America's largest minority needs to take a cue from the Tea Party to rock the vote

this is the worst idea i've ever heard.

the Republcan party didn't do as good as it could've the last election because of the Tea Party.

another party will just erode votes from democrats, giving repukes a fighting chance. no.

we need them to cement themselves behind the democratic party and let themselves be felt in the voting booth by voting democratic.

any additional candidates on that ballot under a Tequila Party will help Republicans, which ultimately hurts the country.....

It's an important voting block for California and important to the Legalization efforts.

We have to address the needs and concerns of the Hispanic community if we are to legalize.

but to be fair Latinos have not yet made themselves a force in the voting booth. it's disappointing..

republicans are looking to keep it that way too. they're doing it via legislation that makes it more difficult for lower income folks to register to vote. we'll see what happens next election...

Yep it is difficult for me to vote because i am from a lower income..Can you say retarded!!!!!!

Well whatever we can settle on as a stance on Hispanic voting they are an upcoming and important group which the cannabis legalization effort cannot ignore.

They are a majority religious group as I understand.

Originally Posted by Mindmelted

Yep it is difficult for me to vote because i am from a lower income..Can you say retarded!!!!!!

actually, what they are doing is making it harder for people to be registered to vote. if you aren't registered, you can't vote.

a lot of poor people relied on 'registration drives' because poor people are busy doing shit like cleaning your toilet all day, so getting to the county registration office is hard when your poor.

so yes, they are making it harder to vote if you are poor.





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Sorry smart ass nobody cleans my toliet but myself.
You must be thinking of yourself then.And it was easy as pie to register!!Thanks for playing...

Voter suppression has been rampant in the U.S. our entire existence. Kind of sad really, I even read a report once that alleged that some voters in Florida in the Bush/Gore election were ineligible on the grounds that they were felons - and it turned out many of them weren't. Here's a bit from Wikipedia on it:

State efforts to purge voter rolls have led to disputes, notably in Florida. Before the 2000 election, Florida officials purged approximately 100,000 registered voters on the grounds that they were convicted felons (and therefore ineligible to vote under Florida law) or dead.[12] Many of those whose names were purged were "false positives" (not actually felons). (See Florida Central Voter File.) A post-election lawsuit brought by the NAACP, the People for the American Way Foundation, and other organizations resulted in a settlement in 2002 in which the state agreed to restore eligible voters to the rolls and take other steps to improve election procedures.[13][14]

The issue returned to prominence in 2004 when Florida announced another planned purge, again based on a list of felons. The state government initially attempted to keep the list secret. When a court ordered its release, it was found to contain mostly Democrats and a disproportionate number of racial minorities.[15] Faced with media documentation that the list included thousands of errors, the state abandoned the attempt to use it.[16] Some of the voters improperly purged in 2000 had not been restored as of May 2004[update].[17]

Remember, the 2000 election was decided by what, ~500 votes?