Clinton allies forming group to protect, register voters

[dixiegrrrrl]

This is the entire story:

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Allies of Hillary Clinton are forming a new $25 million political organization that aims to expand voter protection and drive turnout and registration among Latino and black voters. Those voters will be essential to her Democratic presidential campaign.

The new group is called Every Citizen Counts. It's beginning its work as Clinton faces a stronger-than-expected challenge from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who won an overwhelming victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. Sanders is hoping to build support among black and Hispanic voters who have been loyal to Clinton.

Organizers say the group will not be involved in the primaries. It will be advised by Guy Cecil, a former Clinton campaign staffer who runs Democratic super PAC Priorities USA Action. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, a Clinton supporter, is also involved.

http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:fcf9e1a73a9e414b8af8cf8a4d0803db

[Paulie]

1. Shouldn't the DNC be doing this for Democrats in general???

[PyaarRevolution]

2. Agreed.

I hope they have enough money or boots on the ground to make sure any of the Republican anti-vote measures get sunk. Make no mistake these "voter fraud" measures are just another way to disenfranchise people. It's so transparent that everyone gets what bullshit they are, unless you're a dyed in the wool Republican.
If Republicans CARED about voter fraud they would be getting rid of voting machine and replacing them with paper ballots, plain and simple.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Yeah..definitely not a candidate's job at all.

Sure sends the wrong message, IMHO.

[Avalux]

3. So....blackmail?

Hillary's group registers people to vote, she will expect them to vote for her.

[thereismore]

4. I wonder if Hillary is coordinating with them. That would be illegal as Cecil runs her superPAC.

This is just a superPAC arm twisting voters into pledging who they are going to vote for. Hillary of course.

[KittyWampus]

6. So she finally gets it. Took her long enough. Sanders will never "get it". He's been too busy

trash talking the entirety of the Democratic party.

[2pooped2pop]

10. She gets obvious pandering- yes

Funny she only cares about these things when she needs votes.

[cali]

20. Good grief you sound increasingly bitter

with every passing day

[Gothmog]

7. Clinton also has a Victory Counsel program for volunteer lawyers for voter protection

I am impressed with the organization of the Clinton Victory Counsel program. I have worked on both the Kerry/Edwards and Obama voter protection teams and the Clinton team is better organized.

[KittyWampus]

9. The fools who trash the "Establishment" are too dimwitted to grasp the "Establishment"

in the form of the Democratic Party is what keeps the infrastructure needed to fight voter suppression intact.

Same with Sanders and his decades of trashing the Democratic Party in its entirety.

[pangaia]

13. Thank you for calling me a dimwitted fool, you jerk.

How does that feel?

[Gothmog]

15. Agreed

I work a great deal with both my local party, the surrounding county democratic parties and the state party. The infrastructure of the party organization is critical

[retrowire]

17. Fools who clearly keep misinterpreting what the "Establishment" is lmao nt

[KittyWampus]

8. Sanders supporters who trash this better wake up. Your rabid & reflexive hatred of Clinton

has blinded you to the real problems facing the REAL base of Democratic voters.

It's White Privilege and points to a major blind spot amongst not just Sanders supporters but the candidate himself.

[2pooped2pop]

11. Yes if there is anything that Clinton will put a stop to, it's white privilege.

Vote Clinton because this shit has been working so well we should continue it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Speaking of.......

Last night, in New Hampshire, the rare demographic group she won was those with incomes of more than two hundred thousand dollars a year.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/benjamin-wallace-wells/the-clintons-lose-the-working-class

white MONEYED privelege

[2pooped2pop]

18. Yep no surprise

[pangaia]

14. Now you call me rabid, reflexive, full of hate and blind.

Fuck that shit !!

[cali]

21. Hi there Mrs Pot, meet Mrs. Kettle

[farleftlib]

12. Every Citizen Counts allright

until after the election, then not so much.

[Orsino]

19. Sounds like a way to win...

...and a way to win loyalty.