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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
4. Nate Silver has.
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:00 AM
Aug 2012

He came to the conclusion that with the current polls only PA would likely to be affected and only a couple of percent.

One of his points was that the people that they are trying to suprress represent many demographics that have lower than average voting.

There is another dynamic that nothing motivates people more than telling them they can't do something and that it might actually energize registration efforts.

Obviously PA and FL are two areas where we should have the greatest concern and mount the greatest counter offensive.

Of course the only case that we know about are Republicans who maintained a fraudulent address in MASS and other Republicans like

this guy

http://rnla.org/blogs/blogs/public/archive/2012/05/14/los-angeles-councilman-charged-with-voter-fraud.aspx

or this guy

http://freakoutnation.com/2012/07/26/busted-republican-candidates-companion-voted-for-5-years-after-her-death/
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