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sheshe2

(83,637 posts)
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 12:34 PM Aug 2016

Rolling Stone exposé:The GOP’s secret scheme begins purge of a million minority voters from voter ro [View all]

The Rolling Stone story by journalist and author Greg Palast examines Crosscheck, a Kobach project that Palast calls “the culmination of a decade-long Republican effort to disenfranchise voters under the guise of battling voter fraud.” The Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program is ostensibly designed to target a virtually nonexistent form of voter fraud. In reality, it helps promote the Right Wing's bogus voter fraud narrative, which in turn provides justification for otherwise unjustifiable laws that restrict voting. In the worst case scenario, Crosscheck could lead to thousands of people, predominantly people of color and young voters, being wrongly purged from voting rolls in advance of November’s election.

(above is from right wing watch, below is link to greg's site which has a link to his article in RS, they are stealing the election, again)


Rolling Stone exposé: The GOP’s secret scheme begins purge
of a million minority voters from voter rolls


http://www.gregpalast.com/rolling-stone-expose-gops-secret-plan-steal-vote/

Please Read

Direct Link:
BumRushDaShow


http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-gops-stealth-war-against-voters-w435890




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I'm no longer a practicing attorney piechartking Aug 2016 #1
I wish you could latch onto a voting rights project too. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #12
It's not all that surprising when you realize deep down they are dedicated fascists Major Nikon Aug 2016 #19
Check with your state licensing authority, marybourg Aug 2016 #27
Thanks for the tip! piechartking Aug 2016 #28
Pie the best part of Retirement Protalker Aug 2016 #30
Maybe we should look back to the end of WW2 and remember asjr Aug 2016 #33
Organize agroup of people who are and go after them. Coyotl Aug 2016 #39
They've been doing it for years. elleng Aug 2016 #51
Here is the thing - you should not have to do this Cosmocat Aug 2016 #57
2012 - PA was a nail biter JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #60
id wish you would sue as a concerned citizen allan01 Aug 2016 #61
It's at the point where every registered voter should confirm active status to vote no_hypocrisy Aug 2016 #2
Great point, nh! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #13
True that, but this is happening in areas with concentrated liberal voters. Focus there first. Coyotl Aug 2016 #38
"According to our analysis, the Crosscheck list disproportionately threatens Hortensis Aug 2016 #56
This is totally freaking me out! pandora nm Aug 2016 #3
I'm freaked out, too. Granny M Aug 2016 #14
I wish I knew why they are so silent LiberalLovinLug Aug 2016 #17
Part of me thinks awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #18
In on it and don't give a damn..Money talks SammyWinstonJack Aug 2016 #24
there have been Dems fighting this for years, it just does not make the news enough: bettyellen Aug 2016 #64
Greg was on Joy this AM - DURHAM D Aug 2016 #4
Thanks, sheshe2 Aug 2016 #5
Thanks! Here is a direct link to the video pandora nm Aug 2016 #8
Here is the youtube version Gothmog Aug 2016 #45
That's the segment that has folks mouth open... This is some sick shit and real uponit7771 Aug 2016 #32
"Republicans don't want to govern, they want to rule." ~Molly Ivins CrispyQ Aug 2016 #6
Molly had it right! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #7
Here is a direct link to Rolling Stone's article BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #9
Thanks, BRDS~ sheshe2 Aug 2016 #10
What I Feel Towards Republicans Is Way Beyond Hate Yallow Aug 2016 #11
Like he said in the interview, Granny M Aug 2016 #15
We have had lots of elections that do not pass the smell test Botany Aug 2016 #16
Saxby Chambliss over Max Cleland in Georgia in 2002 DFW Aug 2016 #42
Donald Seigelman Alabama 2002 Botany Aug 2016 #62
why aren't democrats doing the same thing? ArcticFox Aug 2016 #20
Good question but nope JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #22
I read about this the other day. ananda Aug 2016 #21
The Left needs an Assange JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #23
Know anyone up to the job? sheshe2 Aug 2016 #25
Some people say (sheshe post afam group) JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #58
You can't see me in the group? sheshe2 Aug 2016 #69
I figured out a way to see latest posts JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #70
Glitch in the system. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #71
We just watched "Selma" yesterday evening caballojm Aug 2016 #26
One significant problem is no national law regulates voting practices: each state does its own thing Ford_Prefect Aug 2016 #29
Kick this all over the country Hekate Aug 2016 #31
You have to push aside the multitude kacekwl Aug 2016 #34
secret? the gnewz media ate their BS votER fraud. ignoring CHEATING by the GOP to stay in power. pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #35
Better pay attention...... suston96 Aug 2016 #36
Lawsuits targeting the persons doing this are needed. Lots and lots of lawsuits. Coyotl Aug 2016 #37
+1, this shit is the true anti American actions... In close races it tips the scales uponit7771 Aug 2016 #40
Spot on, Coyotl. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #41
Well their methodology sounds interesting. DirkGently Aug 2016 #43
I found the Crosscheck "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) from 2013 pandora nm Aug 2016 #44
Thanks, pandora. I see the repugs are trying to push it here in PA. Mc Mike Aug 2016 #46
It's my understanding that PA has a Democratic SoS pandora nm Aug 2016 #49
I don't know what his motivations could be. Mc Mike Aug 2016 #65
Add Bigtree's info from Salon article, about PA P.L. 333, Act No. 320 Mc Mike Oct 2016 #75
That is shocking. Granny M Aug 2016 #55
We have to protect every vote. It's the American way. rec, nt. Mc Mike Aug 2016 #47
What I don't understand is why the Dems don't fight back like they could & should and a lot of this EV_Ares Aug 2016 #48
"All original data will be securely destroyed upon completion of the project" Ligyron Aug 2016 #50
That's where the Justice Department should be looking JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #59
Maybe Trump has the rigged election right, he can say the big percentage of POC vote Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #52
I'm waiting for Trump to tell his supporters to make their women stay home. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #53
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Aug 2016 #54
It would only take Democrats trying to do this to everyone named Smith, Jones, Williams, & Johnson ProfessorPlum Aug 2016 #63
WTH!? sheshe2 Aug 2016 #67
I guess I should qualify this ProfessorPlum Aug 2016 #68
Thank you for clarfying. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #73
I agree with him sheshe JustAnotherGen Aug 2016 #72
I just saw the clarification. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #74
What is the purpose of government lsewpershad Aug 2016 #66
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