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In reply to the discussion: WTF! Ohio GOP Election Board Member: Our Voting Process Shouldn’t Accommodate Black Voters [View all]
Beartracks
(14,621 posts)44. Check out the "Why Tuesday" Web site.
http://www.whytuesday.org/answer/
Why Tuesday? is a non-partisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2005 to find solutions to increase voter turnout and participation in elections.
They ask: "If we can move Columbus Day, Presidents’ Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Holiday for the convenience of shoppers, why not make Election Day more convenient for the sake of voters? First and foremost, it is time to end the deafening silence of good people on this vitally important issue."
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Why Tuesday? is a non-partisan, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2005 to find solutions to increase voter turnout and participation in elections.
They ask: "If we can move Columbus Day, Presidents’ Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Holiday for the convenience of shoppers, why not make Election Day more convenient for the sake of voters? First and foremost, it is time to end the deafening silence of good people on this vitally important issue."
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WTF! Ohio GOP Election Board Member: Our Voting Process Shouldn’t Accommodate Black Voters [View all]
SunsetDreams
Aug 2012
OP
And there you have it. The man said it in a clean way but he said it none the less. Blacks
southernyankeebelle
Aug 2012
#2
If voting is a right, it should accommodate everyone as well as it can. Rights are guaranteed.
The Wielding Truth
Aug 2012
#7
GOP Senate Candidate Suggests The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 Should Be Overturned
avebury
Aug 2012
#8
The GOP is committing suicide. No amount of rich people's $$$ can save them now.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#11
In Oregon we vote by mail, and we get our ballots about two weeks ahead of 'election day'
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2012
#22
Thanks for the link. We can't accomodate black voters, but we can accomodate 1800's farmers.
SunSeeker
Aug 2012
#53
No the Constitution does nt idicate one day to vote, it indicates a day deemed 'election day'
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2012
#25
I wish they'd make up their minds. Are all minorities sitting at home on welfare or not?
Care Acutely
Aug 2012
#33