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19. Kick it! Yes!

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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