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Showing Original Post only (View all)President Obama orders commission to address voting issues [View all]
Source: Associated Press
President Barack Obama has signed an executive order establishing a presidential commission to address voting issues.
Obama announced his plans to create the commission last month in his State of the Union address. The top lawyer for Obama's re-election campaign, Bob Bauer, will co-chair the commission with the top lawyer for Republican Mitt Romney's campaign, Ben Ginsburg.
The goal is to address issues including long lines at the polls, voter registration and voter access.
The order gives the commission six months after its first public meeting to submit a report to Obama about ways to improve the voting experience.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/obama-orders-commission-address-voting-issues
Pres.Obama Establishes Commission On Voting
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-establishes-commission-on-voting
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Ginsberg has been one of the leaders of the stop people of color or Democrats from voting.
Wellstone ruled
Mar 2013
#2
We should have learned by now that those that believe the Repukes arent worth trying to
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#33
It's a start - need to keep momentum through this year and the next score of years.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#4
as part of my civic duty I hereby save them 6 months and lots of $$ by giving them ideas...
msongs
Mar 2013
#10
If programmable electronic voting is used the machine must provide two copies of the vote to the
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#18
That idea is as good or better than mine. No machines is best. No internet voting either, no way.
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#21
Very valid points, gerrymandering is a big problem, districts made to give offices to
Thinkingabout
Mar 2013
#26