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President Obama is issuing a new executive order on Thursday aimed at cracking down on election problems — but specifics are still scarce. Read between the lines of the group’s mission statement, and it seems the group will be overseeing state election laws, to at least some degree. Politico reports Mr. Obama’s order creates a new presidential commission on election body, co-chaired by two lawyers, Bob Bauer and Ben Ginsburg. Mr. Bauer served on the campaign of Mr. Obama in 2012; Mr. Ginsberg, on Mitt Romney’s campaign, Politico says. Mr. Obama first announced the creation of this administrative body during his State of the Union speech. But the White House has yet to detail how exactly the commission will act. The terms of the executive order require members to create and present a report directly to Mr. Obama every six months. One of its considerations: How to “shorten lines and promote the efficient conduct of elections,” Politico reports. The commission, in general, has an overall mission to “serve as a best practices guide for state and local election officials to improve voters’ experience at the polls under their existing election laws,” Politico says.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
After the GOP did all they could to keep people (Democrats) from voting in the last election, I'm glad someone is doing something about it. Clearly, some central body should be regulating state's voting laws to ensure that people aren't being discriminated against.
We SHOULD be freely able to vote. Access to to the voting booth should not be blocked or limited. ALL citizens should have free access to vote.
I don't see how this can be seen as a bad thing. I want all eligible people to vote... Don't you?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
After the GOP did all they could to keep people (Democrats) from voting in the last election, I'm glad someone is doing something about it. Clearly, some central body should be regulating state's voting laws to ensure that people aren't being discriminated against.
We SHOULD be freely able to vote. Access to to the voting booth should not be blocked or limited. ALL citizens should have free access to vote.
I don't see how this can be seen as a bad thing. I want all eligible people to vote... Don't you?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
After the GOP did all they could to keep people (Democrats) from voting in the last election, I'm glad someone is doing something about it. Clearly, some central body should be regulating state's voting laws to ensure that people aren't being discriminated against.
We SHOULD be freely able to vote. Access to to the voting booth should not be blocked or limited. ALL citizens should have free access to vote.
I don't see how this can be seen as a bad thing. I want all eligible people to vote... Don't you?
Originally posted by OBone....Look at the mess made of our election system with the 2000 and 2004 presidential race and in If you look at our current levels of "Police State" you cannot ignore the fact W and his Cabal royally screwed the American people with his Rights trampling Patriot Act, which was passed , largely along partisan lines. So, who's really responsible for those eyes in the skies, making the paranoid rational? Liberals are the last to want our civil rights eroded, they look for oportunities to allow the minorities and/or fringe (non-violent) to have a voice. In my humble opinion, Obama is a GOOD MAN, trying his very best to steer our disabled nation out of dangerous waters, all the while he's blocked at every turn and condemened for his every action. Thankless job for a ungratefull nation.