They tried to keep my sister from voting.

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TygrBright (20,708 posts)

They tried to keep my sister from voting.
Recently retired and a lifelong Democrat, my sister moved from southern Illinois to Ann Arbor last summer. Ann Arbor is in Washtenaw County. It's the principal campus of the University of Michigan. It is reliably Democratic in its voting patterns, and my sis felt right at home there. Nice people, nice place.

Washtenaw County is surrounded by some of the reddest MAGAt-holes in Michigan, county-wise. But she knew that although Michigan is a swing state, it had a long progressive tradition, too - one of the wellsprings of America's labor movement, the home of Louis Brandeis. So she wasn't too worried.

Until the card dropped into her mailbox a couple of weeks ago.

It said "We have reason to believe you no longer live at (her address, which she'd used in registering to vote just LAST SUMMER). Unless you request and complete a verification form, you will be removed from the list of registered voters."

She didn't just request the verification form, she went, in person, to the county registrar and completed and submitted the form.

Nevertheless, when she went to vote today, her name was "flagged" on the voter roll for her polling place. Fortunately, she had brought extra identification verification - not just her State ID but recent utility bills bearing her address, and her auto registration with the address. And eventually she was allowed to vote.

Were you, gentle reader, under the impression that such articles as this coverage were hyperbole? Isolated incidents? Anomalies?

No.

They have shown their hand. The attempts to **** up the 2024 election by any means necessary (especially suppressing the vote in reliably Democratic areas) are already underway. Well-coordinated and well-funded. Happening to ordinary people, in ordinary places.

Make no mistake, we ARE at war, to save our democracy. Fight voter suppression any way you can. Start NOW.

Verify your registration. If you live in a swing state, verify it again, every few weeks, right up to the election. Prepare to be challenged. Gather your documentation. Report suspicious incidents. Do not go quietly. Write letters to the editor. Show the evidence. Shine light on the weasels who want to work in the shadows.

Save our democracy.

determinedly,
Bright

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218746269

Your sister sounds like a moron

[YupItsMe]

  I proudly voted today (VT) as a Democrat for a day.  I checked write-in for the presidential choice and then wrote in "Anybody who can walk and chew gum at the same time".  Somebody's either going to get a chuckle tonight or go all Dummie-mode.  I happy with either result.

[Old n Grumpy]

That’s them pesky, voter ID laws kicking in. I guess you would be happier if anybody could just walk in and vote they could go to several polling places and vote. Several times. Isn’t that how liberals do it?

They didn’t actually try to keep her from voting they were trying to keep someone from stealing her vote. Stupid!

[SVPete]

Taking the story as actually having happened, why is verifying the sister's eligibility to vote in the precinct "trying to keep my sister from voting"? Especially since she is newly in the county?

[DUmpDiver]

When was her funeral?

[Airwolf]

The Stupid is strong with that one. In my state we have to show ID when we get to the polls. Usually a drivers license is enough if your registered to vote and you keep it up to date. Any new person in the area is going to get asked for proof of who they are otherwise they have to deny you .

[jukin]

They tried to keep my sister from voting TWICE.

Fixed for truth.

[tuolumnejim]

A whole lot of bouncey in that post.