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(38,454 posts) Sun Oct 14, 2018, 03:52 PM Oct 2018

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Michael Avenatti with another great idea: [View all]

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This is why GOP think tanks and their internet trolls hate him.

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Michael Avenatti with another great idea: [View all] Kingofalldems Oct 2018 OP

The only argument against this is gop purposeful voter suppression. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #1

Pass laws with jail terms for suppression of the vote, gerrymandering, registration, etc. olegramps Oct 2018 #53

he forgot something Grasswire2 Oct 2018 #2

People move around, they sometimes even change their name FakeNoose Oct 2018 #10

Social Security seems to do a pretty good job. SS# eligibility to vote. YOHABLO Oct 2018 #13

As pointed out elsewhere in this thread, having a SSN doesn't automatically mean The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #34

It's so easy here in Colorado meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #3

Even Florida has something like this. Ligyron Oct 2018 #25

Pennsylvania does that don't they? Vote only on election day? meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #27

Yes, that's what I was thinking when I wrote that but wasn't sure. Ligyron Oct 2018 #42

I wish.. cannabis_flower Oct 2018 #54

It's so much easier. meadowlark5 Oct 2018 #63

Since moving to Oregon we got new driver's licenses at the DMV calimary Oct 2018 #55

His idea of controlling state election registration requirements from the federal level would not Trust Buster Oct 2018 #4

He didn't say anything about state registration. Kingofalldems Oct 2018 #6

State registration is the only registration. The feds cannot usurp that. Trust Buster Oct 2018 #7

Not necessarily. Congress can, and has, passed legislation relating to elections. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #9

First we need the federal birth registry jberryhill Oct 2018 #16

Social Security data? A federal birth registry is very unlikely ever to be created. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #17

SSN doesn't imply citizenship jberryhill Oct 2018 #18

Then it's not going to work at all, at least not automatically. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #21

Damn the details!!! Gets the desired re-tweet & exposure. 7962 Oct 2018 #38

Thumbs Up for Citing Your Sources of Information PandoraAwakened Oct 2018 #33

If it's a bill passed into law why not? brush Oct 2018 #14

We will not have 60 Senate votes to pass it into law even if we have a President that wouldn't veto. Trust Buster Oct 2018 #15

The 60-vote rule is for ending debate (cloture), not to pass a bill in the Senate. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #35

You never know HOW many D or R members will be in a future Senate. COULD be 60 Dems, 7962 Oct 2018 #40

A GOOD lawyer should...... 7962 Oct 2018 #37

I like that idea. Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #5

Don't take away a weekend day from workers please but Little Star Oct 2018 #8

But only for registered voters...... getagrip_already Oct 2018 #29

make the weekend day one of TWO election days..FIXED BamaRefugee Oct 2018 #11

Yep. Automatic voter registration at 18 should have been done long ago Autumn Oct 2018 #12

It will have to be done by the states, but it's a good idea. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #22

Bold SANE moves . . . it's no long the time for "incremental", GOP doesn't do incremental pdsimdars Oct 2018 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author nini Oct 2018 #32

It is a great idea oldtime dfl_er Oct 2018 #20

He is GREAT! LBM20 Oct 2018 #23

And it should be a PAPER vote! Oregon does this! pioche4 Oct 2018 #24

Elizabeth Warren proposed this in 2015 oberliner Oct 2018 #26

Yep. NT. warmfeet Oct 2018 #41

So what, he never said he was the first. Kingofalldems Oct 2018 #43

Hmmm. shanny Oct 2018 #50

Wow, that makes me like him even more KelleyKramer Oct 2018 #51

That should be part of the senior curriculum near graduation day. kentuck Oct 2018 #28

the gop thinks it wrong to teach them anything..... getagrip_already Oct 2018 #30

Not a new idea - but needs to be done. nini Oct 2018 #31

He's addressing a key issue.... zentrum Oct 2018 #36

To this I would add 100% absentee ballot voting. OMGWTF Oct 2018 #39

Motor voter is a federal law, part of the Help America Vote Act DeminPennswoods Oct 2018 #44

I'm likin' this guy. But he's not a politician... Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #45

He's a lawyer; he probably knows this stuff - but he's also a publicity hound The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #48

Being a lawyer is very different from being a politician. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #57

Something like 55% of US presidents have been lawyers. mtnsnake Oct 2018 #59

25 of 44 Presidents have been lawyers. 26 have been military. Honeycombe8 Oct 2018 #60

Very well said. mtnsnake Oct 2018 #61

I know that very well - I retired from that line of work some years ago. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #62

It's not his idea. Qutzupalotl Oct 2018 #46

We should push for a constitutional amendment for mandatory voter registration blue-wave Oct 2018 #47

Remove "mobile." from the URL to get the actual tweet: tblue37 Oct 2018 #49

michael avenatti Dolly123Jimmy Oct 2018 #52

K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #56

That's a great idea. Vinca Oct 2018 #58