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Lady Freedom Returns
Aug 2016
OP
We already have voter fraud built into our system, It's called the electoral college.
dubyadiprecession
Aug 2016
#1
The Electorial College didn't gyp Gore, The Florida SoS and the SCOTUS did.
marble falls
Aug 2016
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dubyadiprecession
(5,678 posts)1. We already have voter fraud built into our system, It's called the electoral college.
Remember, Al Gore received 500,000 more votes in the country than dubya back in 2000?
dubya became president anyway.
Did we already forget that????
marble falls
(57,010 posts)2. The Electorial College didn't gyp Gore, The Florida SoS and the SCOTUS did.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)3. That is Jim Crow bullshit!
Essentially, they serve summonses to black residents, delivered IN PERSON by Sheriff's deputies to the black resident's homes, that say they have to show up in court to PROVE where they live????????????
How is that different than making them guess how many jelly beans are in the jar before they are allowed to vote???
http://www.theroot.com/articles/politics/2010/08/civil_rights_leaders_look_back_on_the_45th_anniversary_of_the_voting_rights_act/
A few years ago, people could not vote simply because of the color of their skin, recalls Georgia Congressman John Lewis, former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). You had to count the number of jelly beans in a jar or the number of bubbles in a bar of soap. Black teachers and college professors could not pass [those] literacy tests.
A few years ago, people could not vote simply because of the color of their skin, recalls Georgia Congressman John Lewis, former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). You had to count the number of jelly beans in a jar or the number of bubbles in a bar of soap. Black teachers and college professors could not pass [those] literacy tests.