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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Eliminates Election Commission
Tuesday, Feb 7, 2017 12:30 PM MST
As Trump fears fraud, GOP eliminates election commission
Lisa Lerer, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) A House committee has voted to terminate an independent election commission charged with helping states improve their voting systems.
The party-line vote comes less than two days after President Donald Trump vowed to set up a White House commission to pursue his accusations of election fraud.
The vote in the House Administration Committee underscores the political differences between the Republican president and the partys rank-and-file.
The GOP majority on the committee eliminated the Election Assistance Commission, which was created by Congress after the 2000 Florida recount to upgrade voting technology and provide election-related information to federal entities, state officials and election administrators.
Republicans say the commission is a prime example of government waste. Theyve been introducing legislation to end the commission for years with little success.
Link: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/07/as-trump-fears-fraud-gop-eliminates-election-commission/
From the comments:
"Hmm suspect election fraud (with no evidence).. Then remove the people in charge of preventing fraud. If this does not scare the heck out of you, we are all doomed"
As Trump fears fraud, GOP eliminates election commission
Lisa Lerer, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) A House committee has voted to terminate an independent election commission charged with helping states improve their voting systems.
The party-line vote comes less than two days after President Donald Trump vowed to set up a White House commission to pursue his accusations of election fraud.
The vote in the House Administration Committee underscores the political differences between the Republican president and the partys rank-and-file.
The GOP majority on the committee eliminated the Election Assistance Commission, which was created by Congress after the 2000 Florida recount to upgrade voting technology and provide election-related information to federal entities, state officials and election administrators.
Republicans say the commission is a prime example of government waste. Theyve been introducing legislation to end the commission for years with little success.
Link: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/07/as-trump-fears-fraud-gop-eliminates-election-commission/
From the comments:
"Hmm suspect election fraud (with no evidence).. Then remove the people in charge of preventing fraud. If this does not scare the heck out of you, we are all doomed"
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GOP Eliminates Election Commission (Original Post)
Maru Kitteh
Feb 2017
OP
When journalist end up missing they'll know shit is real and stop normalizing him
uponit7771
Feb 2017
#4
underpants
(182,585 posts)1. I'm running out of words
Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)6. I am frequently reduced to non-verbal utterances
punctuated with profanity.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)2. I'm knocked down on my knees right now
I suspect it's not long till we're lying flat out on the floor.
BSdetect
(8,994 posts)3. Micro managing the fascist hold on power.
Hypocracy and hate.
Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)9. by the shovel full. nt
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)4. When journalist end up missing they'll know shit is real and stop normalizing him
Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)8. I think he's tried very hard to incite his goons to do that for him.
The most difficult part of disappearing journalists for Trump is a willing mechanism. We shall see.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)5. FASCISTS
Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)7. And we're not slouching towards it, we're tumbling down the
mountainside . . nearly in free-fall. It's only been 2 and a half WEEKS.