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Sen. Clinton Pushes for Voting Holiday [Better hope it doesn't rain!]
NY Daily News ^
| February 18, 2005
| DEVLIN BARRETT
Posted on 02/17/2005 9:18:36 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper
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To: BigSkyFreeper
"I think it's also necessary to make sure our elections meet the highest national standards," said the New York senator.
They would if your party didn't bring back to life all the dead on Nov 2.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:19:51 PM PST
by
Brian328i
To: BigSkyFreeper
Allow ex-felons to vote. Currently an estimated 4.7 million Americans are barred from voting because of their criminal records. If that happens conservatives might never win another election
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:20:11 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Old Media is at war with the New Media...... We are all Matt Drudges now.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
-Require paper receipts for votes.
Btw, what good would paper receipts actaully do besides cause waste of paper? This from the party that claims to be the enviroment's friend?
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:21:31 PM PST
by
Brian328i
To: GeronL
Allow ex-felons to vote. Currently an estimated 4.7 million Americans are barred from voting because of their criminal records.
If that happens conservatives might never win another election
I think that's their intent.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:23:23 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Smoke free since January 16, 2005)
To: Brian328i
Creating a paper trail is just asking for vote fraud.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:24:17 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Smoke free since January 16, 2005)
To: BigSkyFreeper
How about starting with the Military Vote, Senator? Did I miss that in your list of prospective LIBERAL voters you want to re-enfranchise and purchase votes from?
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:26:50 PM PST
by
digger48
To: BigSkyFreeper
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:26:56 PM PST
by
Mike Darancette
(MESOCONS FOR RICE '08)
To: BigSkyFreeper
They better be careful what they wish for. This may very well increase the amount of Republican voters far more than Democrats.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:27:21 PM PST
by
msnimje
To: BigSkyFreeper
If it's a holiday, everyone will be on vacation and no one will vote.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:27:24 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(Every time I think about exercise, I lie down till the thought goes away.)
To: b4its2late
If it's a holiday, everyone will be on vacation and no one will vote.
Now, let's see if I get this picture: if its a work day then liberals get to take time off from work to go vote. If it's a holiday, then they can sleep in, head for the beach, a movie ..... h-m-m-m......which do you think would appeal to liberals? Some time off from working, or time to get away from it all. Somehow, I don't picture a 'holiday' helping the liberals.
To: BigSkyFreeper
How about moving Election Day to April 15th, Senator Clinton!!
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:36:53 PM PST
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Exactly - a paper trial could be the receipt that corrupt organizations (unions?) will use to enforce voting solidarity.
I could imagine a bar-coded receipt (like the digitized representation of my finger print on my GA driver's license) that could be read by secure equipment and decoded to perform an audit of the vote tabulation by sampling a small percentage of receipts.
But a simple English receipt of vote choices would be a) easy to simulate and b) lead to intimidation of voters.
To: GeronL
Allow ex-felons to vote? How do you become an EX-felon?............
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:56:34 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(I call her GODZILLARY because she went to NYC and made her nest there, too.........)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
The long and short of this article, particularly in Hillary's case, is she believes she's entitled to the Presidency, even if she has to go so low as to steal it.
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:59:19 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Smoke free since January 16, 2005)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/17/2005 9:59:25 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Old Media is at war with the New Media...... We are all Matt Drudges now.)
To: b4its2late
"If it's a holiday, everyone will be on vacation and no one will vote."
Bull, if this bill passes federal employees will get another free day off at the expense of the private sector. As far as I can tell by my contact with government employees, they have 70% of every day off.
To: BigSkyFreeper
Citizens do not need a whole day off to vote. But fraudulent voters need the whole day off to vote repeatedly. Voting five, six or ten times can be quite time consuming I'm sure.
The only thing I think I agree with is a paper trail.
What's missing is verifiable ID and proof of citizenship.
To: All
This is a partisan issue, despite what Kerry and Clinton say. The democrats would love to see ex-felons vote and a strong number of democrats would like to see incarcerated felons be able to cast ballots. And a federal holiday on Election Day would guarantee only one group of workers the day off to vote--government workers. Private companies would not be required to give their workers a full day off. This is all about giving the democrats an advantage for the 2008 presidential election.
"Both parties have called for changes to ensure a more accurate vote count. Republican efforts have centered on reducing voter fraud, while Democrats have called for making access to the ballot box easier and simpler."
The GOP wants less fraud; the democrats want easier access for ex-felons.
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posted on
02/17/2005 10:55:58 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Smoke free since January 16, 2005)
To: Red Badger
Allow ex-felons to vote? How do you become an EX-felon?............ The best way is to get pardoned by Bill Clinton.
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