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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:34 PM Original message |
Bizarre statement on NPR just now. |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. (Minorities are lazy) |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Amen to that! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. no its not the message and its not bizarre at all. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. This often happens. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. People register and then don't vote all the time. You might have |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is a very legit concern |
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Lifetimedem (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. there is always a large number that end up not voting |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think that a lot of newly registered voters are young people who are inspired by Obama, |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. People dumb enough to forget they registered |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Happens all the time |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. It happens all the time. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. If you haven't already, be sure to get involved with your local GOTV. |
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GOTV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Because registration often happens at fairs, festivals and other places where people are anyway.... |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. We saw it in NH in 2004 |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Your GOTV Phones Were Being Jammed in NH in 2004 |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Many people don't vote even tho they are registered. I canvassed in Indiana Sat. |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Lots of people register.. but don't vote. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Many people register to vote because someone asks them to |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. All they have to do is ask for an absentee ballot. Postage free! |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. people register because its easy. then sometimes they don't vote |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. OMG ... NPR called them "Repukes"? |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. So many of our newly registered voters are young (18-24) and |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. The media will not predict an Obama landslide until Nov 5. nt. |
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weezie1317 (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
24. Democrats register, Republicans vote. This is a long-standing problem for us and a legit concern. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. A few days before the election, Obama should fill hold a huge rally, somewhere big! |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Everything from Caging to Threats of Arrest for Unpaid Parking Tickets |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. These are people who weren't registered to vote to begin with |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Interesting. Thanks for all of the replies. It just seemd that |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Often it's it's because they were asked and engaged by a volunteer that they |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. I can witness to that happening, and can give some reasons why,. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Everyone I know, young and old |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. Repeat voters tend to show up more reliably than do new voters. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. People that make an effort to go register are more likely to vote |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. My goddaughter registered to vote but then did not vote in any primaries or local elections |
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nosillies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. New registrations do not mean new voters. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. Are you serious? |
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