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You can show new documentation you never had to show in order to vote before and hundreds of thousands of people in virginia don t have. even the old i.d. you got last year from the state, last year when they made voting harder and had to send out special cards to help them vote, even that i.d. from the state will not be good enough anymore under the new law. in washington, d.c. at the federal level, president obama has just established a bipartisan commission to try to fix what has gone so wrong with the basic running of the elections in this country, but in the states where they re actually making policy on these matters, already this year we have seen 55 measures introduced to make voting harder. not easier, harder, in 30 states. it s as if republicans in state legislatures looked at the debacle of 2012, the stay in line election and lawsuits over new requirements for voting and couldn t wait to order a second helping for that. ....
Year from the state, last year when they made voting harder and had to send out special cards to help them vote, even that i.d. from the state will not be good enough anymore under the new law. in washington, d.c. at the federal level, president obama has just established a bipartisan commission to try to fix what has gone so wrong with the basic running of the elections in this country, but in the states where they re actually making policy on these matters, already this year we have seen 55 measures introduced to make voting harder. not easier, harder, in 30 states. it s as if republicans in state legislatures looked at the debacle of 2012, the stay in line election and lawsuits over new requirements for voting and couldn t wait to order a second helping of that. today, arkansas republicans finished passing laws to make voting harder, a democrat governor vetoed the bill, but they overrided it, so it will be much harder to vote in the great state of arkansas. ....
With lines of a dizzying length in florida and virginia and ohio and maryland and north carolina and nevada and indiana, this was the stay in line election. people urging voters to please stay in line. no matter who you re voting for, stay in line, do not give up. #stayinline. not for any partisan outcome, but for the sake of your right the to vote. your heroism and patriotism were inspiring. you were going to vote, doggone it, no matter what. by making that sacrifice, you, you may have inspired change, or at least the chance for change. i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time by the way, we have to fix that. ....
Seven hours and more. with lines of a dizzying length in florida and virginia and ohio and maryland and north carolina and nevada and indiana, this was the stay in line election. people urging voters to please stay in line. no matter who you re voting for, stay in line, do not give up. #stayin #stayinline. not for any partisan outcome, but for the sake of your right the to vote. your heroism and patriotism were inspiring. you were going to vote, doggone it, no matter what. by making that sacrifice, you, you may have inspired change, or at least the chance for change. i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time by the way, ....
Are so damned. then early voters in miami not part of partisan campaigning? and if we cannot fix it now after the stay in line election, when else could we ever fix this? why wouldn t at uc irvine and the author of the voting wars from florida 2000 to the next election meltdown. why do you think the lines are so damn long in this election? well, some of the reason is because there was a deliberate effort in ohio and florida and other places mostly with republican legislatures to cut back the numbers of days and hours of early voting. i think this was seen as a way of depressing democratic turnout. people seemed to stay in line for a long time but it certainly seemed to be intended to make it harder for people to vote. you have argued that congress should step in and do something to fix the problems. what power does congress hold here? well, you know, congress can do a lot more than you might think. because the constitutions gives congress the power to set the rules for congress ....