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(20,136 posts) Mon Jan 14, 2013, 12:30 PM Jan 2013

Supreme Court rebuffs GOP request to end order aimed at preventing voter intimidation

Source: Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down an effort by the Republican National Committee to end a 30-year-old court order aimed at preventing intimidation of minority voters.

The justices did not comment Monday in rejecting an appeal of lower court decisions that left the order in place at least until 2017.

The order stems from a lawsuit filed by Democrats in New Jersey in 1981 that objected to a “ballot security” program the RNC ran in minority neighborhoods.

Republicans said the order hampers efforts to combat voter fraud, but U.S. District Judge Dickinson Debevoise said voter intimidation remains a threat and preventing it outweighs the potential danger of fraud.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-rebuffs-gop-request-to-end-order-aimed-at-preventing-voter-intimidation/2013/01/14/dbd28c24-5e59-11e2-8acb-ab5cb77e95c8_story.html

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Supreme Court rebuffs GOP request to end order aimed at preventing voter intimidation (Original Post) NYC Liberal Jan 2013 OP

Evil never sleeps. santamargarita Jan 2013 #1

What is this "ballot security?" spinbaby Jan 2013 #2

Ballot security = make sure brown people don't vote. Lil Missy Jan 2013 #4

Don't tell me the GOP isn't racist Jack Rabbit Jan 2013 #3

For real obama2terms Jan 2013 #5

this is very important and buys us some time to ensure that voter suppression samsingh Jan 2013 #6

Voter fraud the old-fashioned way . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #7

This is another John2 Jan 2013 #8

kick Coyotl Jan 2013 #9

santamargarita

(3,170 posts)

1. Evil never sleeps.

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 12:52 PM

Jan 2013

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)

2. What is this "ballot security?"

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 01:48 PM

Jan 2013

The article didn't explain.

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)

4. Ballot security = make sure brown people don't vote.

Reply to spinbaby (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 02:34 PM

Jan 2013

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

3. Don't tell me the GOP isn't racist

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 01:58 PM

Jan 2013

Voter fraud is not a widespread problem. GOP election fraud is.

obama2terms

(563 posts)

5. For real

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 02:53 PM

Jan 2013

The only people the seem to get caught committing voter fraud are repukes

samsingh

(17,601 posts)

6. this is very important and buys us some time to ensure that voter suppression

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 03:02 PM

Jan 2013

won't happen again to such a large extreme as 2000 and 2012

another_liberal

(8,821 posts)

7. Voter fraud the old-fashioned way . . .

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 03:31 PM

Jan 2013

The Republican Party does voter fraud the old-fashioned way, they get a Republican Governor to order his Secretary of State to change the official vote count (worked like a charm in 2000 and in 2004)

John2

(2,730 posts)

8. This is another

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 07:11 PM

Jan 2013

example of the GOP being scared about the changing of America. Instead of changing their Policies, they are trying to prevent certain people from voting and becoming American citizens. They will have a heart attack if we have an Hispanic President one Day. I see this happening in the near future too. We'll probably have a woman President too. They just have to deal with it.

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

9. kick

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:50 PM

Jan 2013

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