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Bozita

(26,955 posts) Sat Oct 6, 2012, 01:54 AM Oct 2012

Citizenship question ordered off voter form - Judge says imposing inquiry is burden

Source: Detroit News

October 6, 2012 at 1:00 am
Citizenship question ordered off voter form
Judge says imposing inquiry is 'burden,' would lead to 'confusion'
By Chad Livengood
Detroit News Lansing Bureau

Detroit — A federal judge late Friday ordered Secretary of State Ruth Johnson to remove a U.S. citizenship question from ballot applications for the Nov. 6 election, citing inconsistent enforcement and potential "confusion" at the polls.

"It really is a burden on the right to vote in terms of slowing things down, in terms of confusion," U.S. District Court Paul Borman said in ruling from the bench after a six-hour hearing.

Johnson, a Republican, said she was disappointed by the judge's ruling. She questioned why she was hauled into court Friday and defended the citizenship question as a tool to root out noncitizens on the voter rolls.

Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121006/POLITICS01/210060356#ixzz28Ukste8X

The article fails to mention that SoS Ruth Johnson is a fucking Teabagger.

Ruth Johnson is what happens when we fail to GOTV!

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Citizenship question ordered off voter form - Judge says imposing inquiry is burden (Original Post) Bozita Oct 2012 OP

Since she's a teabagger could there be a chance she'll ignore the judge's ruling? caveat_imperator Oct 2012 #1

Damn voter suppression..damn republican thugs.. tokenlib Oct 2012 #2

We may see Republican Thugs at the polls this year. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #3

Now, that would Bohunk68 Oct 2012 #4

That violence at the polls may 'please you' psychopomp Oct 2012 #5

We should be prepared for it. If a Right Wing asshole gets beaten up it would be a Freeper Party. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #7

I'd rather see them ... surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #6

Me too. I'd like to see them made an example of in the media too. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #8

caveat_imperator

(193 posts)

1. Since she's a teabagger could there be a chance she'll ignore the judge's ruling?

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 03:46 AM

Oct 2012

All in the name of teahadist-style "freedom", of course.

tokenlib

(4,186 posts)

2. Damn voter suppression..damn republican thugs..

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 04:37 AM

Oct 2012

You already register to vote...and then have to provide picture ID..and then still have to check off a stupid "citizenship" box on the ballot application.. Don't the good volunteers who work the polls have enough to do, with the damn ID swiping and name matching to have to answer for a stupid-ass citizenship box on the form.....

I remember the lines to vote in 2008..just what we need..crap like that ...

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

3. We may see Republican Thugs at the polls this year.

Reply to Bozita (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 04:42 AM

Oct 2012

We may also see them end up in the hospital.

Bohunk68

(1,364 posts)

4. Now, that would

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 06:18 AM

Oct 2012

please me no end and put a huge grin on my face.

psychopomp

(4,668 posts)

5. That violence at the polls may 'please you'

Reply to Bohunk68 (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:10 AM

Oct 2012

I'd hope that such sentiment is not shared by others. Perhaps we can agree to leave brutality out of voting.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

7. We should be prepared for it. If a Right Wing asshole gets beaten up it would be a Freeper Party.

Reply to psychopomp (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:50 AM

Oct 2012

surrealAmerican

(11,362 posts)

6. I'd rather see them ...

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:45 AM

Oct 2012

... end up in jail.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

8. Me too. I'd like to see them made an example of in the media too.

Reply to surrealAmerican (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:56 AM

Oct 2012

Same goes for cops.

Florida 2000, the only road leading to a polling place and the local cops set up a sobriety checkpoint to hassle black people going to vote. They would search the car and everyone inside looking for drugs.

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