Clinton Pushes Voting Holiday/AP Story on Clinton/Kerry Press conference

demo dutch

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:50 PM
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Clinton Pushes Voting Holiday/AP Story on Clinton/Kerry Press conference

Edited on Thu Feb-17-05 05:52 PM by demo dutch

Sen. Clinton Pushes for Voting Holiday
1 hour, 31 minutes ago
By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites), a possible White House candidate in 2008, joined 2004 nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) and other Democrats Thursday in urging that Election Day be made a federal holiday to encourage voting.

She also pushed for legislation that would allow all ex-felons to vote.

Standing with Massachusetts Sen. Kerry and other Democrats who had alleged voting irregularities in the 2004 contest, Clinton said, "Once again we had a federal election that demonstrates we have a long way to go."

"I think it's also necessary to make sure our elections meet the highest national standards," said the New York senator.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&u=/ap/20050217/ap_on_go_co/voting_machines_clinton&printer=1

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meganmonkey

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:54 PM
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1. Rate it up! It's at 2.32 with 76 votes

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Us vs Them

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Thu Feb-17-05 05:58 PM
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2. Nice. Especially the part about ex-felons

I can almost see the Right Wing backlash arguments now:

"These Democrats want to make it mandatory that CONVICTED CRIMINALS can vote"

Well, that's true, but once someone has paid their debt to society shouldn't they be allowed a voice to once again participate?

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RobertSeattle

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Thu Feb-17-05 06:04 PM
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3. Has the ACLU ever challenged the ex-felon vote rules?

I've never quite understand why someone who has done their time has to petition to get their VOTING RIGHTS back. I can't believe it is Constitutional.

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Andy_Stephenson

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Thu Feb-17-05 06:16 PM
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4. There is no Constitutional right to vote...

so it can be taken away. We need an amendmetn to stop the bullshit.

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Catamount

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Thu Feb-17-05 08:58 PM
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6. I agree with that! How are you Andy?

:-)

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RobertSeattle

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Thu Feb-17-05 09:01 PM
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7. Makes we wonder

What other "rights" aren't necessarily "rights" becaused they aren't based on the Constitution or Court rulings?!!!

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madmom

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Thu Feb-17-05 06:31 PM
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5. UAW already has this in their contract....

paid at that! Solidarity forever:thumbsup:

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