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Should there be voter registration booths open in all struggling (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2014 OP
Hell yes! elleng Aug 2014 #1
Absolutely not! arcane1 Aug 2014 #2
I agree. applegrove Aug 2014 #3
PS: I love your signature line arcane1 Aug 2014 #5
I read it in the middle of some dry economics book when I was in university. I knew applegrove Aug 2014 #8
There is a computer geek version of it, but I like yours better. arcane1 Aug 2014 #10
Right on TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #9
Great idea! notadmblnd Aug 2014 #4
Yes Gothmog Aug 2014 #6
Dont forget the ID's that are illegally required now, notice how we dont even argue against BaggersRDumb Aug 2014 #7
And loyalsister Aug 2014 #11
This is why each and every one who is born and whose parent has to apply for a social security card BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #12
YES! You'd be surprised to learn how many people don't understand how deeply politics BlueCaliDem Aug 2014 #13
74 days until the election...how many can we register? n/t Turn CO Blue Aug 2014 #14
one might think this would be a no-brainer for the dem party KG Aug 2014 #15
Yes. jwirr Aug 2014 #16

applegrove

(118,677 posts)
8. I read it in the middle of some dry economics book when I was in university. I knew
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:14 PM
Aug 2014

immediately it would stay with me forever.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
10. There is a computer geek version of it, but I like yours better.
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:18 PM
Aug 2014

"There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't"

 

BaggersRDumb

(186 posts)
7. Dont forget the ID's that are illegally required now, notice how we dont even argue against
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:14 PM
Aug 2014

ID requirements now...

Over ID requirements we should not only have voter drives, we should get into the streets and say no fucking way to ID's

we cant tolerate these illegal laws...these Jim Crow laws...

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
11. And
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 07:22 PM
Aug 2014

As long as they are in effect, we have to help people get the documents they need. We also have to talk about the struggles that go along with it. And, as you said we have to keep talking and keep fighting.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
12. This is why each and every one who is born and whose parent has to apply for a social security card
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:01 PM
Aug 2014

from the get-go, should automatically be registered to vote. It would go a long way to avoid Republican voter-suppression laws, written by the Koch Bros ALEC and spreading like the plague across this nation.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
13. YES! You'd be surprised to learn how many people don't understand how deeply politics
Fri Aug 22, 2014, 08:02 PM
Aug 2014

and getting the correct political Party in power affects their lives.

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