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pat_k

(9,313 posts)
7. Hear, hear!
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 05:22 PM
Jan 2021

I wish we had been less focused on defending the presidential election as some sort of example of perfection, and more focused on the voter suppression and corruption that resulted in elections that UNDERCOUNTED Biden's support.

I would LOVE to have seen investigations and reports like Conyer's What Went Wrong in Ohio. We need to be FAR more proactive in creating well documented records of suppression that could be grounds for LEGITIMATE objections, like Stephanie Tubbs Jones (RIP) and Barbara Boxer's on Jan 6, 2005.

As far as I'm concerned, we shot ourselves in the foot by failing to counter every right-wingnut claim of "fraud" with REAL examples of unlawfully purging qualified voters from the roles, under allocating resources to create intolerable long lines in urban and AA areas, and other tactics that denied far too many citizens the right to vote.

They will use their claims of massive fraud as grounds for more, and more effective, suppression tactics. We utterly failed to lay the groundwork for mounting a national battle against voter suppression.

As I posted in another thread:

We need more, and more effective, national efforts to end voter suppression tactics. Perhaps the most insidious of which is the under-allocation of resources in urban and AA areas for the sole purpose of creating long lines. Time is money, and lines are the new poll tax. We may laud the people dedicated enough to wait hours, but the fact is that far too many people just can't afford to.

The right to vote means the right to EASILY cast our ballots and have confidence our votes will be correctly counted.

The enemies of free and fair elections are well organized and powerful. We need a massive counter effort. Effective national media and fundraising. On the ground efforts in legislatures. Campaigns to expand universal mail in voting WITHOUT vote suppressing, and utterly unnecessary requirements like witnesses.

Each of us can help by pushing our leaders to act and pushing the organizations we belong to to make battling voter suppression a top priority! We can write letters to the editor condemning voter registration purges and any other tactics at work in our own states. We can awaken patriotic passion for defending our most basic right.


I wish a Democratic Senator and Congressmen [View all] Proud liberal 80 Jan 2021 OP
Kentucky, for starters. blueinredohio Jan 2021 #1
Great idea. You are right about the voter suppression bs judesedit Jan 2021 #2
Yep Proud liberal 80 Jan 2021 #3
How about Kentucky for sure Bev54 Jan 2021 #4
all of kentucky and florida, miami-dade. all need a forensic exam. i agree they should object. bullimiami Jan 2021 #25
This Is Why Moscow Mitch Wanted To Avoid This Display In The Senate.... global1 Jan 2021 #5
I think you're right about that.. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #11
I think that would only serve to obscure the absurdity of what Republicans are doing. tritsofme Jan 2021 #6
Hear, hear! pat_k Jan 2021 #7
+1000 This!!!!! diva77 Jan 2021 #8
Nope, not a good idea. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #9
Thank you voice of sanity and reason mountain grammy Jan 2021 #13
Thank you, mountain grammy. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #15
Agreed. TwilightZone Jan 2021 #14
I agree, Scarlet. This isn't a game. There is nothing to be gained by such a move, and a great deal Nitram Jan 2021 #17
People already hate "Congress" - we need to focus their ire where it belongs, on the repugs. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #19
People have hated Congress for decades Proud liberal 80 Jan 2021 #24
Exactly. Don't get in the way of your enemy when they are making a mistake Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #27
Thanks, I hope more folks get this. scarletwoman Jan 2021 #31
I'd be very surprised if an election investigation passes bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #10
and the states delegate each county to run their own audits yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #23
Congressperson. n/t demmiblue Jan 2021 #12
We should do the same stupid shit they do? TwilightZone Jan 2021 #16
"The other side looks like irrational jackasses. We shouldn't look to them for guidance." Exactly! scarletwoman Jan 2021 #20
kentucky monkeyman1 Jan 2021 #18
I am wondering just how much polling was going on outside the Metro areas yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #29
After all that's going on you state the obvious which never entered my mind. We Dems need to start Pepsidog Jan 2021 #21
Ohio Bear Creek Jan 2021 #22
I couldn't agree more! Catch2.2 Jan 2021 #26
Great Point Proud liberal 80 Jan 2021 #28
I wish: Stand up and shout, "Treason!" Bobstandard Jan 2021 #30
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