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11. True. But the Interstate Cross Check needs to be investigated for the NEXT elections
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 03:03 PM
Dec 2016

It's still in place and there is no transparency as to how and who is removed from voter rolls.

The 2016 elections are history. But the potential for American voters to be disenfranchised in 2018 is as real as ever.


This Is the Man Spearheading the Newest Voter Suppression Effort

Kris Kobach has quite a track record.

BY CHARLES P. PIERCE
AUG 31, 2016


One of the primary moles in our democracy does his business amid the amber waves of grain wafting over the fruited plains of Kansas. His name is Kris Kobach, and he is the Secretary of State out there in Brownbackistan. So far, in his career, Kobach has been the guy that John Ashcroft tasked with weeding out foreign travelers in the wake of 9/11—and Kobach's program was so deeply involved in racial profiling that it was shut down. He also was the author of Arizona's notorious "Papers, Please" law.

Is it at all necessary to point out that Donald Trump thinks Kris Kobach is the bee's knees? I didn't think so.

Now, in Rolling Stone, Greg Palast explains the most recent way that Kobach has been gnawing at the fundamental infrastructure of democracy. It's called the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program, and it is yet another way to suppress the franchise of the people that Kris Kobach would rather not have voting. Allegedly, this latest scam is supposed to stop people from voting in more than one state, which is another non-problem that Kobach thinks needs a really draconian solution.

As you can imagine, Crosscheck doesn't address the non-existent problem, but it does precisely what it's supposed to be doing....

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a48232/kris-kobach-voter-suppression/

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Yep. nt marybourg Dec 2016 #1
So many just do not get it. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #2
Even not, many do not get it. MineralMan Dec 2016 #6
So true. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #14
I agree completely. The mid-term elections are our only hope bowens43 Dec 2016 #3
The Republicans have already shown their true colors. Blue Shoes Dec 2016 #4
They've been showing those colors for years. MineralMan Dec 2016 #5
And then we have Pence, not sure that's an improvement ... n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #7
That would NOT be an improvement. MineralMan Dec 2016 #10
Extremely well said!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #12
The problem is not the voters. truebluegreen Dec 2016 #27
I take it from your screen name that you are a Green Party MineralMan Dec 2016 #29
Nope. I'm an environmentalist truebluegreen Dec 2016 #30
And you think Donald Trump will support environmental causes? MineralMan Dec 2016 #31
Idiot. Where did I ever say that? truebluegreen Dec 2016 #32
The play should be to impeach Trump and Pence Simultaneously. fescuerescue Dec 2016 #20
Paul Ryan is #3. liberaltrucker Dec 2016 #21
Uh, no. That would be Paul Ryan. MineralMan Dec 2016 #24
Actually, doesn't that put Paul Ryan into the WH? n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #28
We need to mobilize and prepare now for 2018 midterms. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #8
He has to be impeached. But we need to win these midterms. Tatiana Dec 2016 #9
True. But the Interstate Cross Check needs to be investigated for the NEXT elections think Dec 2016 #11
I agree, but, who is going to do that? MineralMan Dec 2016 #13
#DirtyDonald #DirtyKobach #TheResistance #InterstateCrosscheck think Dec 2016 #19
Please allow me to add lapislzi Dec 2016 #15
Exactly. It's all that grunt work that makes the difference. MineralMan Dec 2016 #16
Right on, MM lapislzi Dec 2016 #22
Yeah I know ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #17
Yup. Pence thinks God's on his side. MineralMan Dec 2016 #18
and if Trump were to resign/be convicted/die of a heart attack etc Pence would totally TeamPooka Dec 2016 #36
that's not the way politics works bigtree Dec 2016 #23
He can resign as well. Yavin4 Dec 2016 #25
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #26
I was going to say that. Technically there are other ways that are antithetical TeamPooka Dec 2016 #35
I do not see getting 67 senators to vote for impeachment Gothmog Dec 2016 #33
You mean removal. roamer65 Dec 2016 #37
There is an old saying doggie breath Dec 2016 #34
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