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In reply to the discussion: The Twitter story is a smokescreen. Trump admin asked all 50 states for voter rolls today. [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)82. Yes. It's what campaigns use to GOTV.
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The Twitter story is a smokescreen. Trump admin asked all 50 states for voter rolls today. [View all]
jpljr77
Jun 2017
OP
I would hope so, and not just Western states. I can't imagine certain Eastern ones complying either
jpljr77
Jun 2017
#11
I agree. Why would the president be entitled to this information? This is state data intended for
politicaljunkie41910
Jun 2017
#22
Red flags should be going up all over the country. Koback is the Interstate Crosscheck vote purger
brush
Jun 2017
#27
They're definitely snakes. We need a well-funded, standing committee in the DNC to combat their ...
brush
Jun 2017
#80
Fuck then. Until we know what happened with Russia and the election and the extent of
onecaliberal
Jun 2017
#2
What does a voter list have to do with election integrity and Russia hacking our elections?
Botany
Jun 2017
#6
Kobach and the Russians will just use that data to help "manage" future elections
Botany
Jun 2017
#13
I think we're revisiting the whole "3 million people voted illegally for HRC" bullshit
Blue_Tires
Jun 2017
#21
Kobach was involved in the Trump campaign and spins the narrative about voter fraud. This is
Amaryllis
Jun 2017
#66
you mean you don't know what they can do with it *legally*... don't worry, they won't let the bounds
TheFrenchRazor
Jun 2017
#19
True. Some states or other entities have purged voters for "not voting in a long time."
WinkyDink
Jun 2017
#83
Whether that request is a big deal or not, this is KRIS KOBACH architect of 'crosscheck'
CousinIT
Jun 2017
#14
Connecticut SoS rightly questions Kobach's request for the same reason I do...
CousinIT
Jun 2017
#15
the highlighted part is important; there is essentially no penalty for election rigging, at least no
TheFrenchRazor
Jun 2017
#18
nothing to see here folks...seriously, we will never have another legit election in this country. nt
TheFrenchRazor
Jun 2017
#17
Oh, hell. Not only can they give this information to a third party that
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2017
#20
There are plenty of states with tapes from the voting machine (Arkansas can't be the only one)
LiberalArkie
Jun 2017
#48
Muther Ru$$ia must have asked for the Con to bring them to the meeting next week. They need to
KewlKat
Jun 2017
#59