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Jim Crow Returns: Millions of minority voters suppressed by electoral purge
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republican party the party of fucking cunts
AstroNut325
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As if I needed any more reasons to avoid all Republicans candidates and conservative backed laws/efforts.
This is the damn worst. That got that section title "A crime wave without criminals", pretty much sums up the whole voter id conversation. This program is only maybe half way tolerable if we lived in a world where like 50% of votes are fraudulent. But since effectively 0% of votes are fraud, what's the justification?
racism, fear
RustyNails
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Well some of them have sued Georgia sos and the Kansas sos might get sued soon. But the court is not going to get it resolved by election next week. It will drag out for months. There is only so much they can do. Whereas you on the otherhand must call the reps, inform friends and family and create a ruckus about it.
CrazyDogg77
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My name's on the list. Dam fraudulent voter. Guess I don't deserve the privilege of the vote because of my damn name
Shake Appeal
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Except that same party controls the house and has had the country in a chokehold for four years.
I'm not surprised by this shit. The Republicans can't win by issue alone, so they cheat.
I read an article about 40,000 names on a list that people had actively work to sign up for voter that just "randomly disappeared" and the Secretary of State in Georgia refuses to even check up on it. He's a Republican, and a large amount of those people on that list were poor, minorities, and vote Democrat.
I read an article about 40,000 names on a list that people had actively work to sign up for voter that just "randomly disappeared" and the Secretary of State in Georgia refuses to even check up on it. He's a Republican, and a large amount of those people on that list were poor, minorities, and vote Democrat.
Perfect.Fraudulent voters:
rokkerkory
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That's going to get a lot of Asians into trouble then. If we adopt English names here, then it's most likely common English first name and common Asian last name.
Shake Appeal
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Yes. Follow the link.
Shake Appeal
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Irobot82
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I can only seem to find a graph with numbers Matches in crosscheck, but it's confusing to me.
Edit: Does it mean Blacks and Asians have double the amount per total in the list?
gutter_trash
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the US seriously needs an independent body that handles this sort of shit
Brawndo Addict
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Only in the United States can the principles of democracy be paraded about while simultaneously making voting illegal or as limited and hard to access as possible. What a fucking joke that it takes place on a weekday and that it's not even a federal holiday and that you need an excuse to vote early or by mail in some states.
RustyNails
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As others mentioned, we have been trying to stop blacks from voting since 1776.
Brawndo Addict
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Well if we're going to go back that far it also extended to women and non-property owners as well. I'm not ignorant of the history of Jim Crow, I just specifically meant that in this modern era of the internet and information, it's baffling how this political refrain of democracy can coexist with the actual reality of how voting works. The fact that it still takes place on a non-holiday weekday and no one raises a peep about it inherently suppressing low income voters who have to work is bizarre. You would think any proposal from a democrat to change it would be a safe bet just because of the optics of opposing, how do you justify your refusal to allow everyone the opportunity to vote? I feel like if there was a law being proposed of that nature, Republicans wouldn't be able to dodge the underlying issue with just dog whistles or voter fraud.
That's what I'm saying. You should know that it's messed up when they screw with voting. If you're you're going to call out my ignorance, at least be informative.
Thanks to gerrymandering they're going to continue to hold the House all the way until 2022 at the earliest (the first mid-term election after the 2020 Census). And even then, they'll probably still keep it until 2024 because Democrats don't vote in mid-terms.
That said, they won't win the presidency again for a very long time unless the Democratic candidate straight up murders someone or fucks a donkey live on stage during the debate or, worst of all, claims to be an atheist. Can't really gerrymander the national vote (aside from breaking California up into 6 states or just throwing away 6 million votes because people have the same first name).
Orbis Tabula
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I live in Virginia and have a crazy common name. Like, first-last combo is common enough that I run into people with my name all the time. Now I'm afraid I'll be taken off voter rolls. At least I'm white, so it's a little less likely. Shit needs to stop.
You called voting "one of the core values of the U.S."
I'm arguing that it isn't a real core value, because throughout all of American history one group or another has been disenfranchised because of gender, race, class or some other arbitrary social marker.
We claim to hold the right to vote as universal, but it's bullshit. Just like "liberty and justice for all."
I didn't intend to sound condescending, but there are countless instances of those in power (primarily white men) suppressing voting or manipulating the electorate in their favor over the course of American history.
More proof that if you can't win legitimately (because your platform sucks), you can win by rigging the system.
The only 'fraud' going on here is the fraud by which the GOP is collectively attempting to disenfranchise people whose only crime is voting for a party other than the Republican party.
The only 'fraud' going on here is the fraud by which the GOP is collectively attempting to disenfranchise people whose only crime is voting for a party other than the Republican party.
stufte
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Unfortunately there are quite a few Democrats on the list of enablers of this process.
InvaderZimmer
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Ugh just match Social Security numbers, reps from anywhere on any side of the isle can't write a law to save their lives.
smokeandmirrors
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Fuck. Republicans. If you still support this party then you are absolutely part of the problem.
stufte
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poppabk
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The article goes out of its way to obfuscate the fact that this impacts millions more whites than any other race. Not sure why they did that.
Sirpopopop
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Or why not make it easier to vote rather than harder.
Sirpopopop
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7 Ds to 20 Rs. And many of them are from southern leaning states where there is a "push" against fraud.
Both parties are clearly the same.
More countering on this "bu-bu-bu-both-parties-are-the-same" bullshit we see everywhere:
Everything remotely controversial is challenged in court these days. Knowing this, which party's nominees do I trust more to be fair on this?
Funky Papa
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Poodlestrike
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God, that's fucking horrific. Everyone, regardless of whether or not you live in a Crosscheck state, start calling your representatives in Congress, call your local news outlets. Get this thing on the radar.
EDIT: You know what's hilarious? I literally just registered to vote in Ohio yesterday, and my name may be off the list by election day. I mean, I've got a very uncommon first name/ last name combo, but still. Scary to think about.
EDIT: You know what's hilarious? I literally just registered to vote in Ohio yesterday, and my name may be off the list by election day. I mean, I've got a very uncommon first name/ last name combo, but still. Scary to think about.
OminoMichelin
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So how's this not completely illegal? They are accusing millions of people of a serious crime without any substantial proof, and just before the election.
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