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In reply to the discussion: OK, just for those who have decided that speaking about Voter Suppression is a Joke. read below [View all]fasttense
(17,301 posts)When a former KKK leader won the TN Democratic nomination, all sorts of excuses were given. I was an active member of a local Dem party and I started asking questions. The party establishment laughed at my concerns.
They actually thought it was funny that a no name nothing KKK member won over a former very popular well known liberal actress. When I asked what they were going to do to keep the rigging from happening again they acted as if liberals actually voted in the fool.
The same thing happened in North Carolina. It's the RepubliCONS rubbing it in our faces, so obviously rigging even Democratic Primaries and the powers that be do nothing. And that was 2 to 4 years ago. Now it is even worse. I saw the voting results for my district, which is shaped like a snake that swallowed a rabbit, it showed no one voted for Bernie. But I and 2 of my friends voted for him. It did not show up in our very small district's results.
Do you think anything is going to change? Once Hillary wins, the knowledge about rigged elections goes down the rabbit hole. You have to start fighting this again and spreading the word, while the powers that be ignore you until the next big election.
I have been where you are. Thinking things were changing. Hell we had a paper ballot law passed in TN but it was delayed then rescinded. And we are back to KKK members winning Democratic elections. No progress just more rigging.