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2016 Postmortem

HassleCat

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14. As I said, it's not the program.

Reply to csziggy (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 06:00 PM

Jan 2017

All it does is flag potential discrepencies. The registration and election officials decide what to do about it. They could do the same thing without Crosscheck. In fact, they pulled similar shenanigans before we even had computers. Crosscheck makes it easier and faster, so they can disenfranchise more voters, but they are doing what they have always done.

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It's not the program itself. HassleCat Jan 2017 #1

So why aren't lou ky dem Jan 2017 #2

perhaps you can share YOUR views on how...and provide data with links to help us out :-) nt msongs Jan 2017 #3

I believe this project triron Jan 2017 #4

Maybe we ought to get our hooks on the program meow2u3 Jan 2017 #5

It IS the program itself - it was designed to target primarily Democratic populations csziggy Jan 2017 #7

And that doesn't even take into account electronic tampering. They have a whole bag of tricks Amaryllis Jan 2017 #8

The problem is that tampering is not provable csziggy Jan 2017 #10

As I said, it's not the program. HassleCat Jan 2017 #14

Totally agree. Needs to be discussed and vetted extensively. Justice Jan 2017 #6

If you go to the petition site lou ky dem Jan 2017 #9

The Clinton campaign did try to fight crosscheck and other voter suppression programs Gothmog Jan 2017 #11

My understanding lou ky dem Jan 2017 #12

Everyone is supposed to get a provisional ballot if they request Gothmog Jan 2017 #13

Provisional ballots won't be counted SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2017 #15

It depends if they get in with a lawsuit Gothmog Jan 2017 #17

Based on the ruling SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2017 #18

Because folk can't put in us on Clinton if it was taken seriously uponit7771 Jan 2017 #16

kick for visibility triron Jan 2017 #19