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140 Anti-Voter Fraud Billboards in Ohio & Wis. to Be Taken Down Amid Cries of ‘Voter Suppression’

Oct. 22, 2012 8:37am Jonathon M. Seidl

One hundred and forty billboards in the swing states of Wisconsin and Ohio are slated to be taken down after the company behind them determined that the group behind them violated its policy on political-themed ads by remaining anonymous.

Voter Fraud Billboards to be Taken Down in Ohio and Wisconsin

Screen shot, WEWS-TV.

The billboards featured a large gavel with the words “Voter Fraud is a Felony,” and then noting the punishment. Critics say they were meant as “voter suppression” because the signs mainly went up in minority communities.

“This billboard is nothing but a symbol of pure, unadulterated voter suppression to target an African American community,” Ohio Sate Senator Nina Turner told WEWS-TV earlier this month.

And now the controversial signs are coming down. Reuters reports:

After discussions, the sponsor, whom Clear Channel Outdoor has called a “private family foundation” but declined to name, “thought the best solution was to take the boards down, so we are in the process of removing them,” the company said in a statement.

Crews on Monday will begin taking down 30 billboards in Cleveland, 30 in Columbus and 85 in Milwaukee, Jim Cullinan, vice president of corporate communications for Clear Channel Outdoor, told Reuters.

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In response to the outcry, Clear Channel Outdoor donated 10 billboards around the Cleveland area that read “Voting Is a Right. Not a Crime!” (Editing By Barbara Goldberg and Mohammad Zargham)

As for felons being allowed to vote, the laws differ from state to state. But there has been a push by the NAACP to make the laws allowing such people to vote uniform.

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Ivabig1
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:14am
It is a pure sign of idiocy Those sign only help suppress Voter Fraud not voting. Have we become the stupid? I am going to have to go to the doctor from shaking my head.

PFM.

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- Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:55am
  Freedom of speech is being destroyed by the marxist communist leadership in America. Companies like Clear Channel know who butters their bread. We are being silenced. Slaves have no rights.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:07am
  This would eliminate all those “extra” votes from their illegal and dead population, being over20% higher votes than legal-population of Wisconsin!
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:20am
  It just ticks me off to have my vote in Oklahoma cancelled out by some idiot that runs around sniffing Obama, everytime he passes gas and then they go and vote 8 to 10 times on election day. I have what is called a no fly list and I just put Ohio and Milwaukee on it. If Senator Turner runs off enough business the voters will get rid of her. Now when I buy on Amazon, E-Bay or in a cataloug I won’t buy from those vendors. I also won’t be visiting these states that coddle fraud in the name of discrimination. Even after the election these states – like NYC and NY and other won’t get my business or spend a vaction there. Stop these states from stealing your vote.
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:21am
  What, we can’t even warn people about voter fraud? Obama is getting so ridiculous we can’t even speak the truth any longer. You know there will be LOTS of voter fraud this time around.
  
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- shogun459
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:25am
  When the only way to win an election is to institutionalize voter fraud, trying to stop voter fraud WOULD be suppressing the cheaters votes.
  
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- FEMALL
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:37am
  @IVABIG1 Avatar Fraud is A Felony! Feeling suppressed yet?
  
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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:51am
  how can it be voter supression… it is making a point that cheating the system has consciquences… its not scaring people from voting, unless they cannot read.
  
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- Silversmith
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:52am
  I hear you! By this ruling, would a sign at a liquor store saying “Don’t rob this store, it’s a felony, and accompanied by a fine and jail time.” be RETAIL SUPPRESSION ? ? ? ?
  
  No. I didn’t think so.
  
  Silversmith
  
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- Individualism
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:03am
  what the gop did in the primary to get romney in is now being done to them in the general election. Karma?
  
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- JRook
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:30am
  Let’s keep in mind that Bain Capital owns a large portion of Clear Channel. Where is GB on his nose for conspiracies.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:38am
  Why the hell are they being taken down? If you don’t commit voter fraud you don’t have anything to worry about.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:58am
  It is not idiocy. It is crime. Pure and simple. Our country is run by criminals.
  
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- angelcat
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 12:26pm
  Evidently it is now vter suppression to tell people not to break the law. The stupidity of liberals never disappoints. They may as well just admit they WANT people to commit voter fraud and get it over with.
  
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- toto
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 12:53pm
  The liberals are trying to drive conservatives out of their minds with the 1984 speak lunacy.
  
