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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

From my distant observation post, it appears that:
* Voter fraud is not a significant element in US elections;
*There has been a concerted attempt from one US party to make voter registration, and subsequent casting of ballots more difficult;
*These attempts are in multiple locations ie. they appear systematic; and
*The people affected by these attempts appear to be mainly lower class and minority group members, people perceived as potential Democrat voters.

It's impossible not to consider the possibility that the intent of these measures is to systematically deny suffrage to qualified voters because they vote for the 'other side'. IOW, the GOP believes in democracy only if you vote GOP.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: DomYngBlk
Not at all. They scoped out how many folks were voting those last days. Especially the last sunday before. Why you think they were trying to shut it down? So they could make voting better? ....Saving money? what....

It very easily could have been to save money. It costs to have an election. Every day the polls are open, there are people getting paid to be at work. At least the poll workers on election day (the only day I've actually gone into a voting booth; only mention that to show why I have no idea about pre-election poll workers) are volunteers.

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: DomYngBlk
Not at all. They scoped out how many folks were voting those last days. Especially the last sunday before. Why you think they were trying to shut it down? So they could make voting better? ....Saving money? what....

It very easily could have been to save money. It costs to have an election. Every day the polls are open, there are people getting paid to be at work. At least the poll workers on election day (the only day I've actually gone into a voting booth; only mention that to show why I have no idea about pre-election poll workers) are volunteers.

Hey DS,I got a bridge to sell you
Or is it you who thinks "we" are the bridge purchasers ?
Either way I find it hard to read your post with a straight face,or to believe you posted it with such

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So, black churches host efforts the Sunday prior to Election Day. Big deal. They can hold it a week earlier.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
So saving money (but willing to go to court at great expense to try and adhere to a clearly unconstitutional law) is more important than a free vote.
That doesn't seem very American. 

How was it unConstitutional?

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ORIGINAL: DomYngBlk
But you didn't answer why he would bother to try and close the polls on those days specifically? If he is saving money why not see what the PEOPLE want and adjust the Board of Elections schedules to allow for that. Why those three?

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And if he was wanting to save money why did he appeal the original decision wasting more tax dollars when you and me would have fixed it in 5 minutes.
Just answer those......

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• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
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equal protections clause, I believe was the praxis of the ruling.

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• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
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ORIGINAL: farglebargle
So, the rural people, and suburban people all have cars to drive to this location. While those living in the city without cars, using the buses and walking can ALSO get there.
Sounds ideal to me.

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• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
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ORIGINAL: kalikshama
The big deal is the nationwide attempts to suppress the vote of those likely to vote for President Obama.

I would have no problem if all this energy went into registering people likely to vote Republican.

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ORIGINAL: http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/early-voting-in-ohio/
For the last four years, Republican lawmakers around the country have diligently tried to eliminate early-voting periods, which give people a chance to vote at their convenience. The reason is simple: early voting was wildly popular in 2008 – comprising a third of the vote – and many of the people who took advantage of it voted for Barack Obama.

More than half of Florida’s early voters in 2008 were Democrats, and many black voters went right from their church pews to the ballot box on the Sunday before Election Day. That’s why the state’s Republicans severely restricted the practice last year, and specifically banned voting on that final Sunday. Similar restrictions were also passed in Georgia, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Ohio, part of a movement to restrict voting that includes tough voter ID requirements.

Now, the Obama campaign’s attempt to fight the measure in Ohio has led to one of the lower moments of this year’s presidential campaign. The state legislature cut back on the early voting period, and banned it in the three days prior to Election Day. (Even though 93,000 Ohioans voted in those three days in 2008.) An exception, however, was made for military personnel, who tend to lean Republican.