Thousands of Democrats, hundreds of Republicans among Coloradans who canceled their registrations...

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Denver Post

Thousands of Democrats, hundreds of Republicans among Coloradans who canceled their registrations after Trump administration request
Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams sent a letter to the Trump administration on Friday

By JESSE PAUL | [e-mail] | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: July 17, 2017 at 11:44 am | UPDATED: July 17, 2017 at 12:16 pm


Hundreds of Republican and unaffiliated voters in Colorado are among the nearly 4,000 people who have canceled their voter registrations in the wake of the Trump administration’s request for voter information.

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office reported Monday that of the 3,738 people who withdrew their registrations between June 28 and Friday, 367 are Republicans and 1,255 are unaffiliated voters. Just over 2,000 Democrats have also canceled their registrations.

The cancellations are just a minuscule fraction of the state’s 3.7 million registered voters. But the figure is striking nonetheless, with some county election officials reporting that they’ve never seen anything quite like it in their careers.

The withdrawals began in earnest earlier this month, after a presidential advisory commission on election integrity requested publicly available voter information from all 50 states. On July 10 alone, 1,237 Colorado voters withdrew their registrations.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/17/colorado-voter-registration-cancelations-trump-administration-request/

[question everything]

1. I don't know that it will make a difference

Whiny Donny wants info of previous voting data.

[msongs]

2. one wonders why these people cancelled nt

[catbyte]

3. WTF? The whole point of this is votr suppression. So they're disenfranchising themselves?

That makes no fucking sense at all.

[SergeStorms]

4. They can re-register.....

up to a week before the next election, whatever that's for. It's just a protest to tell the Trump government "we're watching you, and will not be part of your nefarious scheme".

I don't blame them a bit, and if I lived in a red state that was complying with Trump's request for voter information, I'd do the same exact thing. Screw Trump and the Russian tank he rode in on.

[pnwmom]

5. Or it's FEAR that their personal info will be shared with the public -- as they initially promised -

and used for nefarious purposes.

[rpannier]

6. The information is already there

They want past information
Not what's on there right now

[catbyte]

11. That all depends on what heinous voter registration regulations they pass. It's a gamble

with these fascists.

[avebury]

7. What if people reregistered as Republicans

and then proceeded to take over the party from within? If liberal minded people started registering as Republicans would it be possible to out number the idiots? It would be an interesting experiment to try it by targeting one race in order to eliminate someone you want to get out of Washington. Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

[mdbl]

9. that worked in Georgia primaries before

A bunch of repugs changed party affiliations to vote out a certain candidate and it worked.

[Achilleaze]

8. russians probably already have the data

...and republicans are just licking their treasonous chops as they continue to Take Down America...

[keithbvadu2]

10. Republicans don't want their personal info given out? What do they have to hide from the Donald?

Would they be ok with giving it to all political parties?

The Democrats, the Nazis, Russia, the Libertarians?

Well, if you give it to the Republicans, it's already going to the Nazis and Russia.

Yeah! Yeah! They have a legal right to it?

Should they?