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- Farmhand82
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 1:33pm
  Couple things. First, this is a prime example of the lefts blatant racism and patronizing attitude towards minorities. I mean the implications in the reason they are upset is they feel minorities are too stupid and ignorant to read and know that the sign is saying voter fraud is illegal, not voting is illegal (if they’re citizens). I mean don’t minorities ever get tired of being talked down to? Secondly, if the technicality they used to take the billboards down was the fact that the buyers wanted to remain anonymous, why doesn’t the buyer donate the money they would have spent on the billboards to a Republican superpak and have them put the billboards up with their name on it?
  
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- wordsofwisdom
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 1:40pm
  This song explains a lot “What’s Wrong With This Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
  about how stupid we seem to be. I’m tired of the two party game we are always playing in politics. I guess the P.C. laws trump the truth once again?
  
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- Female
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:01pm
  Question aren’t the billboard spaces already in place before the group could purchase the spaces?
  
  If so, doesn’t it mean the owners of the boards are the racists trying to peddle only to blacks?
  
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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:13pm
  It’s like spraying for mosquitos, you put the spray where the mosquitos are. It’s like profiling arabs for having a bomb. They are the ones that blow stuff up. How dare they have NO backbone and take the boards down. Hell why have an election, S**t, let’s just put our heads down on the chopping block!
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:14pm
  NOW now, we all know they don’t want to scare away the illegal votes that help them continue their criminal activities.
  
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- NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:44pm
  The majority of “voter fraud” is carried out by people COUNTING the votes who are paid by the likes of Karl Rove. He has a spotlight b/c HE GOT CAUGHT, dems are just a guilty.
  But the BAR policy of selective enforcement ensures none of them will be prosecuted. These selective enforcement policies apply to ATF rules as well.
  
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- pavepaws
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:53pm
  Let’s remember to interview Turner the day after the election. Judging from her comments she represents stupid people.
  
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- freedom4ever
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 3:54pm
  When I worked in a place where people voted I saw bus loads of blacks come into the voting booths – problem was it was in an all white area of town! Now how many places where they bused to so they could vote? They didn’t tell them not to vote but to vote only once! This is so stupid!!
  
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- pitboss711
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 4:31pm
  The signs obviously hit a nerve with those involved in voter fraud.
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:44pm
  Its only voter suppression of those intending to fraudulently vote!!!
  
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- donkeykong
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:56pm
  ivabig1 -
  Oddly, my own representative visited me last week,
  and I voiced concerns about voter fraud (I’m in MN,
  the tops in the nation for voter fraud.) So, I told her
  I would be at my polling place with my camera – and
  take pics of every out-of-state plate I see, and e-mail
  them to her. In past elections, it has always bothered
  me seeing all the non-MN plates at the polling place.
  What are THEY doing here? So, this year it will be
  different. I cannot follow up on whether these people
  also vote elsewhere, but I’m guessing the State can…
  We have to start somewhere, and with cheap digital
  pics one person at each polling place might be all
  it takes.
  
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woodyee
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:14am
JONATHAN SEIDL – You said – “One hundred and forty billboards in the swing states of Wisconsin and Ohio are slated to be taken down after the company behind them determined that the group behind them violated its policy on political-themed ads by remaining anonymous.
Voter Fraud Billboards to be Taken Down in Ohio and Wisconsin.”

What are those policies you spoke of? Also, you failed to report that Clear Channel Outdoor is NOT Clear Channel the MEDIA company.

Voter fraud IS a crime! Folks in every state are required to present an legal ID for the privilege of driving. Does Clear Channel Outdoor support voter fraud, or does it believe that providing legal ID is a valid way of protecting a most sacred right?

Let them know what you think – http://clearchanneloutdoor.com/

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- woodyee
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:18am
  I failed to mention that Clear Channel Outdoor is a SUBSIDIARY of Clear Channel Media.
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:11am
  You are right! All legal adds have a disclaimer or an author of the add in a space on the add itself. If they REPLACE them with the SAME with [the disclaimer or author] on it , they cannot be taken down with this “comment-in-law”.
  
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barber2
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:13am
The Obama Administration : where enforcing the law is now considered ” discrimination.” We have fallen down Alice’s rabbit hole into a world of mad-hatters wearing Obama beanies. Where up is down; black is white; lies are truth; and the government is NOT the tax-paying, law-abiding citizen’s friend. Think I know how the Jews in Germany once felt when they foresaw what could happen to their country. Can’t believe this is happening in AMERICA.

