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moondust

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13. Yes.

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 11:25 PM

Feb 2013

In light of all the recent attempts at disenfranchisement, it needs to be expanded to cover all forms of voter suppression in all the states. And while they're at it Congress can standardize federal elections and address gerrymandering. In the meantime, leave the current law alone.

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THIS!! [View all] babylonsister Feb 2013 OP

YES! CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1

DAMN RIGHT!!! elleng Feb 2013 #2

KICK patrice Feb 2013 #3

I haven't spent more than 20 minutes voting in my blue state. I can't imagine state bluestate10 Feb 2013 #4

I've voted in 3 states in Australia and 20 minutes would be "long". SwissTony Feb 2013 #47

Damn right. It is beyond belief that people in the US had to stand in line that long just to vote... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #5

Any State with so few polling places . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #56

but that's what it's all about Skittles Feb 2013 #6

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #7

The right wingnut line is that they were mostly illegal voters or voting multiple times. :nuts: Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2013 #8

Yes! hue Feb 2013 #9

when any state does that.... nt msongs Feb 2013 #10

+1 Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #50

we need a new voting rights act.. stillcool Feb 2013 #11

Not in This Decade AndyTiedye Feb 2013 #29

Rec! mia Feb 2013 #12

Yes. moondust Feb 2013 #13

I think we have enough proof to prove that Republicans are not operating on good faith. Baitball Blogger Feb 2013 #14

INDEED. calimary Feb 2013 #15

As a member of Opus Dei, I don't understand how he legally can be a judge Alameda Feb 2013 #45

K&R MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #16

Could be another march is in order. Lars39 Feb 2013 #17

I think you're right. If SCOTUS blocks anything, babylonsister Feb 2013 #26

It doesn't get any plainer than that! What is it that they claim is wrong? freshwest Feb 2013 #18

Kick it! Yes! sheshe2 Feb 2013 #19

Abso-fuckin-lutely!!!! TDale313 Feb 2013 #20

Not just Southern states... countryjake Feb 2013 #21

Thanks! Perfect! This should NOT be happening! nt babylonsister Feb 2013 #27

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2013 #38

No kidding. I waited two hours in a suburb of Indianapolis. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #40

I lived in two different areas of Georgia...one county that was urban, and one that was..well..white TroglodyteScholar Feb 2013 #22

I would have more respect for Republicans and hate them less Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #23

It said we have the RIGHT to vote...but it doesn't say how convenient it has to be. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #43

K&R SunSeeker Feb 2013 #24

the republican plan KT2000 Feb 2013 #25

It ain't over til it's over. Fat lady is warming up, but! No way. nt babylonsister Feb 2013 #28

We are Clearly in Some Kind of End-Game Now AndyTiedye Feb 2013 #31

I'm so in awe babylonsister Feb 2013 #32

"why are they succeeding?" ... MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #34

The Tee Vee Tells Them to Vote RAPEuglican, and the Preachers Tell Them to Vote RAPEuglican AndyTiedye Feb 2013 #35

It goes back to the corporate/rightwing reaction of the '70s deutsey Feb 2013 #37

In the end, they won't succeed. dorkulon Feb 2013 #48

I just saw and shared this liberalhistorian Feb 2013 #30

K&R... elzenmahn Feb 2013 #33

Why we must continue to fight Guizar Feb 2013 #36

Discrimination exists in all 50 states, it needs protection in all 50! Dustlawyer Feb 2013 #39

k&r HappyMe Feb 2013 #41

The Voting Rights Act allows jurisdictions to apply to "bail out" of Section 5 AndyA Feb 2013 #42

When ANY state makes minority voters wait hours to vote, as in 2012! robinlynne Feb 2013 #44

Happened in my home state... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #46

Lines were unacceptably long there in 2004, worse in 2008... countryjake Mar 2013 #59

Yes, criminal is a better word... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #61

Oh yes, I miss the Fall in Ohio, too! countryjake Mar 2013 #62

I was born in Steubenville.... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #63

Scalia is a fool Sheepshank Feb 2013 #49

My first thought was, "what a silly thread." ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #51

Too true! another_liberal Feb 2013 #52

YEEEaaahhh! Bucky Feb 2013 #53

One minor edit: Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author rhett o rick Feb 2013 #55

K&R n/t myrna minx Feb 2013 #57

You're right! LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #58

Even Scalia should know this... drynberg Mar 2013 #60