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Botany

(70,286 posts)
3. 2 things:
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 03:45 PM
Nov 2020

This is a poll tax I hope the ACLU or a voters rights or civil rights group files suit.

"The GOP Secretary of State’s excuse? To prevent voter fraud. Brad Raffensperger claims people from out of state will be driving into Georgia to register to vote in the runoff."

Really? Please show just 1 case of this happening and besides you can't register to vote if you are not a legal residence
of the state.

Sounds like an illegal poll tax to me. I hope someone spooky3 Nov 2020 #1
No to the FUCKIN NO Leghorn21 Nov 2020 #2
2 things: Botany Nov 2020 #3
Jeezus I can't bear these fools soothsayer Nov 2020 #4
More Palast BS. There is no such attempt. Hoyt Nov 2020 #5
Palast is a good guy. Kid Berwyn Nov 2020 #7
He means well but does sometimes get things wrong Retrograde Nov 2020 #9
Georgia State Election Board to consider emergency election rules for Jan. runoff Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #8
Learn to read -- Hoyt Nov 2020 #11
thank you! So much to be pissed off stillcool Nov 2020 #13
I agree. I know nowadays it's easy to believe just about anything, but we need to at least act sane. Hoyt Nov 2020 #19
Clearly, my reading comprehension skills are superior to yours. Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #15
There are already other things they can consider. You can't just look at some tertiary TV station to Hoyt Nov 2020 #17
Here's the relevant section of Ga Law that has been in place for years. Hoyt Nov 2020 #18
As reported, it seems perfectly reasonable ... Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #27
So are you saying there is nothing before the BOE? Caliman73 Nov 2020 #10
Did I say that, Caliman. I said no one has to own a car to register to vote -- that is Palast BS Hoyt Nov 2020 #12
No. You said, "There is no such attempt". Caliman73 Nov 2020 #21
There is no such attempt. Palast, like some others, tend to read Hoyt Nov 2020 #23
Thank you for following up on this issue Gothmog Nov 2020 #24
For sure and they'd lose. Plus, everyone who voted for Biden, would be Hoyt Nov 2020 #25
Yeah, Palast tends to over-hype everything. progressoid Nov 2020 #26
Someone please tell me this is fake news, or... Nimble_Idea Nov 2020 #6
It looks like it is not really a thing. Caliman73 Nov 2020 #22
The GOP is now the biggest threat to democracy Blue Owl Nov 2020 #14
K&R! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #16
Brad Raffensperger trying to get points with the Magat/GOP flamingdem Nov 2020 #20
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