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Related: About this forumWhy Millions Won't Be Able To Vote In 2024? - Thom Hartmann
America is the only country in the developed world other where voting rights can be taken away so easily. The rest of the democratic world looks at us like were some kind of freaks. - Aired on 08/08/2024.
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Why Millions Won't Be Able To Vote In 2024? - Thom Hartmann (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2024
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That's the biggest danger to voting rights, gerrymandering and voter suppression, that's their only plan to "win."
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2024
#2
Agreed, they're the greatest danger to our democracy, but how to we prevent voters from voting them in??
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2024
#4
Obviously not according to present day Republicans, Greg Abbott comes to mind.
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2024
#6
elleng
(141,926 posts)1. repugs can't win without cheating,
ARE freaks.
Rhiannon12866
(254,882 posts)2. That's the biggest danger to voting rights, gerrymandering and voter suppression, that's their only plan to "win."
elleng
(141,926 posts)3. Right, including refusing to certify actual winners.
Gonna need moves by states to remove 'refusedniks' from their positions.
Rhiannon12866
(254,882 posts)4. Agreed, they're the greatest danger to our democracy, but how to we prevent voters from voting them in??
My first thought is Abbott in Texas, people froze to death on his watch and then there was the tragedy of Uvalde - and even though Beto challenged him, they still voted him back in!
MagaSmash
(12,299 posts)5. The Right to VOTE is as important as the "right to a gun".
Rhiannon12866
(254,882 posts)6. Obviously not according to present day Republicans, Greg Abbott comes to mind.