# We pit malicious GOP behavior!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 28, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869 "2015-09-28T20:15:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-pit-malicious-gop-behavior/732869/111 "2019-04-14T11:50:37Z")

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I’m crossposting these from another thread.

> [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40863):
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> Holy Mary mother of Christ! Republicans are barely even hiding the fact that they have pure and utter contempt for democracy these days:
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> [Tennessee Lawmakers Consider Fines And Criminal Penalties For Voter Registration Drives | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tennessee-voter-registration-applications_n_5cafa525e4b098b9a2d0f707)
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> From the article in HuffPo:
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> > [@](#):
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> > The bill would allow officials to impose a fine of $150 to $2,000 on any group that turns in at least 100 “deficient” voter registration applications in a single county. A group that turns in more than 500 “deficient” applications could be fined up to $10,000.

> [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40864):
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> There’s a bill before the Texas state legislature making it a crime to transport more than three people in the same vehicle to the voting polls unless the driver fills out an affidavit verifying that the people they’re transporting are physically disabled so that they can’t get to the polls on their own.  
> [Local voting rights' activists question intent of Senate Bill 9 | cbs19.tv](https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local-voting-rights-activists-question-intent-of-senate-bill-9/501-fe80b0b0-03b1-4d06-b12f-a5c19ddabbb9)
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> I wonder if that applies to bus drivers.

Police and prosecutors have great discretion about whether to arrest or prosecute. It’s safe to assume these laws would be applied very selectively. Poor people want to avoid wasting gasoline and may not have a car at all. The mind boggles to imagine such laws could be thought fair.

I thought I was cynical, but these laws stun me. Someone who’s on speaking terms with the Board’s Trumpists: Poke them and ask what they think about these laws. Too bad Bricker’s gone missing. It would be ticklish to hear his equivocating answer.

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