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I guess if you are a member of a racial minority, student or young voter, working poor, elderly or disabled, they don't want you there. After all that's what I was told it meant when the other side asks for it.

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I guess if you are a member of a racial minority, student or young voter, working poor, elderly or disabled, they don't want you there. After all that's what I was told it meant when the other side asks for it.

Don't you think it more productive to ask those who sent you the invitation that question rather than those of us who did not send it to you?

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I remember several threads about how terrible the right was because they were pushing for a law to require a photo id at elections. I was told that it proved they were trying to stop the poor and minorities from voting. It proved they were racist. Now I questioned that at the time and still do. Today I received an email asking me to participate in this saturdays caucus and it says I have to have a photo id to attend. Does this mean they are trying to stop the poor and minorities from showing up? Where is the outrage about this? Will I now see threads about the Democratic voter suppression plan?

According to the email..."The caucus is a great opportunity to come out, meet other supporters in your area, and make your voice heard. And even though we already know that President Obama will be our nominee, it's important that we let him know we're standing with him, now and this November."

"Who can caucus: You must be 18 or older and registered to vote (or, if you'll be eligible to vote by November, you must pledge that you'll register by then).

What to expect: Bring proof that you live in the area served by the caucus location -- photo ID is required."

I guess if you are a member of a racial minority, student or young voter, working poor, elderly or disabled, they don't want you there. After all that's what I was told it meant when the other side asks for it.

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I guess if you are a member of a racial minority, student or young voter, working poor, elderly or disabled, they don't want you there. After all that's what I was told it meant when the other side asks for it.

Don't you think it more productive to ask those who sent you the invitation that question rather than those of us who did not send it to you?

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the people who sent the email are not the ones who said on this board that the only reason the repubs wanted people to show id at the voting booths was because they were trying to stop a certain segment of the population from voting. I just wanted to see if they felt differently when it was the democrats who were requiring it. And apparently they do.

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I guess if you are a member of a racial minority, student or young voter, working poor, elderly or disabled, they don't want you there. After all that's what I was told it meant when the other side asks for it.

Don't you think it more productive to ask those who sent you the invitation that question rather than those of us who did not send it to you?

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the people who sent the email are not the ones who said on this board that the only reason the repubs wanted people to show id at the voting booths was because they were trying to stop a certain segment of the population from voting. I just wanted to see if they felt differently when it was the democrats who were requiring it. And apparently they do.

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi
I remember several threads about how terrible the right was because they were pushing for a law to require a photo id at elections. I was told that it proved they were trying to stop the poor and minorities from voting. It proved they were racist. Now I questioned that at the time and still do. Today I received an email asking me to participate in this saturdays caucus and it says I have to have a photo id to attend. Does this mean they are trying to stop the poor and minorities from showing up? Where is the outrage about this? Will I now see threads about the Democratic voter suppression plan?

According to the email..."The caucus is a great opportunity to come out, meet other supporters in your area, and make your voice heard. And even though we already know that President Obama will be our nominee, it's important that we let him know we're standing with him, now and this November."

"Who can caucus: You must be 18 or older and registered to vote (or, if you'll be eligible to vote by November, you must pledge that you'll register by then).

What to expect: Bring proof that you live in the area served by the caucus location -- photo ID is required."

I guess if you are a member of a racial minority, student or young voter, working poor, elderly or disabled, they don't want you there. After all that's what I was told it meant when the other side asks for it.

I believe its more likely for the Taliban to report its 'soldiers' to the UN than the GOP to state the percentage of voter fraud in each state/commonwealth/location of the country (46 states, 4 commonwealths, and 6 locations), not to mention 'abstentee ballots' from Americans overseas or the serving abroad in the US Armed Forces. Now why do you suppose that is?

We would find that vote fraud accounts for less than two to three percentage of the full total. In fact, most people in the USA do not go out and vote that could. That should be even more alarming to us as citizens, that a sizable percentage of Americans do not even bother to go to the polls and vote on stuff. Not a local/town, state, or federal levels. But yet, we should create laws and regulations that pertain to something that takes place, at best, only 2-3% of the time?

I've held the opinion, that one need only state who and where they live to go vote. That's the way it was done in Colonial America after that big war with the King of England. Funny that Republicans, in their zealous manners to have things 'back in the days of the 13 states' they overlook this very obvious concept. If someone believes that I am NOT who I say I am and/or where I live, its up to them to present the burden of proof! Why should I have to violate my own 4th Amendment right to applease some fear-mongering Republican moron whom doesnt have an arguement to begin with? Last I checked, the 4th amendment trumps state laws. To bad most people will just go blindly to the polls, showing their ID and giving up one of their most precious freedoms....freely.

Heck, the grand majority of Americans couldn't rattle off what the 3rd Amendment talks about! You expect them to know what the 4th Amendment is define as in the Bill of Rights?

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I remember several threads about how terrible the right was because they were pushing for a law to require a photo id at elections. I was told that it proved they were trying to stop the poor and minorities from voting. It proved they were racist. Now I questioned that at the time and still do. Today I received an email asking me to participate in this saturdays caucus and it says I have to have a photo id to attend. Does this mean they are trying to stop the poor and minorities from showing up? Where is the outrage about this? Will I now see threads about the Democratic voter suppression plan?

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You'll have to wait until this hits the national level or until someone asks the DNC. At that point, the DNC will establish some "talking points" and then, the PPLs here (and around the country) will be able to come up with some kind of answer. It probably won't make sense or it might even be just mis-directed clap-trap but, it will be words (almost intelligible, even).

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

I remember several threads about how terrible the right was because they were pushing for a law to require a photo id at elections. I was told that it proved they were trying to stop the poor and minorities from voting. It proved they were racist. Now I questioned that at the time and still do. Today I received an email asking me to participate in this saturdays caucus and it says I have to have a photo id to attend. Does this mean they are trying to stop the poor and minorities from showing up? Where is the outrage about this? Will I now see threads about the Democratic voter suppression plan?

You'll have to wait until this hits the national level or until someone asks the DNC. At that point, the DNC will establish some "talking points" and then, the PPLs here (and around the country) will be able to come up with some kind of answer. It probably won't make sense or it might even be just mis-directed clap-trap but, it will be words (almost intelligible, even).

Since it is "just a caucus", I would say that it's actually an attempt by the DNC to make people who don't have a photo ID (according to those aforementioned threads; the elderly, the poor, and the non-citizens) feel less than welcome. After all, I'm told their's is the party of inclusion.



Peace and comfort,



Michael

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is a caucus an election? Whydo we need those id laws?

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Today I received an email asking me to participate in this saturdays caucus and it says I have to have a photo id to attend.

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Look, I feel that there should be some proof of citizenship, and there should be some system to prevent voter fraud.

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Obviously, this recent spat of Legislation is a Republican War on the Dead.