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(11,641 posts)11. True. But the Interstate Cross Check needs to be investigated for the NEXT elections
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 9/11and 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/
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 9/11and 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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True. But the Interstate Cross Check needs to be investigated for the NEXT elections
think
Dec 2016
#11
and if Trump were to resign/be convicted/die of a heart attack etc Pence would totally
TeamPooka
Dec 2016
#36
I was going to say that. Technically there are other ways that are antithetical
TeamPooka
Dec 2016
#35