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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 09:06 PM
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Someone Needs To Get The WH To Comment On The Garland Cty, Ark. Voter Disinfrancisement......
Edited on Wed Jun-09-10 09:07 PM by global1
from 42 polling places to 2. Something was going on down there and I want the WH to comment on this underhanded stunt and comment on the lawsuit.

They know darn well what the intent of this stunt was - and I want to hear them even try to stick up for the stunt. Get them on the record.

What do you think the WH will say?
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 09:10 PM
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1. Voter disenfranchisement is okay when it serves the elites
Now watch this drive!
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 09:11 PM
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2. These things are OK when our people do them. n/t
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Coyote_Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-09-10 10:39 PM
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3. Ummmm......
I spend enough time in Arkansas to claim residency there, was born and raised there, have family and extended family there, and can document connections in the state that extend back to the early 1800s.

Only 14 of the state's 75 counties have a population of over 50,000. The population of the entire state is less than 3 million. Eleven counties have a population of less than 10,000 people. An additional 27 counties have a population of less than 20,000 people. An additional 15 counties have a population of less than 30,000 people. Most of these smaller counties have extremely high poverty rates - rates that sometimes exceed those of the poorest Appalachian areas.

I can't help but note that nobody is complaining about the difficulty some of these folks had voting in the limited number of polling places. In the meantime there were only about 12,000 voters who bothered to vote in the Dem primary in Garland County. It is a predominately rural state. Only a small minority of voters have polling places near their homes. The majority of voters travel to a polling place. No fucking way those Garland COunty voters were more disenfranchised than voters in the majority of the state.

Garland County May Dem primary results here:
http://www.votenaturally.org/electionresults/index.php?ac:show:contest_countywide=1&elecid=211&countyid=26&contestid=3

The majority of Arkansans could care less what Obama says. Clinton layalties there are still deep. There are still resentments from the Hillary/Obama primary ugliness. Dems are not the majority party. Arkansas has consistently been among the ten states giving Obama the lowest job approval rating - and that approval rating has been below 40% for over 6 months.

It has been obvious to the people of Arkansas that outside interests (of both Dem and Puke varieties) wanted to substitute their agendas and priorities for those of the people of Arkansas. They are offended by the arrogance.

If Blanche goes down in defeat and if that Senate seat goes to the Pukes then I will blame the fucking carpetbaggers. Who the hell do they think they are to substitute their agenda and their priorities for that of the people of Arkansas?
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