DNC Chairman: The Democratic Plan to Combat Trumps Voter Suppression Commission

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by Tom Perez, Karen Carter Peterson
10:30 AM ET



In 2016, 39 Americans were struck and killed by lightning. In the same year, there were four documented cases of voter fraud. That’s right. You’re more likely to see someone fatally struck by lightning than witness a case of in-person voter fraud.

Study after study after study has debunked the myth of “voter fraud.”

So why is President Donald Trump spending taxpayer dollars on a voter fraud commission? The answer is simple: This is a propaganda factory for justifying the Republican Party’s broader voter suppression efforts.

As the commission meets in Washington, D.C. today, there seems to be no limit to how far Republicans will go to disenfranchise certain voters. Instead of working to convince voters to support their policies, they’re working systematically to suppress the fundamental democratic rights of the American people.

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http://time.com/4864109/dnc-trump-voter-fraud-election-commission/

[emulatorloo]

1. k&r

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. WE do need to fight this. Voting was a positive for white supremacists when

most doing it were white.

Since that is no longer the case or soon will be, voting is now the problem.

[rogue emissary]

3. Best line of the article.

This isn’t a war on voter fraud. It’s a war on voters – and it’s only being waged by Republicans.

[KT2000]

4. saving the base

all 29% can decide national elections is their dream.

[lark]

5. Don't think they really give a damn about "the base".

When do they do anything for the base other than pander to their hate? No, what they really and only care about are the 1%, the ones that line their pockets and fund their campaigns. That's all they care about, enriching the rich since that includes themselves and their money honeys.

[lapucelle]

6. K&R+++ Schumer was also great yesterday, making the Rs own the mess.

[ismnotwasm]

7. K&R

[Moostache]

8. You are 10X more likely to be struck by lightning than witness voter fraud...

THAT is the message that should be pounded and pounded and pounded until it sinks into the public zeitgeist.

If the goddamn GOP was able to get things like "death panels" and "death spirals" into the debates as de facto truths, then we sure as fuck better be able to make "10X more likely to get hit by lightning" stick!!!

[SpankMe]

9. There's something else we have to do in conjunction with those steps described in the article.

We must have a special fundraising-and-operations arm the targets toss-up areas and pays to get every Democratic voter legal I.D.'s.. We need to pay for birth certificates and a state issued I.D.'s for every Democratic voter in plenty of time for the upcoming elections. We need to provide teams of volunteers - including notaries - to research and process requests for citizenship credentials and legal state I.D.'s for anyone who lacks resources to do it themselves. (I know we can't just go out and get birth certificates and buy I.D.'s for people. I mean we assist those who need these things by engaging them and guiding them through the process and by providing them with the fee's and footwork necessary to get them legal I.D's. that comply with Republican bullshit.)

If our other efforts run slowly, and if the courts uphold all or parts of the Republicans' deplorable (yes, I said deplorable!) plan to require citizenship-affirming I.D. to register and to vote, then we have to beat them while working within their perverse rules.

If we put a lot of effort into this and in getting out the vote in general, then we can get legislative and executive majorities in enough places to start dismantling the voter suppression laws that have been forced upon us.

It's a tall order. But it's a must-do.

[NCTraveler]

10. This is done by the DMV's in every state.

"I mean we assist those who need these things by engaging them and guiding them through the process and by providing them with the fee's and footwork necessary to get them legal I.D's. that comply with Republican bullshit."

The process is there. Currently in place. They will tell you everything you need, where to get them, and how much it will cost. That doesn't make it free or worth the effort to the individual.