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chowder66

(9,070 posts)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 09:03 PM Sep 2012

Pastors endorsing politicians, citizens united, voter suppression and fraud, faux news, etc

That is a lot of breaking of the rules/laws for an election. Seems to me our democracy is under assault folks.

"In national elections, successful electoral fraud can have the effect of a coup d'état or corruption of democracy. In a narrow election a small amount of fraud may be enough to change the result. Even if the outcome is not affected, fraud can still have a damaging effect if not punished, as it can reduce voters' confidence in democracy. Even the perception of fraud can be damaging as it makes people less inclined to accept election results. This can lead to the breakdown of democracy and the establishment of a dictatorship".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud

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Pastors endorsing politicians, citizens united, voter suppression and fraud, faux news, etc (Original Post) chowder66 Sep 2012 OP
It was called Florida 2000 ,where were you ? orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #1
Pastors in 2000? Citizens United in 2000? chowder66 Sep 2012 #2

chowder66

(9,070 posts)
2. Pastors in 2000? Citizens United in 2000?
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 06:41 PM
Sep 2012

There were other huge issues like the SC ruling back then and all of the bullshit the Republicans were pulling and yes, it is happening again and in plain view. But now there are even more ways of destroying fair elections and our democracy.
I was at home, after I voted for Gore. Where were you?

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