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Shooting In The "King Compound" Atlanta. Street Pirate Didn't Give A Damn About The "King Center's 50 Days Of Non-Violence" That The "John Lewis Hero" Mural Was In Eyesight. He Knew That Lewis' Protection Of Black People From Violence Is From "Back In T

Link To Story The Most Effective BLACK VOTER PURGING TECHNIQUE TODAY - BECAUSE IT IS NOT SEEN AS A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION BY IDEOLOGICAL BIGOTS OF TODAY WHO ARE INCOMPETENT TO COMPEL THE KILLER TO STOP THIS SUPPRESSION......OF BLACKShow More Summary

Undeterred By Court Order, Iowa Official Tries Again To Push Through Voter Purge

When Secretary of State Matt Schultz attempted to purge voters from the rolls in advance of the November 2012 election, a county judge temporarily blocked the move, finding that the rules issued by Schultz created fear and uncertainty and could deter legitimate voters. But that risk of voter suppression hasn’t stopped Schultz from proposing a new slightly [...]

Judith Browne Dianis: Top 10 Voter Suppression Moments of 2012

Largely driven by a spate of new laws and policies, including new restrictions on the type of ID that voters can use and flawed voter purges, conservative legislatures stopped at nothing to make it harder to register to vote, harder to cast a ballot, and harder to have a vote counted.

We Agree With AG Eric Holder: Make Voter Registration Automatic - Upon Receipt Of Government Photo ID

My position has not changed on this matter.I support the automatic voter registration upon receiving government photo ID (ie: Drivers License or State ID card). I believe that it is a waste of time to do the "voter purging" for electoral results. Show More Summary

PPPP Minster Al Sharpton Plans To Protest The NRA For Supplying The Weapons That Kill Off Black Voters In The Only Legal "Black Voter Purge" That He Is Incompetent At Stopping

Editorial Note: ANGER is the overriding sentiment that I have after watching this foolishness and redirection. I have no choice but to respect Professional Progressive Political Preacher Al Sharpton's First Amendment right to free speech and MSNBC's valuation of this foolishness. Show More Summary

What will McCrory do now that the true motives for Voter ID have been revealed?

6 months agoUS Politics / Liberal : BlueNC

Former governor and ex-Republican Charlie Crist must have has an attack of conscience this week when he explained to Rachel Maddow that the entire GOP strategy around Voter ID, early voting, and voter purging was designed to do one thing...Show More Summary

Florida Republicans Admit Voter Suppression Was The Goal Of New Election Laws

Floridians endured election chaos and marathon voting lines this year, largely thanks to reduced early voting hours, voter purges, and voter registration restrictions pushed by Republican legislators. In an exclusive report by the Palm...Show More Summary

Watchdog: Evidence of Unlawful Voter Purge in Pennsylvania

The Election Protection Coalition, which is managing a voter protection hotline, says that eligible voters may have been unlawfully purged from the rolls in major urban areas of Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. "We...Show More Summary

Florida Republicans Are Being Targeted By Fake Voter Purge Letters

Authorities in Florida are investigating who sent official-looking letters in recent days to mostly Republican voters falsely telling them that their citizenship and right to vote is in question. The letters have been reported in 23Show More Summary

Fake Voter Purge Letters Target Florida Republicans

Authorities in Florida are investigating who sent official-looking letters to mostly Republican voters in recent days falsely informing them that their citizenship and right to vote is in question.

5 Voter Misinformation Campaigns To Watch Out For

Though most voter ID laws and voter purges have been thrown out or delayed by judges, voter suppression efforts are still alive and well. With two weeks to Election Day, voters in critical swing states are being inundated with false information and intimidating messages meant to discourage them from voting. While shenanigans have been reported [...]

New numbers in Colorado's voter purge

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has announced the results of his second round of voter purges. Gessler says he found more than 300 suspected noncitizens, to go along with the suspected 141 he found earlier, from an original pool of almost 4,000. Those 300 people are now …

Appeals Court Won’t Rule On Florida Voter Purge Before Election Day

A federal appeals court said Tuesday it will not rule before Election Day on a challenge to Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s aggressive program to purge almost 200 voters from the rolls. That list of 198 voters was pared down from 180,000 individuals, and then to a list of 2,600 that was still riddled with errors. There remains evidence that even [...]

Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge To Florida Voter Purge

The contested voter list has been reduced to 198 voters (and some of them are probably legal voters), but it still illustrates how hard the Republicans fight to leave no stone unturned in their attempts to prevent Democrats from voting: TALLAHASSEE,...Show More Summary

Federal judge approves scaled-down Florida voter purge

8 months agoNews : The Newsroom

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a challenge to Florida's recent voter purge efforts, clearing the way for the removal of about 200 suspected non-U.S. citizens from state voter rolls before the November 6 presidential election. Show More Summary

Video: Republican Party Training ‘Poll Challengers’ In Illegal Voter Suppression

As courts continue to block voter suppression efforts around the county, conservative groups are redoubling efforts to intimidate voters at the polls come Election Day. New Mexico has started its own voter purge of 177,000 people, including a voting rights activist married to a state representative. However, as the law won’t go into effect until [...]

Even Rick Scott Can’t Find Virtually Any Non-Citizen Voters

Earlier this year, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) began a massive voter purge that initially targeted as many as 180,000 individuals to be removed from the state’s voter rolls. It quickly emerged, however, that Scott’s lists were deeply flawed — in one case, a 91 year-old decorated World War II veteran received a purge letter [...]

Mike's Blog Round Up

Fall is in the air! Living on a tropical island, I do miss the splendor of autumn. New Times: Governor McCreepy Pants Continues Dumb Voter Purge Crusade Consumerist Manifesto: A Romney Empty Chair Interview American Chronicles: The Obama and Romney Debates Do Matter In These Times: Brown V. Show More Summary

Florida officials face new legal challenge over voter purge

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Voter protection groups said on Thursday Florida election officials had reneged on an agreement to ease up on efforts to purge non-U.S. citizens from voter rolls and accused the Republican-led administration of trying t...

Tea Party Groups Want Ohio Voters Purged

"Too much of this is going on for this not to be a coordinated effort," said Tim Burke, chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic Party. He was referring to the efforts of Tea Party groups to remove names from the state's voter rosters in what they say is an attempt to prevent ballot fraud. Read full article...

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