Democratic Primaries

soldierant

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27. I agree with your interpretation.

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 06:15 PM

Jan 2020

However, I still see the potential for First Amendment issues, and also for enforcement issues. Neither is any reason to give up on the idea, but both are reminders to be very, very careful in drafting the legislation.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading voting disinformation online [View all] brooklynite Jan 2020 OP

I'm with her. dchill Jan 2020 #1

+1 BadgerMom Jan 2020 #16

She has a plan for that ! left-of-center2012 Jan 2020 #2

I think loss of voting privileges for x years would be a better outcome Fresh_Start Jan 2020 #3

No, because some of the worst offenders might not vote anyway. LisaM Jan 2020 #12

A few years back, the Kochs got in trouble for reminding Democratic voters in one of the Carolinas CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #13

Excet corporations and organizations cannot vote now. ms liberty Jan 2020 #25

I can't tell if that's the way this law would work. Dr. Strange Jan 2020 #35

Abso-fucking-lutely! FiveGoodMen Jan 2020 #4

Indeed..we need to protect our voting rights!! Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #5

I actually LOVE the thought of it, but fear how such could potentially be abused. -nt Amimnoch Jan 2020 #6

I personally don't interpret the first amendment so as to allow ratf*cking pecosbob Jan 2020 #7

I agree with your interpretation. soldierant Jan 2020 #27

and perhaps should be part of a new comprehensive voting rights act pecosbob Jan 2020 #36

Excellent! soldierant Jan 2020 #44

absolutely. ProfessorPlum Jan 2020 #40

Should we assume the owners and principals of DU could be held The Valley Below Jan 2020 #8

Do you see a lot of disinformation with the explicit purpose of undermining the basic right to vote progressoid Jan 2020 #10

Warren's term was "disinformation designed to suppress voters from turning out." The Valley Below Jan 2020 #11

Then making Neil Young take a second Citizenship Test after passing the first time should be CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #14

Our prisons may get crowded. The Valley Below Jan 2020 #15

Not if the states legalizing pot release the flimsy possession busts from jail. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #18

So in your interpretation, do you see a lot of that here? progressoid Jan 2020 #20

Depends on how broadly "spreading misinformation designed to suppress voters from turning out" The Valley Below Jan 2020 #23

0 points for not answering the question. progressoid Jan 2020 #33

We all know what the First Amendment says. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #9

I'm in! Karadeniz Jan 2020 #17

It would have been better to do this for climate disinformation redqueen Jan 2020 #19

Kick! burrowowl Jan 2020 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #22

Related... I have said for some time that public officials should automatically be placed under oath TryLogic Jan 2020 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #26

Problematic. Aaron Pereira Jan 2020 #28

They can create a Ministry of Truth madville Jan 2020 #31

Right. And it turns around in a scary way when Republicans start appointing the minsters. Aaron Pereira Jan 2020 #32

I agree with Rebl2 Jan 2020 #29

I'm not sure but I seem to remember a similar bill a few years jg10003 Jan 2020 #30

Hell yes! I just love WARREN. Vivienne235729 Jan 2020 #34

Punishing the platforms that are used Hav Jan 2020 #37

Once again, she is proposing a solution for the wrong problem dansolo Jan 2020 #38

Amen MichaelSoE Jan 2020 #39

disenfranchisement is a HUGE issue that the Democratic Party seems to keep ignoring ProfessorPlum Jan 2020 #41

+1000! n/t PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #42

You nailed it! OneMoreCupOfCoffee Jan 2020 #45

Senator Warren Is Correct - It's Felonious And Un-American! (n/t) corbettkroehler Jan 2020 #43

Warren is absolutly right about this. Bravo Liz! comradebillyboy Jan 2020 #46