Comments on: Preventing Voter Suppression

By: Protect the right to vote! « Feminist Philosophers

Protect the right to vote! « Feminist Philosophers — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:45:23 +0000

[...] 2008 Filed under: politics — Jender @ 3:45 pm Tags: democracy, voting Cara at Feministe has a great post on things you can do to help make sure that people are able to vote in the US election (if [...]

By: derskorpion

derskorpion — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:09:30 +0000

I was almost prevented from voting because my passport- an emergency passport issued outside the country- did not have my address on it. I was allowed to vote because I had a print-off of the election board’s website stating acceptable forms of ID. If I hadn’t have had the hard copy, I wouldn’t have been allowed to vote. Be aware!

Also, is there any place where a voter can go to confirm their vote?

By: SnowdropExplodes

SnowdropExplodes — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:28:26 +0000

Jesus wept! Somebody ought to point out to the Republicans that, before they start trying to export democracy to other places like Iraq and Afghanistan, they ought to figure out how to do it properly in their own country!

It boggles my mind, living in the UK, that people could have these problems in an advanced nation like the USA – I remember seeing on the television those long queues in 2004 mentioned in the video and thinking it looked exactly like those images of African nations getting their first chance at a democratically run election.

I just wish I could be of some practical help to you guys in making sure the dirty tricks don’t work.

By: Bagelsan

Bagelsan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:31:30 +0000

Thanks! I put all those numbers in my phone just now. Great links!