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In the discussion thread: 93-Year-Old Grandmother Is Suing Pennsylvania Over Voter ID Laws [View all]

Wed May 9, 2012, 08:43 PM

polichick (30,375 posts)

79. Dems are the lesser of evils - and I vote because imo it's our responsibility as citizens...

Change will only come when enough people push our "leaders" to create a true democracy.

(I've never suggested we shouldn't vote - just pointing out that none of us can be sure our votes count in this corrupt system.)

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79 replies	Author	Time	Post
93-Year-Old Grandmother Is Suing Pennsylvania Over Voter ID Laws [View all]	cynatnite	May 2012	OP
Good for her!	Justice wanted	May 2012	#1
wonder how often the Amish vote ...	zbdent	May 2012	#2
They have a religious exemption for the Amish.	yellowcanine	May 2012	#7
State GOP really did shoot themselves in the foot with this one. In general the Amish vote R.	Justice wanted	May 2012	#14
The bill is a clusterscrew ...	Cosmocat	May 2012	#36
They usually don't vote:	Freddie Stubbs	May 2012	#48
This is the way	Politicalboi	May 2012	#3
Go grandma	Fresh_Start	May 2012	#4
Amen!!! The VID laws are fuckin horrible and traitorous	uponit7771	May 2012	#5
What VID laws? Oh, you mean Jim Crow laws?	Auntie Bush	May 2012	#18
Finally!!!!!	goclark	May 2012	#6
They had to wait for the primary	Cosmocat	May 2012	#37
Voter ID is going to bite the Republicans big time I believe. The courts are very likely to strike	yellowcanine	May 2012	#8
It won't matter unless the courts strike these laws down BEFORE the next	tblue37	May 2012	#11
Mike Papantonio was talking about this today and said the courts are crammed with...	polichick	May 2012	#17
Holder is too busy busting Cannabis clinics to bother with upholding voter rights.	diane in sf	May 2012	#33
Isn't he in line with what the president wants? I assume he is but don't know.	polichick	May 2012	#46
Nobody knows, that's the problem. I have been told he supports MM, but why then all the busts? /nt	Dragonfli	May 2012	#57
ALEC has met their match in a 93 year old woman with common sense, for her	Dragonfli	May 2012	#9
I'm hoping she get justice before the election. But I have a feeling they will drag their feet.	southernyankeebelle	May 2012	#12
The Supreme Court's most recent major ruling on voter-id laws was in 2008...	PoliticAverse	May 2012	#21
No free photo ID in Texas $15.00 n/t	TexasProgresive	May 2012	#43
Justice Department bars Texas voter ID law	PoliticAverse	May 2012	#44
I doubt she will get justice before the elections, if at all, but I can still hope right? /nt	Dragonfli	May 2012	#29
She's doing it because the DOJ isn't doing its job - Holder should stand up to ALEC.	polichick	May 2012	#16
That would pre-suppose that the DOJ disagrees with ALEC, that is far from an axiom.	Dragonfli	May 2012	#28
Does that mean we have a really, really bad president too? He chose Holder, right?	polichick	May 2012	#45
No it means we have a weak President that I am told is well meaning, he has my vote again	Dragonfli	May 2012	#49
imo the DOJ, like most of gov't, serves those banks and the 1%...	polichick	May 2012	#50
He has the power true, that he doesn't use it (for whatever reasons) is why he appears weak to me	Dragonfli	May 2012	#56
I'm with you - the party has left me, not the other way around...	polichick	May 2012	#59
I am beginning to think occupy and grassroots organizing are the last peaceful hope we have.	Dragonfli	May 2012	#62
You're right, this gilded age will end too. Interesting that France has gone socialist!	polichick	May 2012	#64
They made the right choice IMO /nt	Dragonfli	May 2012	#65
I think so too! We'd be smart to do the same.	polichick	May 2012	#66
Holder is suing over ID laws, there's just too many of them.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#51
According to Mike Papantonio...	polichick	May 2012	#52
Holder is limited by Supreme Court precedent.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#55
Well I hope Pap is wrong, and Holder is doing all he can. Democracy...	polichick	May 2012	#60
Democracy is not dead. It might be on life support in places like Michigan,	SunSeeker	May 2012	#71
You should be scared - we all should. If you think our democracy is alive and well...	polichick	May 2012	#75
Please don't depress the vote by saying it's all a scam. 2008 wasn't a scam.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#76
You're doing exactly what both parties count on...	polichick	May 2012	#77
You're doing what Republicans count on.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#78
Dems are the lesser of evils - and I vote because imo it's our responsibility as citizens...	polichick	May 2012	#79
Corbett is a pedophila-enabling fracker douchebag	LynneSin	May 2012	#10
Well, no, not really. LOL! Did you smile when you said that?	freshwest	May 2012	#31
Go Granny Go!!!!	Smilo	May 2012	#13
You go, girl!!!	polichick	May 2012	#15
Brava, Ms. Applewhite!	beac	May 2012	#19
Applewhite no longer has a copy of her birth certificate, and she does not have a drivers’ license.	PoliticAverse	May 2012	#20
She is 93, chances are her drivers license is more than 1 year out of date....	peacebird	May 2012	#23
How many people have any of those?	drm604	May 2012	#24
She can just show her employee ID then	proud2BlibKansan	May 2012	#26
You can't GET "other types of photo ID" without a birth certificate	ProfessionalLeftist	May 2012	#32
There are probably lots of older Native AMericans without birth certificates too	Liberty Belle	May 2012	#34
Without a birth certificate	TexasProgresive	May 2012	#42
You must remember	FlaGranny	May 2012	#47
Brief background on all the people in the ACLU's lawsuit...	PoliticAverse	May 2012	#22
It's just a modern version of the old literacy tests.	drm604	May 2012	#25
Even the free ID requires a social security card & birth certificate with a raised seal & two other	leftylauren	May 2012	#27
I cannot believe the local Democratic committee people where I live have nothing to say about it...	MrMickeysMom	May 2012	#30
These laws ought to provide a way for people to	treestar	May 2012	#35
...	ctaylors6	May 2012	#73
Indiana was the first state to force this and	LittleGirl	May 2012	#38
Amazing that it has come to this	goclark	May 2012	#39
And the Indiana law was upheld by SCOTUS.	Indydem	May 2012	#41
That's why we must make sure Obama gets reelected.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#53
In Indiana, she'd be able to vote absentee by mail	ctaylors6	May 2012	#61
She went to her normal polling place.	LittleGirl	May 2012	#68
I think the lawyers need to crawl through some of the nursing homes and retirement communities, and	MADem	May 2012	#40
that wouldn't help too much because	ctaylors6	May 2012	#63
Sneaky and cheeky, this law, isn't it?	MADem	May 2012	#74
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	May 2012	#54
Republicans are very calculating - I'm sure they've thought of all possible	mercymechap	May 2012	#58
Ain't that the truth!	SunSeeker	May 2012	#72
FYI - can get US passport without birth certificate	ctaylors6	May 2012	#67
Unless you can get a passport for free it won't satisfy the requirement to avoid an unconstitutional	PoliticAverse	May 2012	#69
I agree	ctaylors6	May 2012	#70

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