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leftofcool

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6. Some of us do, Randys1, we really do.

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Tue Aug 25, 2015, 03:22 PM

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Despite strict voter ID laws, Alabama is in the process of closing 45 of 49 driver's license offices [View all] silvershadow Aug 2015 OP

smaller government comes at a price of huge amounts of your personal time wasted Johonny Aug 2015 #1

Worse than that, they know damn well it will result in fewer registered voters, particularly of silvershadow Aug 2015 #3

This is the aim of closing DMVs, of course. nt Nay Aug 2015 #19

Budget cuts...same fucking excuse used in every fascist Red State suppressing the vote....almost like it was a plan. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #2

It most certainly IS a plan, it is THE plan, and I mean that they have conspired ahead of time silvershadow Aug 2015 #5

Yes ! leftofcool Aug 2015 #7

Send in the national guard, open up all of those offices or maybe one of these randys1 Aug 2015 #4

Some of us do, Randys1, we really do. leftofcool Aug 2015 #6

I do. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #13

So budget cuts are causing the state to slowly drift into ruin. Rex Aug 2015 #8

Next they'll close all schools beyond seventh grade. lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #9

So what are the four wealthiest, whitest neighborhoods in the state? One knows that's where.... villager Aug 2015 #10

It sounds like they are gearing up to shut down voting altogether. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #11

Four offices in the whole state? That's crazy. BeeBee Aug 2015 #12

What the fuck? FOUR? progressoid Aug 2015 #14

Well whaddya know? Alabama still sucks! nt redwitch Aug 2015 #15

Pretty dumb move when they rejected all that Medicaid money, pnwmom Aug 2015 #16

of course they are. can't have people voting Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #17

Must be a coincidence. Stevepol Aug 2015 #18

Despite? KamaAina Aug 2015 #20

Online Services instead? One_Life_To_Give Aug 2015 #21

In Texas we have online renewal TBF Aug 2015 #23

The Texas case gives a road map to sue on the Albama voter id law Gothmog Aug 2015 #22

We only want "OUR" kind of people to vote Omaha Steve Aug 2015 #24

Probably privatizing. There are private MVD services in New Mexico. Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #25

A visual... Glassunion Aug 2015 #26

Take a close look at this. The house speaker behind this is fighting a criminal indictment and still Elwood P Dowd Aug 2015 #27

Not "despite" strict ID laws... gcomeau Aug 2015 #28

You can obtain a FREE Voter ID card in Alabama at any local government office building or online npk Aug 2015 #30

The Alabama state legislature is months late in producing a General Fund budget. NCjack Aug 2015 #29

Alabama has been closing DMV offices and State Trooper stations for more than a decade npk Aug 2015 #31

Agree. They have fine tuned racism to transition into fascism, with the result NCjack Aug 2015 #33

So glad that our Republikkkon SCOTUS struck down key parts of the Voting Rights Act TransitJohn Aug 2015 #32