Ari Berman: Voter ID Laws 'COULD THROW THE ELECTION'

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RawStory:



" Ari Berman, who covers voting rights for The Nation and Rolling Stone magazines, said Monday that voter ID laws in Texas and other states could help Republicans win the presidency in 2012.



“It could throw the election,” he told Amy Goodman of Democracy Now. “As you mentioned earlier in your introduction, the states that have passed restrictive voting laws account for 214 electoral votes, nearly 80 percent of what is needed. We’re talking about very, very significant swing votes—swing states, like Pennsylvania, like Florida, like Wisconsin.”



Republicans in state legislatures have pushed for more restrictive voting laws to combat alleged voter fraud. But Democrats claim the new laws are merely an attempt to suppress voter turnout. They note that groups more likely to vote for Democrats — including minorities, the poor and elderly — are less likely to have the proper photo-ID now required to vote in many states.





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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/09/ari-berman-voter-id-laws-could-throw-the-election/


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1. Is this in addition to rigging the voting machines ?

[mother earth]

2. Well, how else is there any hope for a GOP scumbag? It has to be stolen, and it's been done before.

Do we expect something less this time around? SCOTUS has been bought and paid for to deal with this.

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3. SCOTUS (through the Citizens United judicial decisions) provided the

bankroll to harness the collective elite/corporatist billion dollar Super Pacs to be legally (maybe) unleashed against Obama. If we blink on this issue, we won't see them coming until the dance is over and the networks are announcing that a new president has been elected.

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4. Uh, not to mention the proprietary, super secret software in electronic voting machines. nt

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5. The GateKeepers are ' thinning out the herds ' before the first ballot is cast

in order for their super secret electronic voting software to do its magic and flip the votes.

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7. Unicorns, vampires, and U.S. democratic voting--all myths. nt

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6. I'm sick of Dems, Libs,Progressives crying.

Do not spend any money in a Rep Con Tea business. Blacklist the same. That's a powerful vote.

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8. There are almost 800,000 people in PA who are legal voters without IDs.

The state's going to send out 800,000 letters and THEN send postcards to ALL registered voters shortly before the election. Meanwhile, Corbett doesn't give a shit that Harrisburg is going bankrupt. Good use of tax money, asswipe.