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Thursday, September 22, 2011

The GOP Is Trying To Rig The Electoral College

Like Poe’s purloined letter, the Republican plan to heist the 2012 presidential election sits before us in plain view. And going Poe one better, it is perfectly legal.

The first part of the strategy has been unfolding for months. Since the 2010 elections brought Republicans to power in numerous swing states, officials in many of those states have made it harder for minority, poor and young voters to cast their ballots. GOP governments have been curtailing early voting (in Ohio and Florida) and requiring voters to produce official photo-identification cards (in Wisconsin). In South Carolina, the poll tax lives again: Voters who want an official photo-ID card must present a passport or a birth certificate, neither of which can be obtained for free.

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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

it look slike the headline should read "GOP trying to make voting FAIR again!"

Anonymous said...

More like just trying to cut down on voter fraud.

Anonymous said...

The only voter fraud has always been in the Democrat precincts...and then there is A.C.O.R.N, They must be getting desperate.

Anonymous said...

The Constitution defines Election Day as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Please notice that is says Election Day, not Election Week.

Anonymous said...

agree with both. voter fraud is rampant in the cities and everyone knows it. dead people, illegals, voting more than allowed and on and on and on. finally maybe this crap will be cut down.....

Anonymous said...

Let's hope it works!!

Anonymous said...

Ought to be required nationally.

Anonymous said...

If you receive tax dollars you should lose the right to vote yourself more money!

Anonymous said...

If you receive tax dollars you should lose the right to vote yourself more money!

September 22, 2011 4:26 PM

That would be congress.

I thought the college was the corruption. Certainly does not matter who wins the popular vote as we have seen in Bush vs. Gore.

Anonymous said...

While I don't condone any tricky tactics to win an election, it is of paramount importance that Obama be held to one term.

Anonymous said...

It doesn't sound like a human rights violation to have to show ID to vote.Sounds like something the free state should adopt.

Fruitland Generic Citizen said...

"If you receive tax dollars you should lose the right to vote yourself more money!"

So every business person whose company has even one federal or state contract would lose his or her vote. Nice.

Oh, I forget, they get different rules than you and me.

I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.

Anonymous said...

I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.

September 22, 2011 6:01 PM

Give em time, I'm sure they will.

Anonymous said...

good luck with that
the GOP banks on assuming people are faithful and stupid