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Originally Posted by cthulu23
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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Do you not recall the challenge of military absentee ballots in Florida? If you want to talk about the specific cases rather than conjecture, how about producing the fliers you stake such belief in? And how about tying those fliers to members of the Republican party? Unless you can do that this whole thread is "partisan conjecture" as I stated in the very first sentence of my response.
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Originally Posted by cthulu23
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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The way the article is written it clearly implies that Republicans (Conservatives and Republicans are virtually interchangeable) are responsible:
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Conservatives disagree. "Society is not required to turn a blind eye to the fact that someone has a criminal record. Someone who was not willing to follow the law and was sent to prison should not be in a position to make the law for others by electing lawmakers," said Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity think tank.
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Originally Posted by chtulu23
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.
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I am not defending the action I am simply pointing out that outrage directed at only one side when the other side implements similar tactics is completely disingenuous.
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Originally Posted by chtulu23
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.
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Discouraging voters from voting is abhorent and people should be outraged about it. The outrage should be directed at all who do it rather than only those who disagree with you who do it.