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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHorrible new GOP voter suppression bill introduced in Iowa
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Ari Berman
@AriBerman
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
Ari Berman
@AriBerman
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
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bdamomma
(63,819 posts)1. Hmm...
can't get they anymore blatant that they don't want citizens to vote anymore. Bastards.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)2. Have to do something to win . We need to remember they are in it to win and will try it all
Rebl2
(13,483 posts)3. Do they
realize it hurts republican voters too when they do this type of thing? Apparently not!
Maraya1969
(22,474 posts)4. They know it hurts Democrats more. That's why they do it.
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
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).