Welcome folks! We'll be getting starting very shortly.

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Ken Blackwell, former Sec. of State in Ohio, did the same things to create long lines for students and those in minority majority neighborhoods.Of course, we all know what happened in FL in 2000. These tactics have a LOOOOOOOOOONG history in the South, originally by the old guard, then the Democrats, then the Dixiecrats and now the Republicans. But machine politicians of all varieties have ALWAYS tried to warp the outcome from Tamany Hall to Chicago.But this is the old suppression on steroids, and we must stop this crap.

I want to share the film with others, can I give the fixdemocracyfirst or the meaningfulmovies links?

do we have similar problems in pierce county or King County

Is that map "States with Restrictive Voting Laws Enacted since 2020" available elsewhere, or only through the webinar video?

@Carol - Feel free to share the recording links.

A " secretary of state" is obviously involved with elections. But are there other positions with direct ties to elections? The county clerks are elected, I think???

Each county in the state and country actually conduct the polling places, collect the ballots and initially count them. The county officials also sometimes try to suppress the vote. Scott Walker, former gov. of Wisconsin, a few years before becoming governor, was the County Executive of Milwaukee County. As such he tried to limit new registrations by requiring new registrations be on a specific weight and size of paper. Fortunately, he was sued, and he lost.

I presume people here are WA Voters. Can you name names of those who are running but oppose free and fair elections in WA State?

Changes of state rules are made in state legislatures. What kinds of efforts are being made to elect legislators that will make the right choices. Is it the responsibility of people in all of the states to help make changes in the legislatures of recalcitrant tates?

Many local efforts have been made over the years to swipe an election. One classic happened in Ohio in, I think, the 2012 or sometime around that, One county halted counting and reporting results because, they claimed of a terrorist threat. Problem was that no police, FBI, etc. office had any knowledge of it. When the county re-opened, the vote for the Republican and Democrat was flipped.

On YouTube I searched forfighttovote.orgYou'll find the full film and can share it right away!

Suppressed & Vote film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EGuGClzZCE

The Washington League of Women Voters has a committee training students to pre-register other high school students when they are 16 & 17.

This is great to hear! Thank you Keitha

It is important to be registered at the place where you live in order to get your ballot mailed to your home. If you know anyone who has moved to a new home make sure they check on their voter registration.

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or if you've changed your NAME you need to re-register

Thanks so much Cindy for promoting this and all your work at FDF

When will someone contact a major TV source who can show this on nationwide TV? 60 minutes, CNN, MSNBC

Democracy Happy Hours - Wednesdays @ 5 pm PT - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uJAlc-yppjstDIEL3JGv7m62A9TlapYR6g

thank you! :)