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Old 11-04-2008, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Fort Myers, FL
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My sister lives in the Atlanta suburbs about 20 minutes from the city. She works for a very large corporation, her boss is white, his wife is black, they registered to vote at their local district office.

He went into to vote today and guess what, he isn't registered. In fact they found he simply just wasn't entered into the system...but his wife was...hmm

apparently there is a big ordeal with white voter discrimination going on right now from this office. if you were white, you were not registered to vote. the election offices told him that they are starting to see a pattern, but there is nothing they can do.

he is pissed. i assume cnn or an affiliate will pick up the story today sometime, since they have an office down the road.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Right where I want to be.
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How would they know who was white or black? Is that on the registration somewhere?

That's too bad. Here in NC we can check on-line to see if we are properly registered well before election day.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:18 PM
 
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
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That's too bad. Here in NC we can check on-line to see if we are properly registered well before election day.
Same here in California.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:18 PM
 
Location: On Top
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he is pissed. i assume cnn or an affiliate will pick up the story today sometime, since they have an office down the road.
Until then it is hearsay.....
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Alexandria, VA
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Who cares? You are well known for making up stories - as a matter of fact you have posted over 20 stories that sound like this one here on CD. Do something positive with your life besides fabricating stories.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:19 PM
 
Location: Texas
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My sister lives in the Atlanta suburbs about 20 minutes from the city. She works for a very large corporation, her boss is white, his wife is black, they registered to vote at their local district office.

He went into to vote today and guess what, he isn't registered. In fact they found he simply just wasn't entered into the system...but his wife was...hmm

apparently there is a big ordeal with white voter discrimination going on right now from this office. if you were white, you were not registered to vote. the election offices told him that they are starting to see a pattern, but there is nothing they can do.

he is pissed. i assume cnn or an affiliate will pick up the story today sometime, since they have an office down the road.
Nice story.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:20 PM
 
Location: New York City
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My sister lives in the Atlanta suburbs about 20 minutes from the city. She works for a very large corporation, her boss is white, his wife is black, they registered to vote at their local district office.

He went into to vote today and guess what, he isn't registered. In fact they found he simply just wasn't entered into the system...but his wife was...hmm

apparently there is a big ordeal with white voter discrimination going on right now from this office. if you were white, you were not registered to vote. the election offices told him that they are starting to see a pattern, but there is nothing they can do.

he is pissed. i assume cnn or an affiliate will pick up the story today sometime, since they have an office down the road.
if he was dumb enough to go the the polling station without having a voter registration card or confirming somehow, at some point prior that he was registered properly, then maybe he really wasnt registered.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:20 PM
 
Location: State of Being
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Yeah, I am in NC and was gonna post the same info - we can check ahead.

The man should ask for a provisional ballot at his correct precinct polling place. No one should be denied the right to vote. That is the law.
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Lilburn GA
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Same here in California.
Oh my, same here in Georgia!
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Old 11-04-2008, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Fort Myers, FL
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Until then it is hearsay.....
i just got off the phone with my sister, she said half the white part of her office isn't registered to vote after registering for this election. they are all pissed about this.
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