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Amishman

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6. But where are the stories of being denied due to these lists?
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 01:53 PM
Nov 2014

Yes, crosscheck likely disenfranchised a number of voters and is definitely in need of reform but I do not believe it cost us these seats. The blame is with the message (or lack there of).

If hundreds of thousands were truly denied the right to vote based on 'oh you are registered in two states, you can't vote', facebook and other social media would be flooded with stories of it. I didn't see this happen. Crosscheck is not why we had record lows in election turnout.

It is easy to try and point the blame and say 'they stole the election!' because this would eliminate the need for admitting failure and change. We need to reject this temptation and focus on why our message did not get people to go out and vote.

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