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Grassy Knoll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 11:08 PM
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Rachel Maddow Exposes Voter Rights To Exempt Democrats
 
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:03 AM
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1. K&R! Rachel is the best!
Thanks so much for posting this! I don't always manage to see Rachel, these days... :( :applause:
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markmyword Donating Member (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:04 AM
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2. Arrest the Criminals!
That's right, let's have the Justice Department investigate
those governors and politicians who are trying to DENY
AMERICAN CITIZENS of their RIGHT TO VOTE. 

It's a CRIME to try and prevent a citizen from voting, by
coming up with all the hoops that a person needs to go
through, in order to vote.

What have they done? They've systematically disenfranchised
the YOUNG, ELDERLY, POOR AND THE MINORITIES!
They've: 
1.Changed the date of enrollment a few weeks BEFORE the
college students return to their campuses.
2.Photo ID's from a college, NOT ACCEPTED!
3.Birth certificates are now needed to get your ID, but the
certificate costs $15. Besides the expense, where and how do
you get your birth certificate if you're poor or living in a
rural area? I doubt very much, if these people have their
IMPORTANT papers in a safety deposit box.
4.Not enough voting machines on election day. Who could stand
for eight or ten hours just to vote?
5.Closing the polls early.
6.Giving wrong dates for absentee voting.
7.Giving the wrong dates to vote or wrong places to vote.

Democracy is being STOLEN right in front of our eyes and
people are not outraged about it.

Where are the citizens in these states?
Just read online, how someone registered people to vote and
those who registered Democratic he THREW THESE REGISTRATIONS
AWAY! 

This guy SHOULD BE ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED!

Rachel had a REPUBLICAN ELECTION official from Florida on her
show, who was SICKENED by what Governor Scott was doing to
these teachers,by having a law in place making it
impossible(or almost) for a teacher to register her students.

The League of Women Voters is now afraid of breaking the law,
and won't be registering voters this year! 

It's a joke and a half, America going all over the world
fighting to ensure that other countries have a DEMOCRACY(this
war is courtesy of the REPUBLICANS) and yet here at home, the
REPUBLICANS are making sure that their own citizens are denied
the rights that our Constitution provides.

Occupy Wall Street NEEDS to get this out to the media, how
REPUBLICANS and say REPUBLICANS and NAME THESE REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS,  OVER AND OVER AGAIN how they are STEALING THE
RIGHTS OF CITIZENS TO VOTE.

These so called leaders should be thrown in jail and the keys
thrown away. What they are doing to Americans(all because they
can't win elections fair and square)is CRIMINAL. 

Try them for HIGH CRIMES AGAINST OUR COUNTRY AND CONSTITUTION!

THEY ALL BELONG IN JAIL.  The TERRORISTS are in the REPUBLICAN
PARTY. I have no fear from  a terrorist threat from outside
this country, I'm more concerned what these REPUBLICANS are
doing INSIDE my country and to the rights of the American
people.

They are the ones who are DESTROYING DEMOCRACY in America.

Hopefully,the citizens of this country, regardless of their
political affiliations, will band together and stand up for
what is right, DEMANDING that ALL CITIZENS SHOULD HAVE THE
RIGHT TO VOTE.
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kimsarah Donating Member (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:12 AM
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3. Excellent interview
Edited on Sat Nov-05-11 01:13 AM by kimsarah
with the Volusia County Elections Director, Rachel. And excellent shows all around this week.
It would be interesting to find out who is behind this nationwide push for voter suppression laws. It is definitely from the organized crime braintrust of the GOP, but who?
In the meantime, here's a link to an article that updates the situation in North Carolina, where Republicans are still trying to muster enough votes to override Gov. Perdue's veto several months ago of the Voter ID bill:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/01/1609930/campaigning-to-make-it-harder.html?story_link=email_msg
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 02:07 AM
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5. But here is the deal,
right wing propaganda has been pushing the notion that it is "voter fraud" that should concern us.

Nearly the entire media jumped on the Fox News bandwagon when they went on the ACORN attack. So possibly as much as 65% of the American people are afraid Mickey Mouse or some dead person is somehow going to vote in future elections.

This entire fiasco was promoted by and enabled by the right wing media. I listened to this meme being pushed on NRP. It permeated the media leading up to the 2008 election. This while all sorts of election fraud measures were actually being carried out by Republican operatives around the nation.

This is war.
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BetterThanNoSN Donating Member (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 08:11 AM
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6. Thats how its done...
Hey, look at those Fraudsters over thar!!!!!!! While doing everything possible legally and otherwise to steal elections. Republicans hate democracy!
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sulphurdunn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 10:17 AM
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8. Everyone who can
should resister as many voters as they can and break this law as often as possible. On election day, voters and poll workers should ignore this law.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 01:57 AM
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4. They're fascists I tells ya!
I mean, here is a clear demonstration of Republicans being anti-democracy.

Republican governors around the nation are acting smug and self assured because they are confident that voter suppression measures can protect them as office holders. Scott and Kasich are exhibit A.
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Jotus Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-11 09:11 AM
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7. The fight for voting rights must continue.
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