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…and this comes as no surprise since voter disenfranchisement is the only way that the Republican Party American Taliban can win an election. This group of crooks knows that they will not win the 2012 presidential election and that many of the House members will also be gone if the minorities, collage students, and the lower income can make it to the voting polls. So, to gain even more power, they use the usual non-existent “ voter fraud “ excuse to make voting almost an impossibility for many citizens.
Rick Scott:
Not surprisingly, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law on Thursday pernicious election changes designed to benefit Republicans and suppress voting by minorities, college students and low-wage workers.
The League of Women Voters says it will suspend voter-registration activity in Florida because the bill requires such groups to register with the state and face fines of up to $1,000 for mistakes.
This law goes to the heart of the Democratic base. It will force women, minorities, and college students from getting actual ballots. They will be forced to use shady Provisional ballots....according to Politifact, the MAJORITY OF THESE BALLOTS ARE NOT COUNTED!!!
- Women can no longer update their names at the polls if they changed their marital status. They've been able to do this for almost half a century with NO issues. They will be forced to go provisional.
- College students will no longer be able to update their new address. Their votes will also be provisional... and unlikely to count
- Minorities should be worried as well:
There are many other new regulations, several depriving voters of their chance to work out problems at the polls. For instance, if voters are challenged for any reason, they would be required to cast a provisional ballot. And they could not receive legal help while in line, as before.
But wait! This bill goes as far as saying that the news media and bloggers can no longer take video/audio of voters at the polling places. WTF!
So what are they going do when I am at my polling place with a recorder, bar me from voting? Arrest me? That, I would like to see.
Gov. Scott said its all about preventing fraud. Except no one.. .not any of the elections supervisors, not the Secretary of State, can find any instance. The Tampa article mentioned only 31 cases even investigated in the past several years. So spare me.
In addition, if this was REALLY about fraud, why go after early voters? The biggest chance of fraud is ABSENTEE BALLOTS.. but these were left alone. WHY? Guess where the GOP gets a lot of votes from?
Yeah.
This is about voter suppression. One FL Teabag lawmaker even admitted it was about making voting as hard as possible.
Rick Scott has already passed an archaic rule requiring nonviolent felons to wait five years after completing their sentences before applying to have their voting rights restored. Even though HE KNOWS this will purge THOUSANDS of innocent (and disproportionately black) voters from the rolls misidentified as felons like we did in 2000.
I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TO GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT:
1. Contact the DOJ. Some of our election laws are subject to review because of the Voting Rights Act. This is a clear case of disenfranchisement. OBAMA! HOLDER! WAKE UP!UPDATE: Direct # for Dept. of Voting Rights at DOJ: (202) 307-2767
2. Contact the FLORIDA DEM PARTY. Tell them to start acting like an opposition party by leading a citizen-led initiative to our Constitution to overturn this mess. And another one that there can be NO more changes to our election laws that restrict voting unless its put before the people!
This is so outrageous that even I am certain we can get 600,000 signatures in the time allotted. The govenor's office admitted they fielded a record number of calls... all of them opposed to this law. Obviously, he cares not what the citizens want. (PS, fellow citizens, drop him [and your legislator] a line and let them know what you think about voter suppression.)
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