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Botany

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1. We have more Ds then Rs in Ohio but things like this, gerrymandering, and "magic
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 10:32 AM
Jun 2016

voting machines" keep the Rs in power. Along w/the fact that the ODP is useless
and I swear it is working for the GOP @ times.

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Ohio purging voter rolls [View all] Hawaii Hiker Jun 2016 OP
We have more Ds then Rs in Ohio but things like this, gerrymandering, and "magic Botany Jun 2016 #1
I torn about this - the purged voters were not voting csziggy Jun 2016 #2
I can't understand it . . . nothing requires a voter to vote in any election . . . the right to vote Liberal In Red State Jun 2016 #10
I completely agree ... aggiesal Jun 2016 #14
So people who die or move SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #18
Yes! Death records are filed with ... aggiesal Jun 2016 #21
I agree that the systems are in place SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #22
Some of the Hillary voters here on DU do not regard this as suppressing the vote. FourScore Jun 2016 #3
How do you figure? Chicago1980 Jun 2016 #12
During AZ and NY, when voters were purged, Bernie voters were chastised FourScore Jun 2016 #17
What makes you think it was just Bernie voters that were purged though? Chicago1980 Jun 2016 #19
Of course, you'll point us towards specific posts unambiguously claiming as much, yes? LanternWaste Jun 2016 #15
I live in OH and I have worked voter protection for years and to ... Botany Jun 2016 #16
If Republicans actually believed this is a center-right nation they'd want everybody to vote. Scuba Jun 2016 #4
They know better. Enthusiast Jun 2016 #6
Husted's goal is to remove as many Democrats from the voter roll as possible. Enthusiast Jun 2016 #5
Happens in every state. TxGrandpa Jun 2016 #7
I will never understand why the DNC and Democrates in general are not fighting hard against Liberal In Red State Jun 2016 #8
They are. It's just a many-fronted battleground with lots of moving targets, LisaM Jun 2016 #9
At this point... nobody who could do a thing about it nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #11
Purging legitimate voters for not voting or sending in a postcard needs a legal challenge. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #13
I live in Cortland OH Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #20
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