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uponit7771

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Fri Dec 23, 2016, 10:50 PM Dec 2016

Just in case you thought there was future dem control of anything [View all]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/voter-turnout-2016-elections/

Fourteen states installed new restrictive voting laws, which have historically targeted minorities, before the 2016 election, including in Wisconsin and Ohio. And this general election was the first since the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 that required federal approval on any state election law.

Neil Albrecht, executive director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, said voter identification laws hurt turnout in the city’s high-poverty districts this month, noting that 41,000 fewer people voted there in 2016 than in 2012

However, the Brennan Center for Justice, nonpartisan law and policy institute, said there has not been enough data collected to determine the laws’ impact on the election.


So.... how many votes did Clinton lose Wisconsin by?

This is a warning people; if we ran Obama JFK, FDR, Lincoln, RayGun and the RayGun dog all wrapped into one person they can STILL ... STILL ... STILL take these elections from us ...

The 2000 election was stolen the same way, 20,000 Americans were purged from the voter rolls in Florida using similar software as Cross Check... there would be no Bush if there was no voter suppression.

Like a laser we should focus on getting rid of this James Crow oppression that strips America of a progressive future.

Your take?

tia
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Remember in 2000 when all of those KGOP staffers flew to Florida LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #1
+1, I think some of them even used sharp objects on a person. Point being those fuckers don't care uponit7771 Dec 2016 #2
I've seen several posts on this board downplaying voter suppression. JHan Dec 2016 #3
YES!!!! It's not *OUR* message, it's THEIR malfeasance. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #4
+1, also... notice the coward ass'd polling in the voter suppression states that were projected uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6
They ACT like..."oh, well if you can't show us Vlad actually switching code, then... LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #7
Like this election they still think they have the numbers, they do if those numbers weren't .... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #5
8 years of appeasing republicans is paying off.... nt msongs Dec 2016 #8
+1, time to say fuck off to them like KingCon does the American people... cause we can tell folk uponit7771 Dec 2016 #9
"...years of appeasing republicans is paying off".... lastlib Dec 2016 #10
why are we always late to the party jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #16
Its because we care about VALUES and all they care about is POWER. milestogo Dec 2016 #17
The dems haven't been a true opposition party for decades. CrispyQ Dec 2016 #18
Just in case you thought there was a future for ANYONE to control.... Binkie The Clown Dec 2016 #11
If it reaches the point of open Jim Crow again...if they take the mask off...what do we do? First Speaker Dec 2016 #12
Use KingCons tactics against him... Start a bigger less dangerous fire to illuminate the smaller uponit7771 Dec 2016 #15
If you can't beat 'em... czarjak Dec 2016 #13
Health... I have a tactic...Might use KingCons moves on the GOP uponit7771 Dec 2016 #14
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