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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Coincidence? [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)25. Is there a reliable
source to show numbers disenfranchised because of the new Jim Crow laws, rules and voter id laws that made it impossible to vote for a number of people. And if the number was that high, was it impossible to use the war chest of the Democratic Party to send out poll watchers that know the district laws and regs pertaining to voting rights and advocating for the disenfranchised? I fell the same per Roman Empire and the Fall thereof.
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Oregon turnout was 69.5%. We vote entirely by mail. Easy access to voting is key.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2014
#9
I live in Oregon . I agree . Voting access really is the key . Polling places is so 19th century .
geretogo
Nov 2014
#15
Does anybody still not understand why the Constitution mentions "enemies, both foreign AND domestic
world wide wally
Nov 2014
#8
But the Corporations that are people sure did turn out to cast their ballots! The rest is coinkydink
Hekate
Nov 2014
#16
It looks like New Mexico is doing literacy tests with the ID refusals to the Navajo.
AlinPA
Nov 2014
#19
Good luck getting the Party to do anything about it. They're too busy cutting "deals" w/the crazies.
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2014
#29
The GOP only wants the white, er I mean right, people to vote. The far right, that is!
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2014
#28
Maybe not a coincidence that after Alaska added over 100 new early voting places
Blue_In_AK
Nov 2014
#34