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- jcldwl
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:40am
  Well said.
  
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- qdllc
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:19am
  “Alice’s rabbit hole” is right.
  
  GOOD GOD, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
  
  You can make them pull down adverts stating the obvious (that voter fraud is a crime) and then the company puts up free boards implying that voting is a right (it’s not…not in the constitution). Rights exist and can’t be taken away without due process of law. Voting is something you must qualify to be allowed to do.
  
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- JRGJR
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:23am
  Serfdom!!
  
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:12am
Check out who funds most of the libs…..

CLEAR CHANNEL

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LakewoodEd
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:09am
So:

“The ANTI-DRUG billboard is nothing but a symbol of pure, unadulterated DRUG suppression to target an African American community,” ?

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- Tigress1
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:55am
  If you don’t do anything illegal, you have nothing to worry about. Isn’t that what the libs always say?
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 10:04am
  Oops! That last post wasn’t supposed to be directed to you Lakewooded. Sorry! I was going to post (but changed my mind) a link to the “Who’s the Daddy?” billboards that are in Memphis that we don’t hear any complaints about.
  Here it is anyway:
  
  http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=30197
  
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- JJF1961
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:58pm
  Take down all the law enforcement billboards warning us what will happen if you drink and drive, is that driving suppression, come on, we can go all day with examples of how incredibly stupid this is.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:07am
Next they’re going to take down the “click it or ticket” seatbelt billboards because of “driver suppression”.

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- nofearmongeringhere
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:35am
  Right after that they will take down the “Fines Doubled” in construction work zones so as not to target speeders…..
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 11:42am
  Monger,
  Please man, they will never take down the “fines doubled” crap. If they do they will replace it with “fines tripled”.
  
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- nofearmongeringhere
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 12:06pm
  Mil ~ Touche`….don’t know what I was thinking….
  
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barber2
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:07am
Now WHO would benefit from refusing to enforce honesty at the polls ?? Hmmmmm……………. NOBAMA 2012 NO DEMOCRATS 2012.

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- barber2
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:33am
  Oh, wait. We have the NBPP to ” enforce” honesty at the polls, correct Mr. Holder ??
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:06am
Without VOTER FRAUD, obama (as with most democrats) doesn’t stand a chance, so, of course his democrats are demanding that voter fraud laws not be enforced.

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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 2:27pm
  This Regime is like Islam, The only reason that we have not all been mowed down by those millions of bullets that they have bought is because they are not strong enough yet. But the day is coming, especially if we allow this crap to continue, that they soon will be brave enough to make there move. We can have a standoff with them and die or be taken to the concentration camps, but IT IS coming!
  
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palerider54
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:05am
The penalties for voting more than once, for voting for a dead person or a friend or neighbor who you KNOW will not be voting, or an elderly person in a nursing home or hospital who will not vote, should be severe and imposed.

But they won’t do that. WHY ? Because the disgusting, deviant progressive left could not win a position for dog catcher if they did not cheat, mislead and brainwash our youth and seniors.

ANYONE who complains about having to have a picture ID to vote, KNOWS that their party is cheating and rigging the vote count to win, and they are OK with this, since they are convinced that they are superior and it is their duty to govern those less fortunate.

After their prison term and fine, they should also NEVER be allowed to vote again.

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Hootyman
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:05am
Next up… signs that remind us that shop lifting is a crime to be removed because they are racist.

wow…

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biohazard23
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:02am
Shocker? Eh, not so much….

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:39am
  Mornin’ BIOHAZARD23, We truly live in a Mad, Mad, Mad World.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1A7bJD3atk
  
  For those of you who are too young, Mad Magazine’s parody of this movie was “It’s a World, World, World Mad.”
  
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ENIGMA28724
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:56am
I feel like Alice in Wonderland, only it isn’t a dream. If I owned the billboard company, I would put up twice as many just to irritate the libs. I can’t believe that warning people that voter fraud is a felony amounts to voter suppression. That would only be true if they PLANNED ON COMMITTING VOTER FRAUD. An analogy would be signs that warn about driving while impaired might suppress people from driving. More liberal Bravo Sierrra.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:27am
  I got the feeling while reading the first paragraph that it was the billboard company’s decision to remove signs. They said it was because of a violation of their policy. But, at the same time I wonder how long they collected rent on those signs after the initial payment. I guess they get to keep part of their cake after eating as much as they could. I would also venture to say that it was a political pac that put pressure on them. Or, their home office got a visit by a bunch of guys in purple shirts.
  
