Voter Suppression

[ElCid]

Now that the Republicans have pretty much thrown in the towel, what voter suppression tactics are they working on for the future.  Obviously their current ones did not succeed in electing Trump.  Although a lot of other Republican candidates did get elected.

With a far more friendly "conservative" Federal court system, they should be able to get just about anything approved.  Especially the 6-3 US Supreme Court as they always fall back on the old it's a political issue, not a judicial one to avoid having to hear lower court decisions favorable to Republicans.

[Bogie56]

I felt like throwing a shoe at the television last night when Rick Santorum said that Donald Trump was absolutely right in that mail in ballots were rife with fraud and had to go.

[ElCid]

22 minutes ago, Bogie56 said:

I felt like throwing a shoe at the television last night when Rick Santorum said that Donald Trump was absolutely right in that mail in ballots were rife with fraud and had to go.

Look for major revisions of absentee, mail-in and early voting in Red states.  Also, changing state and federal district boundaries to concentrate more Democratic leaning voters into fewer districts or districts diluted by more Republican leaning voters.

[ElCid]

22 hours ago, ElCid said:

Look for major revisions of absentee, mail-in and early voting in Red states.  Also, changing state and federal district boundaries to concentrate more Democratic leaning voters into fewer districts or districts diluted by more Republican leaning voters.

Add in fewer polling places and fewer machines and workers in Democratic leaning areas and more in Republican leaning areas.

[Bogie56]

Ron Brownstein just speculated that part of the Trump voter fraud affair is a signal to State GOP officials that they must step up their voter suppression efforts.

[ElCid]

16 hours ago, Bogie56 said:

Ron Brownstein just speculated that part of the Trump voter fraud affair is a signal to State GOP officials that they must step up their voter suppression efforts.

Possibly, but I doubt they need any encouragement.  Of course, other Republican candidates fared much better than Trump.

Read where Nev. Republican legislators are already attacking mail-in voting, as are Republicans in other states.  It will be much more restricted in 2022 than it was in 2020.

[NipkowDisc]

On 11/24/2020 at 11:32 AM, Bogie56 said:

I felt like throwing a shoe at the television last night when Rick Santorum said that Donald Trump was absolutely right in that mail in ballots were rife with fraud and had to go.

santorum has been a prongwad since he lost his senate seat.

[Bogie56]

All In: The Fight For Democracy

Synopsis:

In anticipation of the 2020 presidential election, All In: The Fight For Democracy examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States The film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our democracy from the very beginning. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the documentary offers an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.

[Swithin]

On 11/28/2020 at 11:40 AM, NipkowDisc said:

santorum has been a prongwad since he lost his senate seat.

What's a prongwad? I googled it, and it led me to a link for Nipkow/TCM!