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Old 08-21-2013, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Not that I am aware of.
Then you're not too aware. Early voting days have been cut in many states, at the behest of Republican legislatures.
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Old 08-21-2013, 07:41 AM
 
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Not that I am aware of.
You might want to get your head out of the sand because Republicans are slashing early voting.
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Old 08-21-2013, 07:41 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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The intentional use of false or misleading information to affect the outcome of an election is the most common type of voter fraud. People will believe just about anything if the information clicks with their preconceived notions.
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Old 08-21-2013, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Then use an early voting ballot. Problem solved. Next?
Yes lets rearrange a system for early voting that worked just fine, there couldn't possibly an additional motive for making it more difficult for people that work 7 days a week. Let's have long lines with 80 year people waiting or maybe have an agility test where they need to climb a 6 ft wall to vote, I mean if you want to eliminate the elderly why stop at eliminating early voter hours.
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Old 08-21-2013, 08:07 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Not that I am aware of.
North Carolina, Ohio,.....
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Old 08-21-2013, 08:18 AM
 
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Why aren't Liberals protesting all of these other activities that require a photo ID? You can't apply for a job, drive a car, rent or buy a house, buy alcohol or cigarettes, open a bank account, get on a plane, pick up your prescription, etc without a photo ID. It's nearly impossible to legally function in our society without identification.

Why is it so unreasonable for someone to prove who they are when they're choosing our leaders? Because someone may have to spend $10 to get an ID? Why is preventing voter fraud a bad thing?

With how uninformed the average voter is, we should be raising the bar regarding who is able to vote rather than lowering it. Our elections are turning more and more into American Idol, a joke, a popularity contest -- rather than who is best suited to lead and fix our most imminent problems.
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Old 08-21-2013, 08:21 AM
 
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I'm Ok with showing ID to vote and everybody should do that. The absentee ballot thing; I don't know how to cut down on voter fraud there to honest.
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Old 08-21-2013, 08:23 AM
 
Location: Va. Beach
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I did some checking, there is a huge difference between reducing the number of days from 17 to 10 for early voting in NC, vs cutting it. That was the first one I looked it, you all can look at the rest.
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Old 08-21-2013, 08:24 AM
 
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Everybody except land owning white males should have photo ID required to vote, right GOP establishment?
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Old 08-21-2013, 08:25 AM
 
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They are too stupid to realize that ID's on election day are moot when you do absentee voting.
So let's just not do anything to protect the vote then?
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