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MagickMuffin

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25. I believe it was in 2016

Thu May 11, 2017, 01:30 PM

May 2017

The other huge win was in Texas, where the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, perhaps the most conservative federal appeals court in the country, balked at the Texas voter ID law, ordering the lower court to make it easier for people to vote.

http://www.npr.org/2016/08/05/488748072/stricter-voter-id-and-other-voting-laws-rolled-back-in-slew-of-court-decisions

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Unbelievably brazen dirty trick: WH working on sabotaging the 2018 election... [View all] judy May 2017 OP

All Democrats will be well advised to take to the polls their VOTING REGISTRATION CARD. THAT cannot WinkyDink May 2017 #1

Abolish voter registration. sharedvalues May 2017 #3

"Government knows who is voter eligible." Say what? And do you KNOW how we pay taxes? Like through WinkyDink May 2017 #26

We can do all those things without voter registration. Why make it a holy grail? fleabiscuit May 2017 #52

People are chosen for jury duty from combined lists, one of which is voter registration. Pacifist Patriot May 2017 #59

Amen...that's the truth iluvtennis May 2017 #33

Internet Crosscheck kicks people out of the voting rolls judy May 2017 #6

In Texas and other states they have enacted this extra hurdle Picture ID's MagickMuffin May 2017 #9

here in tennessee, they don't want to see your registration card...they look at your drivers license spanone May 2017 #12

And what happens if you look like a Democrat? IronLionZion May 2017 #16

Apparently, we had a little push back from Judges MagickMuffin May 2017 #19

Thank you for that information...did that just occur recently? spanone May 2017 #20

I believe it was in 2016 MagickMuffin May 2017 #25

good news....thanks again!! spanone May 2017 #31

"They" are poll-workers. YOU need to complain formally to the DEMOCRATIC POLL-WATCHER THERE. WinkyDink May 2017 #28

When they ask if I have a drivers license, I always say yes, Tanuki May 2017 #30

Kobach's job judy May 2017 #14

Yes, Kobach doesn't believe in democracy if it means MagickMuffin May 2017 #21

Largely ignoring this has been a huge mistake not fooled May 2017 #34

I believe that is why so many Rs feel they have no need to pay attention to constituents. THey Amaryllis May 2017 #40

Someone in justice or intel may be trying to stop Kobach - lots more here: Amaryllis May 2017 #39

Just Wow. I was thinking that this group Trump started will not only effect 2018 but Maraya1969 May 2017 #49

A photo ID is just that; it is NOT one's validated VOTER Registration card, which is why I wrote WinkyDink May 2017 #27

I understand what you wrote, however, MagickMuffin May 2017 #32

Ossoff. Perez. are working on this. sharedvalues May 2017 #2

In France, they also have paper ballots judy May 2017 #5

apparently Holland just did the same; guess americans are too smart for that... nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #57

Thanks for that info. BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #35

Wait! I mean Kander, Perez. Let America Vote is right sharedvalues May 2017 #41

D'OH!!! BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #43

they need to look at the hackable machines, not just suppression. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #56

Funny - they're the ones who are most likely to commit voter fraud! Initech May 2017 #4

Well of course they are CanonRay May 2017 #7

We need hearings held on the vulnerability of our equipment. And fix it all before 11/18! JudyM May 2017 #8

Tell those at risk to register as Republican padfun May 2017 #10

I kind of like that idea. n/t susanna May 2017 #15

Dirty? Undoubtedly. Brazen? Probably. Unbelievable? Not a bit of it............. socialist_n_TN May 2017 #11

So true... judy May 2017 #13

a task force with no authority, just a prop to assuage Trump's ego, stacked geek tragedy May 2017 #17

A task force with an Opposite Day name. BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #36

Is this being challenged in court yet? Tiggeroshii May 2017 #18

good question secondwind May 2017 #22

More from Putin's playbook orangecrush May 2017 #23

Dems should make a BIG deal out of thie being a bipartisan Commission world wide wally May 2017 #24

I would like to know what the Democratic leaders are doing to bring Kobach and the other fascist geretogo May 2017 #29

They don't intend to ever give up power again. Crunchy Frog May 2017 #37

correct; they've got a system that works, and they intend to expand and entrench it. nt TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #55

Interstate Crosscheck is partly what got him "elected" in the first place. We may not have even Amaryllis May 2017 #38

Just noted that Ken Blackwell is also being considered for the commisison. He was Ohio SOS Amaryllis May 2017 #42

ACLU checked in on this. wildeyed May 2017 #44

+1 dalton99a May 2017 #47

This has been the plan all along Generic Brad May 2017 #45

Kick. dalton99a May 2017 #46

You don't even have to be alive to vote for Trump keithbvadu2 May 2017 #48

"improper voting, fraudulent voter registrations, and fraudulent voting." being defined as Thor_MN May 2017 #50

CHEATING IS THEIR ONLY OPTION. pansypoo53219 May 2017 #51

Cheating is their only option sharedvalues May 2017 #60

This is the payoff, and the threat, to Congress. "Do what I say, or I'll see to it you're toast." Honeycombe8 May 2017 #53

yet the dem leadership and many here are in complete denial about the machines, suppression, etc. TheFrenchRazor May 2017 #54

Those who make access to the voting booth impossible MarcA May 2017 #58

here is the solution rtracey May 2017 #61