOP is the party of voter suppression and relies on voter suppression to win races
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 10:07 AM
Jul 2017

Trump's so called commission is a voter suppression commission

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. This scares me more than almost anything he has done to date.
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 10:27 AM
Jul 2017

Can you imagine what they could do with this information? It's horrifying!

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
7. Schumer's right but it's more like an attack on our constitutional right to vote...
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 10:48 AM
Jul 2017

If you haven't read the article Schumer linked to I highly recommend doing so as a way to 'know your enemy' and I don't use the word enemy lightly.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/magazine/the-man-behind-trumps-voter-fraud-obsession.html?_r=1

This anti-American buttwipe BRAGS That he is the "ACLU's worst nightmare". Since the ACLU defends civil liberties and the constitution this means that this scum is our Constitution's worst nightmare.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
9. Jason Kander is the future of the Democratic party.
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 10:53 AM
Jul 2017

He is young, well-spoken, and a person of integrity. I hope our party gets its crap together to support him in another run for office is Missouri. He is absolutely correct (as is Schumer) about Trump's hypocrisy.

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