Governor Christie Says GOP Needs To Win In Order To Control ‘Voting Mechanisms’

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Governor Christie Says GOP Needs To Win In Order To Control ‘Voting Mechanisms’
By: DSWright Thursday October 23, 2014 9:36 am


Just in case it was not clear as to how the GOP plans to win elections despite having a shrinking demographic, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie decided to remove any doubt – rigging the vote. In an amazingly honest speech to the US Chamber of Commerce Governor Christie said that the GOP had to control the voting process if they were to succeed in 2016.

Christie’s statements come in the wake of a wave of voter ID laws meant to drive down poor and minority turnout throughout the country – voters who generally vote Democrat. The US Supreme Court recently upheld Texas’ controversial voter ID law and Christie vetoed an early voting bill for New Jersey. Other states have also taken measures to tackle a non-existent voter fraud problem and limit early voting

Governor Christie pushed further into the contentious debate over voting rights than ever before, saying Tuesday that Republicans need to win gubernatorial races this year so that they’re the ones controlling “voting mechanisms” going into the next presidential election. Republican governors are facing intense fights in the courts over laws they pushed that require specific identification in order to vote and that reduce early voting opportunities. Critics say those laws sharply curtail the numbers of poor and minority voters, who would likely vote for Democrats…

“Would you rather have Rick Scott in Florida overseeing the voting mechanism, or Charlie Crist? Would you rather have Scott Walker in Wisconsin overseeing the voting mechanism, or would you rather have Mary Burke? Who would you rather have in Ohio, John Kasich or Ed FitzGerald?” he asked.

MORE:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/christie-says-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-need-to-win-so-they-control-voting-mechanisms-1.1113989
http://news.firedoglake.com/2014/10/23/governor-christie-says-gop-needs-to-win-in-order-to-control-voting-mechanisms/

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1. Y'know something? It's pretty damn pathetic when the ONLY way you see clear to winning

an election is to rig the vote. Pretty pathetic. Unfortunately, it IS within their grasp.

THANK YOU, DEBBIE, for dozing off on the zero-year (2010) when the GOP was working hard at the state level to take over as many governorships as possible, so THEY could be in charge of the census and the reapportionment of Congressional districts.

Thanks for the nice snooze so that the bad guys could freely rig the game in multiple states, DEBBIE. Thanks for dropping the ball, big-time, DEBBIE. Thanks for disregarding Howard Dean's SUCCESSFUL AND EFFECTIVE "50-State Strategy" - that WORKED, DEBBIE. Thanks a heap for taking your eye SQUARELY off the ball and NOT thinking ahead, DEBBIE.

Thanks for NOTHING, DEBBIE.