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For all their talk of the wish to build a Conservative majority at the next election, they seem perversely unwilling to try and do so by persuading a majority of the public to back conservatism at the ballot box.I suppose I should be grateful the Tories haven't yet grasped that their best hope of keeping Britain conservative is to offer the people true democracy. This country is,
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So it’s a bit disconcerting to find out that,ahead of signing a bill that would require identification at the polls,prohibit 17-year-olds from registering to vote ahead of their 18th birthdays,eliminate same-day registration,and cut down on early voting,and put in place several other restrictions,North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory admitted to not being well versed in all of the bill’s provisions. When a reporter asked McCrory about the limits the bill would place on allowing new voters to register,
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