Clinton to call for at least 20 days of early voting nationwide

[applegrove]

Clinton to call for at least 20 days of early voting nationwide

By Anne Gearan at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/03/clinton-to-call-for-at-least-20-days-of-early-voting-nationwide/?postshare=2521433364089703

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to call for an early voting period of at least 20 days in every state.

Clinton will call for that standard in remarks Thursday in Texas about voting rights, her campaign said. She will also criticize what her campaign calls deliberate restrictions on voting in several states, including Texas.

The former secretary of state's address at historically-black Texas Southern University in Houston comes as Democrats pursue legal challenges to voting rule changes approved by Republican legislatures in several states.

Clinton and her allies claim the changes are aimed at narrowing the electorate in ways that benefit Republicans.



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[msongs]

1. good move if followed by action to make it so! nt

[HereSince1628]

2. That's gonna be harder to get than Sanders extra debates!

Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing to say.

[daleanime]

30. +1

[Exilednight]

3. She should advocate the same thing for the primaries.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I would be in favor of letting people start voting in the primaries today./NT

[misterhighwasted]

4. Limiting voting times & days has been mandatory policy for every Red State

They really do need to be called out for the crooks they are.
Good for her & any other candidate that supports this.
The gradual dismantling of basic rights is threatened by RW policy & organized manpulation.
It is a major issue in the survival of Democracy

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Great idea that will go over like a lead balloon.

Repugs want less people voting not more.

[Dustlawyer]

29. Call them what they are, anti-American!

This isn't about some stupid flag pin, it's about our Democracy!

[misterhighwasted]

31. Correct. Anti-American.

A frightening scenario if the GOP wins the election in 2016.

[Lisa D]

7. Good for her!

Every citizen should have the opportunity to vote.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, We have 3 GOOD candidates the other side doesn't have a damn thang GO GIRL!!!

[SoapBox]

9. I cannot complain about her doing this...

It's criminal what Pukes and Baggers have done in multiple states...all with one true goal...to limit Americans voting.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Good...

and we need to start having the federal government have standard rules and procedures for voting. The state by state hodge podge is a mess.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

14. Good idea that will never happen

States won't go along with that - they won't be willing to give up that power.

[RichVRichV]

17. Federal government doesn't have that authority.

However what the federal government might be able to legally do is set minimum standards.


"A state can set whatever voting requirements it wants to, however it must meet these minimum standards for all federal elections..."


That one might at least have a chance at passing constitutional debate.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

19. Possible, but unlikely n/t

[RichVRichV]

22. Probably true.

However the only way to find out is to pass a standard into law (preferably something low controversial as a test case), wait for a state to challenge it, and see if the court shoots it down on principle.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

24. We can agree to disagree n/t

[NorthCarolina]

11. I'll Rec this.... eom

[Greybnk48]

12. Good for her!

I hope she can pull it off!

[old guy]

13. Good for her, however,

as long as each state can set their own rules it is a wasted effort.

[applegrove]

16. But Hillary is presenting a dream to have twenty days of early voting nationwide.

And if the GOP quash it people will be motivated to vote. It is like a wedge issue too, not just good democracy. And democrats are beginning to develop wedge issues. And in this case, if people are thwarted in a policy they like by GOP in the states, people can make doubly sure they and theirs get out and vote on election day. So their is direct action they can take.

[Qutzupalotl]

26. Good points.

Nice to see our side use a wedge issue the right way!

[applegrove]

27. Or have wedge issues that actually make people's lives better and more engaged

and hopefull about their lives, instead of apathetic.

[stonecutter357]

15. K&R!

[Cha]

18. Keep pounding that Hillary Team! Mahalo apple~

[applegrove]

20. Hey!

[Cha]

21. Hey you!

[99th_Monkey]

23. Good for Hillary. Voting Rights is an essential Democratic plank

and one that not enough people are talking about.

Onerous Voter ID requirements, maldistribution of voting machines and poll monitors to create prohibitively long lines to vote in lower-income neighborhoods, campuses, etc. where D's prevail, along with deliberate misinformation being distributed to Democratic voters ... But the one that needs most attention is THE sleeper issue, electronic vote buggering.

On edit: I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter, but am not bashful about congratulating another Dem when they speak out on an important issue like voting rights.

[MineralMan]

25. An excellent idea. Let's try to make it happen.

She can't do it, but Congress can. Presidential elections are a federal matter.

[brooklynite]

28. Why won't someone suppress MY ability to vote?

I'd love to have someone reduce my early voting days...because I don't have any. NYS has tradition 1-day voting and no option for absentee voting other than being out of town.

[randome]

34. Damn. That's so last century.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Gothmog]

32. The GOP hate early voting and letting non-whites vote

[Orsino]

33. Excellent. Another great way to distinguish us from the GOP. n/t