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xloadiex

(628 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:42 PM Mar 2016

Thom Hartmann reporting

California voters discovering they are kicked off the voting database. After Thom reported this a listener called and said after hearing what he reported she decided to check even though she has been a dem voter for 40 years. To her surprise, her registration is nowhere to be found.

Please check your registration.
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status/

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djordan

(14 posts)
1. I'd have never thought that the democratic party would ever
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:51 PM
Mar 2016

indulge in voter suppression. Bernie truly seems to be the last best hope now.

mak3cats

(1,573 posts)
15. I did every member of my family that I could...
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:05 PM
Mar 2016

...screen shot, printed them, and handed them out. We'll all have them with us on Election Day. (Of course, I keep checking in the interim too.)

appalachiablue

(41,146 posts)
3. In response to a caller who said he thinks the CA problem is only LA County,
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:55 PM
Mar 2016

Thom said they've received calls from people whose registration is messed up in NH, OR, NY, CA., etc.

- CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS!! -

xloadiex

(628 posts)
6. Right
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:00 PM
Mar 2016

I think this was much wider spread than it has been reported. It's just now that people are catching on.

appalachiablue

(41,146 posts)
12. Unfortunately that appears to be the case. Something rotten in the US alright.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:35 PM
Mar 2016

*Helpful website for info. on HOW TO VOTE FOR BERNIE suggested by TH today- voteforbernie.org, not affiliated with the official campaign.

*VOTEFORBERNIE.ORG WEBSITE*- LEARN HOW TO VOTE FOR BERNIE IN YOUR STATE:
http://voteforbernie.org/

-WHY Is Voting in the Primaries Important?-

>In recent elections, voter turnout for primaries has been abysmal — many states had fewer than 10% of eligible voters participate, compared to around 60% in the General Election. Because voter turnout in primaries is so low, your vote matters even more!

And remember this: Primaries are Bernie vs. Hillary, not Bernie vs. Trump! Primaries are between candidates of the same party, unlike in the General Election. The winner of the Democratic Primary is nominated by the Democratic Party to go head-to-head against the winner of the Republican Primary.

Don’t get me wrong, voting in the General Election is still very important, and if Bernie wins the Primary Election, you’ll need to vote for him again on November 8th for the General Election, but in this particular instance, the Primary Election is even more important! If Bernie does not win the Democratic Primary Election, you can’t vote for him in the General Election! And that would be bad, because it could mean the Presidency going to the GOP.
>Bernie already polls well against GOP candidates — even better than Hillary — but Hillary has the deck stacked in her favor, and the only way for a candidate like Bernie to win the primary is MASSIVE VOTER TURNOUT. Continued...

DhhD

(4,695 posts)
16. I know this is about the Primary right now, but I am wondering if my registration has been changed
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:18 PM
Mar 2016

in Texas to suppress my vote in upcoming local elections and the GE in November. How about all the folks that are not hearing about this as I have not seen anything about Arizona even on the big corporate TV stations.

Texas is an extremist, Tea government state. The TX Primary was March 2.

http://www.texascivilrightsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NVRA-Complaint-W.D.-Tex.-Case-No.-16-cv-00257.pdf

Kittycat

(10,493 posts)
4. Shared with one of my friends in CA, who is a Teacher &
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:59 PM
Mar 2016

Education Activist. She's already pushing it out. Thank you for posting.

Land of Enchantment

(1,217 posts)
9. There was a thread about 10 days ago from a DUer in San Fran who said they
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:03 PM
Mar 2016

had been removed from the rolls. Also--voters from IL, OR and MA to add to the lists. I suspect it is MORE than one group doing this--Thom seems to want to blame Chris Kobach (KS Secy of State) for removing Dems from the rolls. That doesn't make sense because the R's are not THAT stupid. They would wait until after primary season if they wanted to disenfranchise Dems--not before the primaries where the disenfranchisement would be discovered.


awake

(3,226 posts)
11. As the Republican party circles the drain the DNC is turning into the new "Republican Light Party"
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:26 PM
Mar 2016

There are some nasty shit going down and our party's leadership is selling out to Right Wing tactics to hold on to power.
Democrats use to be of and for the people those days appear to be almost over, I feel that Bernie is our only hope of getting the party back to its FDR roots.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
14. Probably a program created by Kris Kobach. No wonder they didn't force him to resign when he
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:33 PM
Mar 2016

threatened the president.

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