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muntrv

(14,505 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 08:44 PM Nov 2013

Repubs disenfranchise own voters?

Consider this bit of nonsense in Texas, thanks to the state's new stringent voted ID laws:

Tarrant County [Texas] Elections Administrator Steve Raborn said Saturday that people who might find themselves in a similar situation should cast a provisional ballot and obtain identification needed to “cure” it within six days. […]
Raborn's office reached out to people who might have expired driver licenses, such as those who live in nursing homes, to let them know that the license can be expired by no more than two months to be a valid photo ID for voting. […]
90-year-old Jim Wright, the former speaker of the House, was prevented from voting because of this requirement, one which disproportionately affects seniors with lapsed IDs.
Now consider this, from the 2012 presidential national exit polls:
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/05/1253293/-Republicans-even-stupider-than-imagined-disenfranchise-own-voters?detail=facebook

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Repubs disenfranchise own voters? (Original Post) muntrv Nov 2013 OP
GOP-to-GOP: this is a fine mess you have gotten us into. nt SDjack Nov 2013 #1
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