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Election Reform

djean111

(14,255 posts)

3. And this is why registering everybody to vote is just a small first step.

Reply to Panich52 (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 03:42 PM

Jun 2015

The voter suppression is not the registering to vote issue, it is getting the necessary ID to get permission to vote. Or finding out that your name has been struck from the rolls, or your signature is not exactly the same as the time you got your ID. Florida just wipes swathes of voters from the rolls for all sorts of things.

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5 ways Republicans make it harder to vote and easier to buy elections [View all] Panich52 Jun 2015 OP

Here in Florida, being registered to vote is fairly easy. It is keeping your name on the djean111 Jun 2015 #1

"onerous-to-get ID" - reason it counts as suppression, even virtual poll tax Panich52 Jun 2015 #2

And this is why registering everybody to vote is just a small first step. djean111 Jun 2015 #3