Republican leaders realize cannot win this election. They lack the leadership, and their policies run contrary to what the American people want. They are also starting to realize that they cannot buy the election. Democratic volunteer presence on the ground dwarfs the best Republicans can buy. That said, Republicans have more ways to steal an election than a blue dog has GOP fleas. Here’s another. They are trying to fool voters into believing that they have been disenfranchised, and in some states, they are using your tax dollars to do it.
A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday blocked the key component of a highly contested state law requiring strict photographic identification to vote in next month’s election, saying the authorities had not done enough to ensure that voters had access to the new documents.
The result, that Pennsylvanians will not have to present a state-approved ID to vote in November, was the latest and most significant in a series of legal victories for those opposed to laws that they charge would limit access to polls in this presidential election. With only a month left until Election Day, disputes around the country over new voter ID requirements, early voting, provisional ballots and registration drives are looking far less significant.
“Every voter restriction that has been challenged this year has been either enjoined, blocked or weakened,” said Lawrence Norden of the Brennan Center for Justice, which is part of the New York University School of Law and opposes such restrictions. “It has been an extraordinary string of victories for those opposing these laws.”
Voter ID laws have been taken off the table in Texas and Wisconsin. The Justice Department has blocked such a law in South Carolina, which has appealed in federal court. In Florida and Ohio, early voting and voter-registration drives have been largely restored. New Hampshire is going ahead with its law, but voters who do not have the required document will be permitted to vote and have a month to verify their identity… [emphasis added]
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Now this article makes it look like we’re winning hands down, and we are, BUT that won’t help if voters stay home, because they believe that they need ID that they do not have to vote. Rachel Maddow and Joan Fitz-Gerald discuss how Republicans are still trying to disenfranchise legitimate voters, even in places where courts rejected their voter suppression laws.
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It is critically to not only defeat these Republican attempts at election theft, but also to make sure voters are informed that we defeated the Republicans, so Republicans cannot fool them by lying to them they can’t vote.
Make sure everyone you know can vote, knows they can vote, and does vote!!!
11 Responses to “Republican Attempts at Election Theft”
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There are no depths to which they won't stoop to get their way!
Get out and vote. Make sure you can vote and don't listen to their lies!
You said it— VOTE Dammit- VOTE-
Amen Patty!!
With all the confusion about voting I'd be confused too! Think of all the people who are confused who didn't vote, hopefully they are all Repubs! Disgusting, denying people the right to vote!
We need to undo the confusion wherever possible.
Sir Walter Scott, 18th century Scottish novelist, poet and historian said “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive.”
I am of the opinion still, that all states should come under the same laws for federal elections. What they do for state or municipal elections can be a state matter, but federal elections should come under federal laws. Here is what I see as necessary for federal elections as well as some advantages:
consistency of voter ID requirements nationally to reduce confusion by voters and election workers;
less discrimination in targeting Blacks, Hispanics, the elderly, students, the poor, etc;
consistency of election mechanics — early voting, absentee ballots, etc;
possible reduction in costs for court cases involving election issues;
more consistency in investigating voter fraud and electoral fraud;
a federal Election Commission that re-evaluates and sets constituency boundaries following a census keeps gerrymandering down;
mandatory scrutineers from each party at every polling station to ensure that fairness prevails;
no persons allowed in the polling station other than voters, poll workers and scrutineers.
It bothers me that so many may not vote because of all the deception, particularly around voter ID, that is being perpetrated by the Republican/Teabagger party. The disparity from one state to the next is atrocious yet the vote is for the same federal government.
Canada's voting system is not perfect by a long shot, and I want to see some changes. But there are some things that the US could learn from Canada in federal election consistency.
And another line from Sir Walter Scott that certainly Republican/Teabaggers would do to heed:
“A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.”
Those are all excellent solutions. Kudos to Canada!
Thumbs up ^ to Florida in discovery of illegal voter forms via the Republican party….
May there be thumbs up to convictions in court.
What do you think Tom, Romney with his two faced lies going to win the day?
Hiya Jim. Long tome no see. 🙂
I don't see hoe he could. Obama by a wide margin,