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The Wizard

(13,735 posts)
13. This is the primary threat
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 07:56 PM
Feb 2016

to self governance. Circumventing free and fair elections comes right out of Stalin's playbook.

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they've had 7 years to do what they want with very little opposition from the feds nt msongs Feb 2016 #1
SCOTUS pretty much tied the feds' hands by striking down the Voting Rights Act KamaAina Feb 2016 #2
Exactly.... and how do we fix that? (hint.... not gonna happen with a GOP controlled Congress) groundloop Feb 2016 #4
Military Bases elljay Feb 2016 #6
It isn't the "feds" fault Cosmocat Feb 2016 #19
Geez. That's a lot of votes! Octafish Feb 2016 #3
more than a billion dollars every year and more than 30 "think tanks"... SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #5
This Bigredhunk Feb 2016 #7
They work as designed. blackspade Feb 2016 #8
Thanks to propaganda as news this is spun as, "those Democratic voters stay home." nt Todays_Illusion Feb 2016 #9
So, it's happening exactly as the Repugs wished. lark Feb 2016 #10
To Control America, They Control the Elections JunkYardDogg Feb 2016 #11
So basically, they verified "common sense" is actually common sense. NorthCarolina Feb 2016 #12
This is the primary threat The Wizard Feb 2016 #13
The clear and present threat to democracy. mountain grammy Feb 2016 #14
Huge +1! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #16
Racist Scalia and the rest. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #15
Poll taxes and literacy tests oberliner Feb 2016 #17
People really need to retain interest in this subject between elections and work to improve their Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #18
Voters keep electing Republican Governors and you will not have any rights. Since the Republicans rladdi Feb 2016 #20
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