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Originally Posted by onetime2
More partisan BS. Both sides are guilty of trying to discourage votes from core constituents of their opponents. It goes on in every election. There's voter fraud as well. Plenty of dead people somehow voting and plenty of cases of people being paid to vote.
How about the pastors in black churches who get hefty donations to push their congregations to vote for the Dem candidate?
If you want to talk about the questionable tactics coming from one party it's only fair to discuss the tactics used by the other.
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By all means go ahead. I'm sure that there is Democratic fraud in some places, so feel free to post some examples. We are talking about specific cases of disenfranchisement, not just partisan conjecture.
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As far as felons being able to vote, I'm not sure where I stand on the issue. I lean more heavily toward them being allowed to vote if they've "paid their debt to society" but there may be a good reason that I'm not aware of for denying them this right. To blame this fact solely on Republicans is partisanship of the highest order. Why haven't the Dems changed these laws if it's so important? Perhaps because it's so much easier to keep us
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No one blamed Republicans for the fact that 14 states do not allow felons to vote. We are talking about people who are erroneously placed on felon lists. The most galling aspect of the Florida situation is that they seem to be repeating the same mistakes from 2000. To have the same situation forming again stinks of negligence.
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As far as a citizen being arrested at a polling place when they cast their vote, you're damn right that should be an option. If they're wanted and the police think they're going to be somewhere (whether it's voting or having a drink in a bar) it's proper for them to arrest them and they should be put into the system to deal with the charges against them. Of course, rents not being paid or whatever have nothing to do with this as that's a private matter for the landlord and tenant or phone company or whichever institution at issue. If that company wants to hire someone to serve papers on a citizen when they go to vote, again, I see no foul.
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As I stated above, no one is actually getting arrested at polling places. The original article references disinformation flyers that falsely threaten those behind on their bills with arrest, an obvious intimidation move.
Disenfranchisement of African Americans has been a far to common occurence throughout American history. The practice is so heinous and antidemocratic that members of any party should be outraged.