Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 12:33 PM Dec 2012

Florida Sought To Disenfranchise College Students In 2012 Election, Lawmaker Admits

Source: ThinkProgress

Election Day in Florida became a nightmare due to several changes to election law, resulting in marathon lines and more provisional ballots. Now that the election is over, Florida Republicans are beginning to admit the mess was intended to suppress votes.

State Rep. Dennis Baxley (R-FL) and GOP chair of Alachua County, Stafford Jones, cooked up one of Florida’s many new laws specifically to keep college students from voting in the 2012 election. The vote-suppressing measures were inspired by the 2010 victory of Gainesville’s first openly gay mayor, Craig Lowe, which Republicans claim was stolen by Florida college students.

Baxley’s law prevented people from voting if they did not change their address a month before Election Day. Many of the people affected were college students or young people who were moving for a new job. Jones explained this vote suppression was intentional and accused liberals of bringing in students to swing the election:



Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/12/18/1350331/florida-sought-to-disenfranchise-college-students-in-2012-election-lawmaker-admits/

4 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Florida Sought To Disenfranchise College Students In 2012 Election, Lawmaker Admits (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2012 OP
He should be in jail Kingofalldems Dec 2012 #1
They are publicly admitting illegal behavior... where is the Justice Department? FreeBC Dec 2012 #2
Welcome to Blue Florida! Coyotl Dec 2012 #3
Should we be expecting an armed revolt? Blue State Bandit Dec 2012 #4
 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
3. Welcome to Blue Florida!
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 02:37 PM
Dec 2012

They just love to shoot there own feet with their dearly-beloved assault rifles, don't they

Blue State Bandit

(2,122 posts)
4. Should we be expecting an armed revolt?
Tue Dec 18, 2012, 04:05 PM
Dec 2012

Just another example of the 2nd Amendment doing nothing for our freedom.

:snark:

Latest Discussions»Latest Breaking News»Florida Sought To Disenfr...