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Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
Sat Apr 9, 2016, 12:44 PM Apr 2016

Wisc. Voter ID Suppression & The Truth behind it...

Former Wisconsin Republican State Senate Chief of Staff, Todd Allbaugh, wrote:
(from his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=221323231557115&id=100010383187417&pnref=story )

"Why I left the Republican Party"
You wanna know why I left the Republican Party as it exists today? Here it is; this was the last straw: I was in the closed Senate Republican Caucus when the final round of multiple Voter ID bills were being discussed. A handful of the GOP Senators were giddy about the ramifications and literally singled out the prospects of suppressing minority and college voters.

Think about that for a minute….A vigorous debate on the ideas wasn’t good enough. Inspiring the electorate and relying on their agenda being better to get people to vote for them wasn’t good enough. No, they had to take the coward’s way out and come up with a plan to suppress the vote under the guise of ‘voter fraud.’ The truth? There was almost none.


Also: an article link:
http://www.greenenergy4.us/yep-wisconsins-voter-id-law-is-all-about-suppressing-the-vote/
Audio: The Brad Blog:
http://bradblog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman_BobKinkaidBlankenshipSentencing_GOPPhotoIDScam_040716.mp3
@8:30-13:00min (Wisc. voters unable to vote stories)
@13:30 - 19:00 min "Why I left the Republican Party" read and commented on.
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