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pangaia

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35. Not for long I'm afraid

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #15)

Wed Nov 30, 2016, 11:53 PM

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Dana Milbank: The election really was rigged [View all] ginnyinWI Nov 2016 OP

This serves the Republicans. yallerdawg Nov 2016 #1

yep-- let's all pledge solidarity to defeating this horrible excuse for a political party Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #5

Voter suppression is number one SHRED Nov 2016 #2

agree - and, over the next 4 years NewJeffCT Nov 2016 #19

Republican lock down SHRED Nov 2016 #23

Voter suppression isn't going to be addressed by a Trump administration. meadowlander Dec 2016 #37

I'm not a big fan of Milbank Blue Idaho Nov 2016 #3

he's actually been really good lately. He had a piece yesterday about Trump being in thrall to Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #6

Really? Blue Idaho Nov 2016 #7

here Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #12

Thanks! nt. Blue Idaho Nov 2016 #14

Agreed! hueymahl Nov 2016 #4

imho, this is our central failure. mopinko Nov 2016 #8

you said it.... dhill926 Nov 2016 #34

I have this plan. Javaman Nov 2016 #9

Or a birth certificate. ginnyinWI Nov 2016 #11

Senior American citizens all receive their ss benefits, that should be enough ID to vote. Sunlei Nov 2016 #15

Not for long I'm afraid pangaia Nov 2016 #35

In Oregon and now California (I think) they have automatic voter registration Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #13

Hence heavily Democratic Legislatures. Ligyron Nov 2016 #22

Dem legislatures out in such measures which help keep Dems in power Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #24

KnR Hekate Nov 2016 #10

"And they arguably suppressed enough minority voters to cost Clinton the election." Coyotl Nov 2016 #16

BINGO! mountain grammy Nov 2016 #18

And yet another journalist-penguin jumps into the shark infested water, representing the WaPo McCamy Taylor Nov 2016 #17

Now voter supression will become entrenched in the USA. world wide wally Nov 2016 #20

I hope this gets some play... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #21

Good editorial Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #25

I don't freaking buy it... blue sky at night Nov 2016 #26

Millions of voters had their registrations purged and millions of others pnwmom Nov 2016 #27

oh dear............ blue sky at night Nov 2016 #30

Did you check your voter registration before you went to vote? pnwmom Nov 2016 #31

I did do that... blue sky at night Nov 2016 #33

I voted absentee too bdamomma Dec 2016 #40

Nice troll but many of the purges were perpetrated DAYS before the election lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #45

I think the point meadowlander Dec 2016 #38

Too Few Permitted Votes for Hillary? kebob Nov 2016 #28

Thom Hartmann and Greg Palast have been focusing on this issue for a hell of a long time! Akamai Nov 2016 #29

Are we certain there are unopened provisional votes? pnwmom Nov 2016 #32

some places dont count them if there are not enough to change the winner. mopinko Dec 2016 #36

when elections are won and lost by small margins... tomp Dec 2016 #39

That's not the Republican way, and that party -- not the Dems -- are whole heartedly Akamai Dec 2016 #43

if you can go to prison for voting more than once... yurbud Dec 2016 #41

you should go to prison for purging votes on false pretenses yurbud Dec 2016 #42

"counties previously covered by the Voting Rights Act have closed down at least 868 polling places" Bill USA Dec 2016 #44

Everyone should be automatically registered to vote. paigeatemyshoes Dec 2016 #46

Of Course: Almost No American Elections are Prima Facia Honest karlmarx1947 Dec 2016 #47