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uponit7771

(90,359 posts) Mon Oct 15, 2018, 09:24 PM Oct 2018

Just mentioned on TRMS she shows GOP law in ND where provisional ballots are ... NOT ... counted !!

Just mentioned on TRMS she shows GOP law where provisional ballots are ... NOT ... counted if a person doesn't come back to verify some address information.

Seems like the GOP has been making laws like this regarding provisional ballots for the last 15 years and is a big part of their voter suppression efforts.

I'm thinking minimum there should be exit polling for provisional ballots so there is some kind of empirical idea how effective these voter suppression measures are in red states.

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Just mentioned on TRMS she shows GOP law in ND where provisional ballots are ... NOT ... counted !! (Original Post) uponit7771 Oct 2018 OP

I think having to come back and bring proof of address AJT Oct 2018 #1

If they want to suppress votes it sounds like something standard. Those votes most likely wont be uponit7771 Oct 2018 #2

AJT

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1. I think having to come back and bring proof of address

Reply to uponit7771 (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 09:52 PM

Oct 2018

if one isn't supplied is pretty standard.

uponit7771

(90,359 posts)

2. If they want to suppress votes it sounds like something standard. Those votes most likely wont be

Reply to AJT (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 15, 2018, 10:07 PM

Oct 2018

... counted before a winner is announced.

Also, how many people are going to have time to go through that process of getting address proof etc.

We should know where there is a high percentage of provisional ballots given via exit polling at the least

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