Clinton and Boxer write new voting rights bill

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:49 pm

Link:
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/2/26/204031/168

This is possibly the best, most well-thought-out legislation I've seen come out of Washington in the last 5 years.
Not only does it require paper ballots for every voting machine in the country, and restricts certain political activities of voting officials as well as voting-machine industry executives, as well as making voter manipulations federal crimes, but it makes Election Day a federal holiday! I'm sure the republicans are going to do everything they can to keep this from going through - especially since the holiday part will allow millions of poorer people to vote who normally wouldn't be able to.
With the Congress strongly controlled by republicans, I'm not too sure how far the bill will go, but I'm also curious what kind of slanderous talk they would be able to work up about denying people the right to vote, if they really want to stall the bill out.

At any rate, it's still good news, and it's good to see that at least a couple of our elected officials are paying attention, besides just Ron Paul and Waxman.

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:51 pm

Side note: Henry Waxman is the ugliest politician on the planet.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:25 pm

Fucking A he is. He's uglier than Ron Howard's little brother.

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:31 pm

I'd certainly like to see SOME form of accountability put in place in this sham of an electoral process. When you have people like that asshole CEO of Diebold publicly promising to get monleyboy elected and no one freaks the fuck out about it, something's badly off-kilter.
Speaking of that, does anyone have a link to that prick making that statement? I know I heard(read) him saying it, and I have folks here at work that don't believe me.

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:32 pm

R00k wrote:Fucking A he is. He's uglier than Ron Howard's little brother.

Fucking LOL!

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:33 pm

:lol: Poor Henry, it doesn't take much Photoshoppery at all to make him look like the stuff of nightmares. :lol:

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:33 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Post by **Hannibal** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:10 pm

Geezus.

Post by **CaseDogg** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:16 pm

R00k wrote:Link:
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/2/26/204031/168

This is possibly the best, most well-thought-out legislation I've seen come out of Washington in the last 5 years.
Not only does it require paper ballots for every voting machine in the country, and restricts certain political activities of voting officials as well as voting-machine industry executives, as well as making voter manipulations federal crimes, but it makes Election Day a federal holiday! I'm sure the republicans are going to do everything they can to keep this from going through - especially since the holiday part will allow millions of poorer people to vote who normally wouldn't be able to.
With the Congress strongly controlled by republicans, I'm not too sure how far the bill will go, but I'm also curious what kind of slanderous talk they would be able to work up about denying people the right to vote, if they really want to stall the bill out.

At any rate, it's still good news, and it's good to see that at least a couple of our elected officials are paying attention, besides just Ron Paul and Waxman.

it still wound't of made bush loose!

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:18 pm

Nightshade wrote:I'd certainly like to see SOME form of accountability put in place in this sham of an electoral process. When you have people like that asshole CEO of Diebold publicly promising to get monleyboy elected and no one freaks the fuck out about it, something's badly off-kilter.
Speaking of that, does anyone have a link to that prick making that statement? I know I heard(read) him saying it, and I have folks here at work that don't believe me.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.htm

Post by **Hannibal** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:19 pm

wtf

http://www.umberttheunborn.com/

Post by **R00k** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:53 pm

lol, wtf?

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:13 pm

Awesome. I hope this passes.

Post by **-Replicant-** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:23 pm

amazing legislation, except as the comments under that link point out, republicans will try to shove this one under the table and out of the public's eyes. its really meant as a piece of legislation to show people what dems would do in power for the upcoming midterm elections. Smart move by clinton and boxer, i gotta admit. here's hoping it even makes it to the senate floor

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