By Mindy Fischer on March 30, 2018
2016, affidavit, an election judge allowed her to cast a provisional ballot, convicted felons can't vote until they complete their full sentence, conviction, criminal, Crystal Mason, Dallas News, elections, felon, five years in prison, illegal, Mason, never told that she couldn't vote, prison, provisional ballot, sentenced, she didn't carefully read the affidavit, supervised release, Texas woman, Texas woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegally voting in 2016, this story is unbelievable, vote, voting, voting illegally, voting rights
Elections 2016, Human Interest, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Uncategorized, Women's issues
This story is unbelievable. On Wednesday, a Texas woman was sentenced to five years in prison for voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election. On Thursday, the Dallas News reported, “Crystal Mason, 43, was on supervised release for a 2011 conviction for tax fraud when she voted. In Texas, convicted felons can’t vote until they […]
By Mindy Fischer on February 8, 2018
2016 election, before our democracy is attacked again, cybersecurity, Department of Homeland Security, elections, haven't found evidence that there were any changes made to the registration rolls, Jeanette Manfra, Jeh Johnson, NBC News, Russia, Russia attack, Russia investigation, Russia's interference, successfully penetrated, targeting 21 states, top US official says Russians successfully penetrated US voter systems, voter registration databases, voter registration rolls, voter systems, voting, we're still doing nothing about it, when are we going to actually do something about it
Elections 2016, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Russia investigation, Uncategorized
And we’re still doing nothing about it. On Wednesday, NBC News reported, “The U.S. official in charge of protecting American elections from hacking says the Russians successfully penetrated the voter registration rolls of several U.S. states prior to the 2016 presidential election.” Jeanette Manfra is the head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security. […]
By Mindy Fischer on October 25, 2017
ACLU, Alabama, Alabama elections officials trying to send nearly 700 people to prison for crossover voting, crossover vote, crossover voting, Democratic Senate primary, Democrats, Doug Jones, elections, fear, GOP primary runoff, ignorance is no excuse, intimidation, investigation, Luther Strange, Merrill, new law, primary, prosecute, prosecution, Randall Marshall, republicans, right to vote, Roy Moore, runoff, secretary of state John Merrill, Senate, send all of them to prison, special election, switched parties, ThinkProgress, vote, voter suppression, voting, voting rights
Corruption, Elections, GOP, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Republicans, Right Wing Hatred
674 voters in Alabama switched parties between the Democratic Senate primary and the Republican runoff. Now the Alabama Republican secretary of state is trying to send all of them to prison for five years. In May, Alabama passed a new law banning crossover voting. The new law says that if an Alabama citizen votes in […]
By Mindy Fischer on September 29, 2017
after months of denial, Alisyn Camerota, cable news, Camerota, causing division, CNN, defend their vote, denial, election, focus groups, he started losing faith, I'm just not impressed, obsess over petty things, panel, particularly upset, regretted their vote, starting to see the light, these Trump voters finally admit that they screwed up, they regret voting for him, took particular offense, Trump voters, Trump's attacks, vote, voting, what have we done, what is really going on
Conservatives, Donald Trump, Elections 2016, Politics, Press/Media, Republicans, Trump supporters, Videos
Trump voters are finally starting to see the light. This group now says that they regret voting for him. “WHAT have we done?” Since the election, the media has done many of these focus groups with Trump voters. And for months, we’ve been listening to them defend Trump – or at least defend their vote […]
By Mindy Fischer on August 9, 2017
2018 midterms, 82nd house district, a very good sign, celebrate, Curt Hanson, Democrats, Democrats just did something amazing in Trump country, Dems, elections, gaining incredible momentum, great news, huge win, Iowa, Oklahoma, Phil Miller, Republicans took a shellacking, some great wins, special elections, Trump trend, unexpected wins, very red seats, voting, Washington Journal, winning, winning state seats
Democrats, Elections, great news, Partisan Politics and Policy, Politics, Resist
This is a very good sign. While Trump continues to act like an incompetent buffoon, Dems are quietly winning state seats in special elections in Trump country. The Democrats have been overperforming in all of the special elections since Trump took office. And now they’re gaining incredible momentum with some great wins. They have picked […]
By Mindy Fischer on October 22, 2016
Donald Trump, election, election crimes, election day, go poll watch and intimidate voters, know your rights, our electoral process, poll watchers, poll watching, polling place, regulate the process, state laws, vote, voter fraud, voter intimidation, voter intimidation laws by state, voter supression, voting
Elections 2016, Politics, Right Wing Hatred
With Donald Trump telling his supporters to go poll watch and intimidate voters, it’s important to know the laws of your state. If you see voter fraud or voter intimidation on election day, here’s what you do…. According to the U.S Code 18, sub-section 594, voter intimidation is defined as, “Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or […]
By Mindy Fischer on October 20, 2016
African Americans and Hispanics, ballot security, citing important court decree, consent decree, court decree, Donald Trump, intimidate minority voters, intimidate voters, minority voters, poll watchers, poll watching, republicans, Repubs settled the lawsuit, RNC, RNC warns Repubs not to poll watch, shady mailer campaign, violating a decades-old consent decree, voting
Elections 2016, Politics, Republicans
The RNC is now warning Republicans not to engage in “ballot security” activities including poll watching. They are worried about violating a decades-old consent decree mandated by the courts. In 1981 Democrats filed a lawsuit against the Republicans over a New Jersey gubernatorial election. The Repubs were accused of using off-duty cops to intimidate minority […]
By Mindy Fischer on November 23, 2015
affordable college education, anti-discrimination laws, clean air and water for our children, climate change, college loan reform, discrimination and bigotry, education, elections, elections 2016, environmentally friendly legislation, every vote matters, Freedom of religion laws, gay rights and gay marriage, healthcare, Obamacare, the ages of Supreme Court Justices, the economy, the supreme court, trickle down economics, voting, you must vote in 2016
Activism, education, Elections, Elections 2016, environment, Healthcare, LGBT, Politics, Uncategorized
If taking one good look at the Clown Car doesn’t give you a big enough reason to vote in 2016, here’s 8 more reasons why you can’t afford to sit this one out… As we watch the Republican party fall further and further into the dark abyss of insanity, it is important to remember that […]
By Mindy Fischer on November 2, 2014
politics, Senate, voting
Politics
This Tuesday is Election Day and while many in the media are projecting that the Republicans will take control of the Senate, there are actually several reasons why they could be wrong. There is also a very real chance that we won’t know who has won control until long after Tuesday night. According to Real […]
By Mindy Fischer on October 26, 2014
politics, voting
Politics
With our current do-nothing Congress it may be easy to imagine that nothing much would change if the Republicans won control of the Senate in November, right? Wrong. Actually there is a lot that could change. For starters, any chances of getting nominations through, like say, a sorely needed surgeon general, or a new attorney […]
