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BumRushDaShow

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7. Roberts has a thing for eliminating voting rights

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 05:41 PM

Jul 2020

He did it with the Wisconsin absentee ballot extension case during the height of the pandemic in April and he did his coup de grace with the VRA ruling in 2013.

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SCOTUS Allows FL Ex-Felon Voter Restrictions Struck Down By Judge To Be Reinstated [View all] ChiTownDenny Jul 2020 OP

This is SO FRUSTRATING! Desert grandma Jul 2020 #1

It's not just fines. It's also restitution. Jose Garcia Jul 2020 #3

The repub legislature could just say that was a work around, and did not meet the standard not_the_one Jul 2020 #10

Judges can commute those fines to community Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #2

Roberts made up for his decisions... atreides1 Jul 2020 #4

Roberts has a thing for eliminating voting rights BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #7

64.5% of Florida voters voted to have these rights restored EleanorR Jul 2020 #5

this is fucked up-- more voting suppression from the rightwing LymphocyteLover Jul 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author NoRWNJ Jul 2020 #8

This would be a good application of Bloomberg's offer to help Dems win. Pay em all off. JudyM Jul 2020 #9

+1 appalachiablue Jul 2020 #12

Why don't any articles say what the vote was? Polybius Jul 2020 #11

From the OP article: sl8 Jul 2020 #13

Then they shouldn't have to pay taxes MissMillie Jul 2020 #14

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