Hillary Clinton Calls for Election Reform.
Source: nyt/ap
Potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton kicked off a series of speeches with a call to combat what she called an "assault on voting rights."
The former U.S. Secretary of State spoke on Monday in San Francisco at the American Bar Association's annual meeting after receiving the group's highest award for service to the law.
She told those in attendance that her upcoming speeches also would look at national security and the United States global leadership. But first she said she wanted to talk about deep flaws in the electoral system.
She said racial discrimination remains a serious problem and she again assailed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a significant part of the Voting Rights Act.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/08/12/us/ap-us-hillary-clinton-lawyer-group.html?hp
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)I recall attending a town hall she held in 2005.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)Talk is cheep.
But we have had a series of stolen elections and no one in ether party does anything but talk...and it is cheep talk at that with vague references to election reform, which wind up being more black box voting.
I don't believe anything they say...I believe what they DO.
Tunkamerica
(4,444 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)Spelling error not withstanding, Zeemike has a point. There has been all kinds of election fraud and election stealing, and NOT ONE of the elected Democrats has ever said a PEEP about it (pun intended). Why not? Probably because they're a little TOO worried about being mocked? We've got sworn testimony that GOP officials were looking for ways to hack and patch voting machines; along with numerous anecdotes about computer anomalies that always come out in the GOP's favor.
Electronic voting fraud is one thing, disenfranchising voters in plain sight, through voter ID, cutting back early voting etc. is another. It's not only an outrage, but it's true, and it's a great way to rally the base and shake people out of their complacency.
I agree that Hilary Clinton is probably making this her issue for shallow, tawdry reasons. Maybe she's not sincere about caring about it. But WHO CARES? If not ONE of the other Democrats is willing to make it an issue for legitimate reasons....I'LL TAKE THE TAWDRY REASONS.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)after that crap in Ohio
I'm glad that she'll be speaking about it. Striking the Voting Rights Act was a disgrace.
William769
(55,146 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)I hope all the way to state funded elections and hand counted paper ballots.
cprise
(8,445 posts)Imagine it: Voting reform as a service provided by a partnership between Goldman Sachs, Diebold and Walmart.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)If the Repukes would just let the people vote there would be no need to reform anything.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)one.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)say, since she is doing a "policy series," in which she pretty much has to address the NSA. Just let's stop at the
"Yeah, but what about ____?" every time she opens her mouth. Let her get her opinions and her ideas out there and we can debate them fully and openly here on DU and elsewhere. It's only fair.
DLnyc
(2,479 posts)instead of waiting until 3 weeks before the election, when it's too late to get anyone registered and too late to stop the intimidations, purges, lack of machines and so on that prevent millions of voters from voting (most of whom, surprise surprise, would have voted for Democrats).
The Republican party: sometimes able to get almost one half of the votes, provided tens of millions of potential Democratic voters are kept out of the process.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)because their base is getting smaller and smaller and plus they have no care about improving and helping the 99%ers.
2013 - with the gawd awful gutting of VRA we must fight all over again. USA going backwards.
Beacool
(30,247 posts)Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Federal laws on national elections, state laws on state elections states should not be able to determine who can vote in presidential elections
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Festivito
(13,452 posts)She has a great mind. She can list the hole gamut of things that need renovation.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)and now it's a problem she wants to take on. When she has no means to achieve anything so therefore can't fail but cant be held accountable for failing.
demwing
(16,916 posts)at the point in her career when she carries the political capital to create change, not just demand it.
Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)Beacool
(30,247 posts)Boom Sound 416
(4,185 posts)Beacool
(30,247 posts)She mentioned that while in Congress they worked on this issue in 2006 (I think that was the year).
demwing
(16,916 posts)in the first 1/2 of the first sentence.
UTUSN
(70,686 posts)John2
(2,730 posts)like somebody that wants to be President.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)juajen
(8,515 posts)Maybe it will spark some enthusiasm for change. Anything is better than sitting around doing nothing until it bites you in the arse.
Hekate
(90,673 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)It's a shame that "voting rights" is even an issue now into our country's 237th year.
GOP = Greed over people.
Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)Voter Fraud by lawmakers helping their corporate campaign donors while pretending to be voting in support of people in their districts does far more damage to the nation.
Fringe
(175 posts)I'm glad!
Robbins
(5,066 posts)That she Is running for president In 2016.
Little Star
(17,055 posts)Phlem
(6,323 posts)Get it half done and I might listen, otherwise it's more "hope and change".
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SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Phlem
(6,323 posts)I've seen act 1 of this play over and over and over again, been there done that. It's really up to anyone else to fall for it. I was just putting it out there so we could all be better consumers.
But the notion that I give "someone" a hamburger today so that "that someone" will buy 2 tomorrow is for *^@.
We're talking about politicians here and the very fabric of our democracy, I see things seem to be getting worse in my opinion. Obama care done right is what I'm waiting for, jobs...lost cause I would imagine after signing 3 FTA's.
Sorry, it's just my OCD, and my number one hot button is making a mistake twice for all the same reasons.
-p
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)good one.