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2016 Postmortem

bettyellen

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19. They have groups that appear to be about "voter integrity"

Reply to treestar (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 05:35 PM

Dec 2016

And get them to go over the rolls (but they only do this in blue areas - often targeting POC. They look for any and every reason to drop people of the rolls. They are so sloppy about it because they cast a wide net. They were stopped by getting sued this year in Florida and NC I believe... the judges saw it was a last minute thing designed to strip people of their voting rights.
One group actually sent mailers, and counted those that came back as evidence the person did not reside there.
Others looked for the same name twice or the same name as someone who was incarcerated. Also people who had not voted in a few years could be purged- but again they did it at the last minute, so they could not get back in the rolls.
Did you know that in towns with large prisons they let them count prisoners as citizens, but don't allow them to vote? The GOP exploits every angle.

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It continues: Stricter voter identification law passes House ( Michigan) [View all] mfcorey1 Dec 2016 OP

Why don't we just do a drive to get treestar Dec 2016 #1

I totally agree! mfcorey1 Dec 2016 #2

AMEN underthematrix Dec 2016 #7

True but can be expensive. Many poorer people won't have the utility stubs or cash to pay for them. bettyellen Dec 2016 #3

now funding is easy to do treestar Dec 2016 #4

That and also follow up to make sure they aren't purged would go a long way. bettyellen Dec 2016 #5

Then Black Wealth needs to provide support to underthematrix Dec 2016 #8

Black people should fix this? bettyellen Dec 2016 #12

No this is not about black people fixing it. underthematrix Dec 2016 #16

But you're saying this is on black people to fix- problems white people bettyellen Dec 2016 #17

Look I'm 66 and I know white folks are not gonna fix underthematrix Dec 2016 #18

Let the DNC fund it. Make sure funding is not an issue. We go fund me everything else. If Jill mfcorey1 Dec 2016 #9

I've been saying this forever yeoman6987 Dec 2016 #6

Got a link on that talking point? Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #11

Actually the cost of forms needed to obtain the ID and transportation to the ID centers are the bettyellen Dec 2016 #20

Of course they really are not free. Poster was throwing out republican talking points. Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #21

Did they change the law? The specific IDs are free but some of the places you have to go bettyellen Dec 2016 #22

So that makes them not free. Kingofalldems Dec 2016 #23

They'll just purge them, voter purging is the thing that needs to be fought first imho uponit7771 Dec 2016 #10

I thought we were doing well this year- with at least three states having last minute court cases we bettyellen Dec 2016 #13

The still used the purge software and now who's going to make them responsible uponit7771 Dec 2016 #14

How do they do that? treestar Dec 2016 #15

They have groups that appear to be about "voter integrity" bettyellen Dec 2016 #19

They sure do treestar Dec 2016 #24