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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Tue May 20, 2014, 05:55 PM May 2014

AR-Gov: Asa Hutchinson (R) Turned Away from Polls Because of Voter ID Law



Asa Hutchinson was turned away from the polls because he didn’t have proper ID as required under Arkansas’s Voter ID Law. Given Asa’s support for making it harder for Arkansans to cast a ballot, you’d think he would have been prepared to produce his ID at the polls.

Asa Hutchinson?
@AsaHutchinson
A: I support the voter id law. The integrity of the ballot box is essential to democracy. #AskAsaAR [Twitter, 8/28/2013]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/20/1300715/-AR-Gov-Asa-Hutchinson-R-Turned-Away-from-Polls-Because-of-Voter-ID-Law
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AR-Gov: Asa Hutchinson (R) Turned Away from Polls Because of Voter ID Law (Original Post) mfcorey1 May 2014 OP
Karma, baby! City Lights May 2014 #1
Probably staged LordGlenconner May 2014 #2
staged? kardonb May 2014 #20
Lets his old folk friends know that they had better get their ID ready so they will be able to vote DhhD May 2014 #28
he, of course, deemed himself above the law. spanone May 2014 #3
could not happen to a nicer asshole lostincalifornia May 2014 #4
Asa also found out today, he's not quite as "special" as he thought he was..LOL...n/t monmouth3 May 2014 #5
I'll bet that was embarrassing. Louisiana1976 May 2014 #6
I dont know about you all but these voter suppression laws infuriate me. randys1 May 2014 #7
Hoist . . . petard . . . madamesilverspurs May 2014 #8
Voter ID laws as enacted are an abomination clearly intended to dishonour veterans who Fred Sanders May 2014 #9
"The integrity of the ballot box is essential to democracy" winter is coming May 2014 #10
During the Clinton impeachment xfundy May 2014 #11
Haha, DUzy! =) AverageJoe90 May 2014 #14
Bwahahahaha rickyhall May 2014 #12
K&R :-P DeSwiss May 2014 #13
Asa Hutchinson is not the Gov of Arkansas Hannahcares May 2014 #15
Yeah.. iamthebandfanman May 2014 #16
I believe "AR-Gov" refers to the Arkansas governor's race KamaAina May 2014 #17
assa hutchinson. calimary May 2014 #18
That's hysterical.....serves him right. But, the headline is incorrect, he's RUNNING for Gov., not. George II May 2014 #19
That's just priceless! Snarkoleptic May 2014 #21
The chickens have come home to roost. muntrv May 2014 #22
Excellent. EEO May 2014 #23
He probably thought he knew someone, that knew someone who knew the Baitball Blogger May 2014 #24
Karma is a b$%ch nt okaawhatever May 2014 #25
@GOP Ark. gubernatorial candidate forgets ID at poll---He had his riversedge May 2014 #26
A paid govt employee doing private work? RobertEarl May 2014 #30
Karma. LisaL May 2014 #27
seriously? Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #29
Did he try to play the "Do you know who I am?" card? SwankyXomb May 2014 #31

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
28. Lets his old folk friends know that they had better get their ID ready so they will be able to vote
Tue May 20, 2014, 08:47 PM
May 2014

at the poles in November. They have little to do all day so it would be easy to get the proper ID ready.

randys1

(16,286 posts)
7. I dont know about you all but these voter suppression laws infuriate me.
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:08 PM
May 2014
https://twitter.com/DidTheyLetUVote


The rightwing terrorists will now say "See, these laws were not meant to prevent Black people and students and old people from voting after all"

Yes, they are meant for that, and to me they are an attack on my freedom and my country and why we are fucking standing for any of it I just dont fucking know.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
9. Voter ID laws as enacted are an abomination clearly intended to dishonour veterans who
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:38 PM
May 2014

died to preserve the right to vote in a free election, the purpose so painfully clear that only in a nation that has a corrupt judiciary and a corrupt media could such intent not be known.

Veterans For Voting is an organization long overdue to speak against the outrage, they may be the only ones with true authority now, because racism in America is over, the corrupt Supreme Court said so.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
10. "The integrity of the ballot box is essential to democracy"
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:40 PM
May 2014

And whose black boxes is this voting taking place on?

George II

(67,782 posts)
19. That's hysterical.....serves him right. But, the headline is incorrect, he's RUNNING for Gov., not.
Tue May 20, 2014, 07:39 PM
May 2014

...already the governor.

riversedge

(70,242 posts)
26. @GOP Ark. gubernatorial candidate forgets ID at poll---He had his
Tue May 20, 2014, 08:43 PM
May 2014

staffer go get it. Easy way out for the Gov.

@GOP Ark. gubernatorial candidate forgets ID at poll http://centurylink.net/news/read/category/Politics/article/the_associated_press-ark_gubernatorial_candidate_forgets_id_at_poll-ap#.U3v1spxb28E.twitter … #p3


........Spokesman Christian Olson told The Associated Press that Asa Hutchinson forgot his ID when he attempted to vote at the polls in Bentonville on Monday. Olson says a staffer was able to retrieve the ID and bring it to Hutchinson so he could vote.

This election marks the first statewide test of the law requiring voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. A state judge has ruled the measure unconstitutional, but suspended his ruling and said he won't prevent enforcement of the law during the primary.........

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)
31. Did he try to play the "Do you know who I am?" card?
Tue May 20, 2014, 10:17 PM
May 2014

If so, an alert poll watcher can have him disqualified, and sent to a hospital where he can get the treatment he so dearly needs..

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