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Limits to voter registration

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AnonymouseUser said:
In other words, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

Bill Clinton does his part:
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Again you're citing something which indisputably is obviously not voter fraud or voter registration fraud. (I skipped reviewing the second link since I don't see a need to keep wasting my time.) Its a case where Clinton presumably unknowingly did violate a rule (although in a way which is virtually never going to be acted on with regards to the violation when it occurs in that manner from an out of state campaigner doing it once) but it clearly in no way is a form of actual voter fraud. (Which would involved something more like Clinton grabbing someone's ballot from them, filling it in, and then depositing it in the ballot box to give an admittedly implausible example.)

I think we have established you have no clue what voter fraud actually specifically is. Or any desire to learn before making wild wrong claims when repeatedly posting assorted videos.
 
AnonymouseUser said:
In other words, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

Bill Clinton does his part:

Pennsylvania:
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Depends on what the laws are in Pennsylvania. Some states won't let you campaign within 300 ft of a polling station other states have other laws. One of the polling officials should have escorted him out to the distance that their law states if he did indeed violate the law. I bet even with those laws, you'll probably find very few actual convictions as most places would solve the problem as described above.
I know I just wasted my time, but what the hell.
 
hal2kilo said:
Depends on what the laws are in Pennsylvania. Some states won't let you campaign within 300 ft of a polling station other states have other laws.
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The law was posted along with the video which you can see here.

Voter Fraud Caught on Live TV:

More campaign workers tucking tail and running when caught:
 
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You guys talking about disenfranchisement?

Oh... still, check out #repealthe19th for the best Trump supporters can do at this point.
 
glenn1 said:
Does this map with the huge variation in deadlines for voter registration look like it's some sort of diabolical plot to limit voting or simply the result of states setting varied dates for whatever reasons (arbitrary or not) they came up with? Is Florida being "more" arbitrary by having the deadline be 29 days before the election or is Hawaii because there it's 30 days? Or Virginia with their odd 22 day before requirement?

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In a shocking development, almost all the racist Confederate states have the earliest deadlines. Weird how no states south of Wyoming can figure out how to conduct an election with a deadline of election day.

And we don't need the Voting Rights Act any more?
 
AnonymouseUser said:
My bad. Is this better? "voter (registration) fraud"

Like this: Voter registration fraud investigation expands to 56 Indiana counties
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Repubs always go for those big splashy headlines before an election. Always come up empty-handed afterwards, too. The whole notion of voter fraud just reinforces a bunker mentality among susceptible conservatives while serving as a vehicle for voter suppression. Witness recent federal court decisions. It's obvious bullshit.
 
To someone like myself who has rode out many hurricanes, Rick Scott's motivations are as clear as day: voter suppression with a convenient "act of God" excuse. It isn't fooling anybody, especially along the coast. Some however, just try to justify it because they agree with the intended effect despite knowing better.
 
If you live in Florida, you normally register to vote when you get a drivers license here.

Even if not a drivers license, it's not that hard.

Have already received my ballot in the mail myself.

Having it stop a month head of time actually helps prevent false registration from an influx of late voters in a swing state.

I'm still not a Rick Scott fan, but that is besides the point.
 
dainthomas said:
In a shocking development, almost all the racist Confederate states have the earliest deadlines. Weird how no states south of Wyoming can figure out how to conduct an election with a deadline of election day.

And we don't need the Voting Rights Act any more?
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Don't really care since plenty of northern states have deadlines just as far ahead of the election. One thing decisions like this will guarantee however is that no Republican leaning state will ever, ever voluntarily ease these deadlines, allow 'straight ticket voting,' extend the hours that polling stations are open, or any other thing that Democrats like since once they do so they'll never be allowed to undo them. So enjoy your one-off week extension of voting registration because it will never get closer to election day in those "racist Confederate states."
 
glenn1 said:
Don't really care since plenty of northern states have deadlines just as far ahead of the election. One thing decisions like this will guarantee however is that no Republican leaning state will ever, ever voluntarily ease these deadlines, allow 'straight ticket voting,' extend the hours that polling stations are open, or any other thing that Democrats like since once they do so they'll never be allowed to undo them. So enjoy your one-off week extension of voting registration because it will never get closer to election day in those "racist Confederate states."
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Yes, it's true that Repub politicians will do everything they can to suppress the votes of rival voting blocs & then make excuses about it. You'd think they're scared shitless of the prospect of everybody voting.
 
Jhhnn said:
Yes, it's true that Repub politicians will do everything they can to suppress the votes of rival voting blocs & then make excuses about it. You'd think they're scared shitless of the prospect of everybody voting.
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Then I guess Hawaii and other blue states are "doing everything they can to suppress votes" by their laws which are more restrictive than Florida's in the case of voter registration.
 
MongGrel said:
If you live in Florida, you normally register to vote when you get a drivers license here.

Even if not a drivers license, it's not that hard.

Have already received my ballot in the mail myself.

Having it stop a month head of time actually helps prevent false registration from an influx of late voters in a swing state.

I'm still not a Rick Scott fan, but that is besides the point.
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The ease of registering is besides the point. Very few here are arguing against some sort of deadline. There was a national disaster which caused many to evacuate, some nonvoluntarily. While still taking into account the logistics of registration verification and processing, extending the deadline to account for a hurricane is perfectly in line with the spirit of the registration law if not the actual letter.
 
MovingTarget said:
The ease of registering is besides the point. Very few here are arguing against some sort of deadline. There was a national disaster which caused many to evacuate, some nonvoluntarily. While still taking into account the logistics of registration verification and processing, extending the deadline to account for a hurricane is perfectly in line with the spirit of the registration law if not the actual letter.
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I have no problem with it, but there is a reason for the other normally.
 
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