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&feature=player_embeddedNew authority under federal law allows officials to throw out registration form....In two years we will see the effect of this... It may have changed the house race this year, and in two years it may change the congress and in four years determine the presidency by the votes not counted....
zeemike
(18,998 posts)As we ignore it.
And you would think the Dems would be all over this...but nope...nothing from them...probably afraid to be called a conspiracy theories
brooklynite
(94,602 posts)The title is misleading. A reporter (however well-thought of) ALLEGES that this happened. And since when is Russian Television the go-to source for American political news?
xiamiam
(4,906 posts)brooklynite
(94,602 posts)Or did not not bother to do any research on your own?
midnight
(26,624 posts)liberalmike27
(2,479 posts)This is the "I don't like the source, so I dismiss it," and a very republican tactic.
Greg Palast is a well-respected investigative journalist, a rare breed in American media, which is why he works for the Guardian. He has been exposing electioneering for several elections, back to 2000 and Bush v. Gore. It's been a big part of his life.
Second, this reporting has happened scantily in the media. It certainly was being covered, at least on the corporate left, MSNBC before the election. They mentioned the heavily gerrymandered republicans states, as well as various purging techniques used by republicans in local and state offices, and strict, nearly impossible to meet requirements. Hell, Bush won Florida by purging names of mostly ethnic black and Hispanic Democrats from lists provided from Texas.
It has also been reported that we had over a million more votes for democratic House members, than Republicans, which demonstrates just how much Republican gerrymandering kept their people in office.
What you are seeing is all of it in the same place. You can reject this if you want, but demographics are hurting Republicans, and the ONLY thing they can do, other than the legal thing which would be change their nutty positions on issues, is in figuring out ways to stop Democrats, mostly through minorities, from voting.
Hey, and let's not forget 4-7 hour waits in minority areas, mostly up-North. You don't have to worry about it here in the bigoted South, as, well, it's bigoted, and they're aware here that Republicans are now the racist party. Sadly the poor and middle class ones aren't aware they are voting for a good screwing economically, for their racist voting patterns. At this point, I think it may be more of a "team" voting thing, without thought.
nikto
(3,284 posts)Everything is on the up & up.
No problemo.
You are wise.
nikto
(3,284 posts)Right?
drynberg
(1,648 posts)Needs to be addressed now.
midnight
(26,624 posts)I posted a piece that Robert Kennedy Jr. wrote, and posted over a year ago.... Still nothing is done.. I would re-post because it is still so relevant, but can't find it...