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toiletclogga
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:56am
Billboards essentially target the intended audiences. In this case, election fraud does take place in these neighborhoods. I suppose we should also tell this intended audience that murder and drug dealing is a felony punishable by prison terms.

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limalimamike
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:56am
What a bunch of Bolshevism. I wonder if I can claim voter suppression in court on a DUI?

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LeonTrotsky
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:55am
Tells ya something when one side is consistently is on the side of the law breaker.

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OldGringo
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:53am
stating the ‘obvious’ truth and statement of fact is not voter suppression…the law is on the books and available for all to read in the public record

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poorrichard09
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:51am
So the Dems are in favor of voter fraud, correct? Sure looks that way!

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lemonzest
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:50am
Guess what Clearchannel outdoor…..Now, in your infinite wisdom, you are clearly putting forth a political message. Methinks I will complain.

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Soulphoenix
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:47am
Unbelievably stupid and gutless surrender by Clear Channel – like a French army. And I guess we’re supposed to roll over and accept that informing people that voter fraud is a felony is BAD, while offering inducements to certain people to vote is OKAY. Andy hey, we need those UN observers to make sure the conservative voters don’t get out of hand.

Whose country IS this? Are we Lord Obama’s playground now?

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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:52am
  The voteRs they are trying to supress are the FRAUDULENT VOTERS……how is that a bad thing?”
  Fact is anyone cause in voiter fraud should lose not only their right to vote but also all claims to any welfare or public assistance as well for life
  
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starman70
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:47am
CLEAR CHANNEL, a company on the far left!!! A company with the guts of a possum!!! When challenged, they roll over and play dead.

VOTER FRAUD is a crime!!! The only ones afraid of exposing voter fraud are the DUMBOCRATS, who mignt lose several thousand fraudlent votes including felons currently serving time.

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jimmy49
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:46am
im sure that there are signs in white areas to. im sick of the race card. people that want obama to win have a problem with the signs cause they are the ones that cheat in voting. obama cant win any other way. SO SHUT UP! i say leave them up and i say put more up.

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- lemonzest
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:03am
  Jimmy, most of the signs were in white areas!
  
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- TheLeftMadeMeRight
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 5:18pm
  Same ones had a liberal Madison judge stop voter id law from taking effect this election.
  
  Don’t believe me, call their attorneys @ Dewy, Cheatem and Howe
  
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Gonzo
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:45am
Following the letter of the law is voter suppression? I guess when it’s coming from the same bunch that thinks that constitutional immigration laws are anti immigrant, it shouldn’t be a surprise.

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Psychosis
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:43am
Why am i not surprised

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bdandsl
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:43am
You only have to worry if you are breaking the law. Billboards should stay.

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mikem1969
Posted on October 22, 2012 at 8:43am
Wait, so informing the public about A LAW ON THE BOOKS THAT SAYS VOTER FRAUD IS A FELONY IS NOW VOTER SUPPRESSION. Give me a beak. And then they put up 10 billboards saying votig is a right. Hmm, should have said voting is every AMERICAN CITIZEN’S RIGHT and voter fraud is still a felony. I am getting tired of all these freaking companies caving to the lib progressive machine. Bunch of freaking cowards.

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:16am
  This should be about job 3 when ROMNEY gets into office behind jobs and security. We have the capacity to clean up the voter situation…it’s sort of like the leaking roof – we want to fix it when
  it rains/when the sun shines we don’t think about it…but THIS TIME: Let’s make sure that all voter records are purged of non-entitled voters and the system for making sure that all ballots get counted and not at the bottom of the San Francisco Bay (for example). Along with that clean up and modernization we need to make sure our MILITARY gets ample opportunity to get their ballots in.
  It’s not Rocket Science. This is critical to maintain our Constitutional Freedom!!! PRAY HARD!!
  
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- bdandsl
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:16am
  Having the right to vote also includes responsibility and, that is what the dems NEVER want to impose on their base, be it in welfare or voting.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 22, 2012 at 9:25am
  PATTY: We also need to reform the blatant bias of the Left which now Occupies, dominates, and controls the media. Tricky but a HUGE problem. From BBC to NPR to our television stations to the NYT..all pushing the UN / international Left wing propaganda…and hiding behind ” freedom of the press” with their real agenda: freedom to indoctrinate.
  
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