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Pacifist Patriot

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69. You should have kept it at your second to last sentence.

Reply to cynzke (Reply #21)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 02:45 PM

Mar 2016

That's a good summation of what happened here.

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Voter ID horror story: NC poll workers forced brown-skinned couple to take a �spelling test� [View all] LiberalArkie Mar 2016 OP

Prosecute the fuc*er / FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #1

Ditto. SoapBox Mar 2016 #2

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned the Voting Rights Act, this crap is legal. lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #79

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2016 #3

DOJ? Anyone? Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #4

The ugly history of the US still alive. Meet the racist New Jim Crow- James Crow, Jr. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #5

I checked your slate link FreedomRain Mar 2016 #7

Just horrible, and intended to bar people from voting. When SCOTUS Chief Justice Rehnquist appalachiablue Mar 2016 #16

thanks for that summary FreedomRain Mar 2016 #37

America Marches for Voting Rights- Selma, Alabama to Washington DC, VRA Law 1965 appalachiablue Mar 2016 #61

June 25, 2013: "SUPREME COURT INVALIDATES KEY PART OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT", NY Times appalachiablue Mar 2016 #63

Take the *LITERACY TEST* Given to Black People in Louisiana in the 1960s to Vote. Good luck... appalachiablue Mar 2016 #41

That poll tax receipt was worth a lot more than the $2.00 face value. fasttense Mar 2016 #64

Deliberate measures to obstruct voting by delay, runaround, confusion, barring access, more. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #71

The Instructions On The LA Test Don't Even Make Sense ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #92

poll tax? keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #6

What is amusing about voting barriers like literacy tests and fees? Explain it for us. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #10

Sorry if you couldn't catch it. keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #15

Don't be sorry, spell it out. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #18

That was it. It doesn't need any more. keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #29

I blame my awful throws on bad catches too. LanternWaste Mar 2016 #45

That was a dumb thing to say. lancer78 Mar 2016 #39

So a poll tax is not voter suppression to you. keithbvadu2 Mar 2016 #87

Sorry, had to re-read your post lancer78 Mar 2016 #90

They are trying to call you racist svpadgham Mar 2016 #62

How dare you! Capt. Obvious Mar 2016 #77

That's the rules now in the ole North State... paleotn Mar 2016 #8

I had the same thing here is Arkansas. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #9

From the end of the 'Raw Story' article: the director of the state Board of Elections appalachiablue Mar 2016 #23

Exactly AlbertCat Mar 2016 #24

I'm glad that the GOP voter ID bill failed miserably in our state Mnpaul Mar 2016 #40

I am too. geardaddy Mar 2016 #68

Same in Durham/Chapel Hill area. Duval Mar 2016 #47

fascist republicans could not have sold those ID laws certainot Mar 2016 #11

When I learned that many colleges and universities all over the US broadcast FOX appalachiablue Mar 2016 #28

College students not able to vote if their Drivers License ID is out of state-- appalachiablue Mar 2016 #73

This is why you don't make deals with Repubilcans AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #12

WISCONSIN: GOP Voter Suppression Laws at work under Gov. Scott Walker. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #44

That post should be an OP. well done eom LittleGirl Mar 2016 #67

while this is upsetting for the couple, it is nothing akin to a literacy test La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2016 #13

Why do people miss what was going on here? This was not a literacy test. cynzke Mar 2016 #21

Here's an idea.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2016 #22

LOOK AT THE FUCKING PICTURE!!!!!!! AlbertCat Mar 2016 #25

I know! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2016 #26

LOOK AT THE FUCKING PICTURE!!!!!! mfcorey1 Mar 2016 #51

Then why did the director of the state Board of Elections apologize and 'confirmed appalachiablue Mar 2016 #30

Did you miss the fact it happened at two different precincts? kcr Mar 2016 #34

You should have kept it at your second to last sentence. Pacifist Patriot Mar 2016 #69

Most kids will have the relevant info on ID memorized Capt. Obvious Mar 2016 #78

I'm an election judge in Illinois RoccoRyg Mar 2016 #14

actually illinois had some suppression stories too questionseverything Mar 2016 #53

I read the article... RoccoRyg Mar 2016 #89

Yeah, there is so much voter fraud out there. LuckyLib Mar 2016 #75

How would the election worker know someone's SS number? TNNurse Mar 2016 #84

Because RoccoRyg Mar 2016 #88

Thanks, never been asked to provide it when I vote. TNNurse Mar 2016 #91

Be careful... retrowire Mar 2016 #17

...as if black people and black poll workers Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #36

i think the point is: how can anyone trust the voting system noiretextatique Mar 2016 #42

I disagree with your interpretation of the comemnt that I was replying to Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #43

I am sure you do. Eom noiretextatique Mar 2016 #57

We can't trust it in NC, for sure. Duval Mar 2016 #48

It would be nice if Democrats tried to do something noiretextatique Mar 2016 #58

wow.............. dude has a slam dunk lawsuit if that's all true Takket Mar 2016 #19

My parents told us about the Poll Tax. They felt oppressed, discriminated against. UTUSN Mar 2016 #20

This is the type of crap we need to be fighting. Despicable is an understatement for this. LonePirate Mar 2016 #27

Despicable! No one should EVER be disenfranchised nt riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #31

They asked me to spell my name too B2G Mar 2016 #32

Of course not. LanternWaste Mar 2016 #46

Asking someone to spell their name is neither a horror B2G Mar 2016 #49

I'm always asked to spell my name. Always. My husband is, too. REP Mar 2016 #82

For my NC friends it was the PLEASE WAIT 8 HOURS that sucked votes, not the ID, not spelling a name. Festivito Mar 2016 #33

Federal civil rights case, no doubt about it. L. Coyote Mar 2016 #35

What's the name of the idiot that attempted to take away this person right to vote? rockfordfile Mar 2016 #38

Headline is a lie oberliner Mar 2016 #50

The person at question and his wife were both required to spell their names and correct the LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #52

That's not a spelling test oberliner Mar 2016 #55

Ok whatever. Spelling Rudravajhala seems to fit though. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #56

People are generally able to spell their own name oberliner Mar 2016 #59

The clerk kept misspelling it. They would not look at his DL. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #60

The text on my DL is super tiny. In poor light conditions, I can't read it. n/t FSogol Mar 2016 #72

This! Thank you! NurseJackie Mar 2016 #85

That guy would not have gotten away with it with me. bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #54

How very old-timey racist. Just so 1875. byronius Mar 2016 #65

F-A-S-C-I-S-T. KamaAina Mar 2016 #66

election fraud Angry Dragon Mar 2016 #70

I'd have blown up on him. flying-skeleton Mar 2016 #74

WTF? No. Just no. shenmue Mar 2016 #76

Florida 91 year old WW2 Vet denied right to vote HockeyMom Mar 2016 #80

On the surface, having to spell your last name barely constitutes submitting to a "spelling test" Tab Mar 2016 #81

In Texas primary,handed over my picture ID and the poll person looked at it & asked my street name. Sunlei Mar 2016 #83

Having to spell your name isn't a spelling test. progressoid Mar 2016 #86