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12. to fight the repugs from adding ballots

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:48 PM

Dec 2016

a voter ID law would stop them from inserting phantom ballots into the system. If every vote counted equals the number of voters signed in at the district, it would be impossible for phantom ballots being generated.

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Why didn't Democrats do anything to stop Republican voter suppression in the eight years Obama was [View all] yurbud Dec 2016 OP

Thanks Obama. JTFrog Dec 2016 #1

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2016 #6

Thank you.... I've wondered that as well. EOM sfwriter Dec 2016 #2

the party's fundamental failing. mopinko Dec 2016 #3

Elections are a states level issue ... the president can't federalize elections except for the laws uponit7771 Dec 2016 #4

bully pulpit, especially during State of the Union or something. Bring up some black grandma GOP yurbud Dec 2016 #14

Come on people, we went over the Bully Pulpit bullshit already... it means nothing to people who ... uponit7771 Dec 2016 #17

You get practical laws by getting people in red or at least purple states to see the problem yurbud Dec 2016 #41

Bully Pulpit doesn't sway RepubliCon and Tea-partiers who are capturing state governments. haele Dec 2016 #24

excellent analysis. Now we have to get Democrats to fight it and not just wait for Jim Crow loving yurbud Dec 2016 #42

Oh FFS mcar Dec 2016 #32

Why didn't Democrats do anything to stop me from eating cold pizza for breakfast? betsuni Dec 2016 #5

Why didn't The Democrats cure the common cold? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #25

They had to win (and in fact did) individual court cases against Crosscheck - some of these were so bettyellen Dec 2016 #7

They tried. onenote Dec 2016 #8

good to know. A bill like that should have been waiting on Obama's desk on day 1. yurbud Dec 2016 #16

List of voting rights bills introduced in Obama's first year in office onenote Dec 2016 #18

You know what's weird, is when politicians do the right thing, it is often hard to hear about yurbud Dec 2016 #44

That's right. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #9

Yep! JHan Dec 2016 #21

You mean besides all the lawsuits? gratuitous Dec 2016 #10

The DOJ has sued repeatedly to block voter suppression efforts Gothmog Dec 2016 #11

to fight the repugs from adding ballots RegexReader Dec 2016 #12

Does no one remember AG Holder's and DOJ'S TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #13

I agree...that ruling was the enabler of a lot of voter suppression. Deuce Dec 2016 #20

No, you're not alone BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #27

thanks for the reminder yurbud Dec 2016 #43

THAT is what I would like to know.. nt Raine Dec 2016 #15

He doesn't have a magic wand!!! QC Dec 2016 #19

I know. ananda Dec 2016 #22

yep; there absolutely needs to be all paper ballots, all hand-counted. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #34

Solid information in many of the replies. Nt NCTraveler Dec 2016 #23

Because these happened in STATES controlled by the Republicans KatyBR Dec 2016 #26

Does anyone remember during the Bush years bermudat Dec 2016 #28

yep, and the fraud machines just keep on counting... nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #35

I remember that it was a HUGE issue for dems before they took wiggs Dec 2016 #38

They tried. And in that effort the Voting Rights Act was effectively repealed. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #29

They tried. It was one of Eric Holder's biggest efforts. LisaM Dec 2016 #30

Why.........? suston96 Dec 2016 #31

Because Democrats only vote in Presidential elections doc03 Dec 2016 #33

well yes, repugs have a lot more statehouses, for whatever reason. nt TheFrenchRazor Dec 2016 #36

"Not a dime's worth of difference" mathematic Dec 2016 #37

Because these things happen in state legislatures. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #39

because the states stillcool Dec 2016 #40