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Nevilledog

(51,060 posts)
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 08:41 PM Feb 2021

Horrible new GOP voter suppression bill introduced in Iowa



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Horrible new GOP voter suppression bill introduced in Iowa:

-cuts early voting

-bans sending absentee ballot requests

-restricts mail ballot drop boxes to 1 per county

-no satellite early voting locations

This is why Big Lie so dangerous

Iowa Republicans unveil assault on early voting
A new bill from House and Senate GOP lawmakers would make it much harder for Iowans to obtain and cast absentee ballots, by mail or in person.
bleedingheartland.com
5:36 PM · Feb 16, 2021


https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2021/02/16/iowa-republicans-unveil-assault-on-early-voting/


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Horrible new GOP voter suppression bill introduced in Iowa (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2021 OP
Hmm... bdamomma Feb 2021 #1
Have to do something to win . We need to remember they are in it to win and will try it all lunasun Feb 2021 #2
Do they Rebl2 Feb 2021 #3
They know it hurts Democrats more. That's why they do it. Maraya1969 Feb 2021 #4
2022 is going to be a shitshow if we do not get most of the nation-wide Rethug surge in new voter Celerity Feb 2021 #5

Maraya1969

(22,474 posts)
4. They know it hurts Democrats more. That's why they do it.
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 09:05 PM
Feb 2021

Republicans know the less people that vote the more chance they have at winning. This country is becoming more and more Democratic and they are becoming more and more desperate.

Hopefully a judge will knock this down

Celerity

(43,261 posts)
5. 2022 is going to be a shitshow if we do not get most of the nation-wide Rethug surge in new voter
Tue Feb 16, 2021, 09:34 PM
Feb 2021

suppression laws for state and federal elections tossed out. We already will be fucked now until 2032 at the earliest due to the Rethugs commanding leads in so my state assemblies, governorships and courts for gerrymandering purposes post-2020 Census (which itself is tainted by Trump and the rest of the vermin).

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