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A Simple Game

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7. It will only get worse as the Republicans suppress the vote.

Reply to jillan (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2014, 08:25 PM

Nov 2014

We need online or mail in voting for everyone. No more lines at polling places unless that is what you want to do.

We need to worry about voter fraud? We can't even get people to vote once, why should we worry about people voting twice?

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Check this out -Jake Ward (Al Jazeera)has an amazing graphic on the number of people that DON'T Vote [View all] jillan Nov 2014 OP

Call me nuts but I think the mid-terms are MORE important than the snappyturtle Nov 2014 #1

Same here. I hate the term "mid-terms" for that reason. arcane1 Nov 2014 #4

Thanks for the post. ctsnowman Nov 2014 #2

Holy Crap that is just SAD. yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #3

Mid-terms are NOT mid-terms. eppur_se_muova Nov 2014 #5

You made a great point. I take that back, you made an excellent point! jillan Nov 2014 #6

It will only get worse as the Republicans suppress the vote. A Simple Game Nov 2014 #7

How do we get the message to those 32% that make $30,000 or less that they have to vote? YOHABLO Nov 2014 #8

Mass marketing and a powerful message ... something Democrats have lacked for ages Auggie Nov 2014 #9

Voter turn-out swilton Nov 2014 #15

Michael Moore said, "This isn't a 50/50 country..." Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #10

It's pathetic! And to top it off we now have the Scotus working with tbag governors to keep more jillan Nov 2014 #11

There are countries where it's mandatory. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #12

The party really needs to focus iamthebandfanman Nov 2014 #13

Candidate policies do not necessarily correlate to non-voter issues swilton Nov 2014 #14

ALL SCREEN SHOTS IN 1 PIC HERE Amonester Nov 2014 #16

Thank you. It is depressing. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #17

Al Jazeera, the superior news network. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #18