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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:44 AM Original message |
Salon's shameful six - where vote suppression could cost us 2006 |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. And so it begins...the same old story. |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Sad, isn't' it? |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. But, that would defeat the purpose of this article ... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So, you support the disenfranchisement of poor and minority voters? |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I "think" they were being sarcastic. |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Absolutely not! ... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Maybe we should have literacy tests, too. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Did you not read in the article that she had her |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. But, that would destroy the perfect rant. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. People like you |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It's all voter intimidation too. |
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jamesinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. her ID was stolen and she can't afford to buy it back |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Replacing an ID is VERY difficult |
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jamesinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. it is an absolute pain, I agree |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
47. That "sob story" is more commonplace than you think |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. I live in MO |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
73. 6 month backlog for birth certificates? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Counting on fraud to win is best left to your party repiglican. |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. WOW! |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. And you live in Indiana - where once I lived. |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. whatever ... |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Whatever??? |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hopefully you do. |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. OK. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. No that is NOT what all the "hullabaloo" about election |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. "Voter fraud" is not an issue. |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Wheren't the election officials in the effected FL counties in 2000... |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Uh, NO! |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Democrats like Katherine Harris?? |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I mean the local poll workers ... the ones that counted all the hanging |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Election fraud in Florida was statewide. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Uh, no. Jeebus. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
55. SELF DELETE |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Voter fraud is most certainly an issue... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That's not voter fraud. |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. OK, I stand corrected. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. Did they also mention |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. The governments in these six states are only suppressing "voter fraud" |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
66. There is virtually no Voter Fraud in the US. There is Election Fraud! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Just reinforces the fact that this country needs election reform. NOW. |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
15. I shouldn't read stories like this right after a rough commute... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. How nice to see someone other than Farhad Manjoo write an election piece. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. When I "hang" with the literary crowd |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That is probably my one and only gripe with Salon (which I otherwise love) |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
67. You mean you're not a letter writer constantly threatening to cancel? |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I can't stand Farhad Manjoo... |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. Rehnquist was suppressing AZ votes back in the 60s. |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. May he rot in hell. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. I will have problems voting in Arizona |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
56. VOTE WITH ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND CALL FOR THEM NOW!! N/T |
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Maxdee55 (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. Voting |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Well said, Maxdee55! |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Hi MaxDee55!! |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. LAST 3 ELECTIONS FOR THOSE OF US IN FL!! N/T |
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Laurab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. Wow! What an excellent first post! |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. If She LIVES HERE, she should get to VOTE. Period |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. In Indiana, you can get a picture ID for free if you can't afford one |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. "In Indiana, you can get a picture ID for free if you can't afford one" |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
68. I have lots of sympathy ... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Ye shall know them by their spelling |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Stop it!!! |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. THANKS ALOT Horse with no Name..I JUST .. |
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Laurab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Yea and I thought so, too! |
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ocd liberal (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. Yo, Peeves! |
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Peeves (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Gee no ... |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. Poll tax!! |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. where 'Merican democracy meets Theocratic Cronyism for the Oligarchy |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. If all the "good government" people hadn't killed off political machines |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I want a competent government. n/t |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
62. We Have Become A Banana Republic |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Yep that's the other weird bad thing |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I thought the following remarks posted at Salon |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
72. Please would everyone checkout my recent posting |
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