Posted on 04/04/2021 5:17:40 PM PDT by John Semmens
Democrats and the CEOs of several prominent corporations slammed legislatures for passing reforms of state election procedures. Georgia’s 2020 election procedures created significant ambiguities and inconsistencies in how ballots were cast and counted. The legislature enacted some reforms and Gov. Brian Kemp signed the legislation last week.
Stacey Abrams, self-proclaimed “real governor of Georgia,” characterized the reforms as “vote suppression.” President Joe Biden called the reform “Jim Crow on steroids.” Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey asserted that “this legislation is unacceptable.” Apple CEO Tim Cook complained that the new law “makes it more difficult for people to vote.”
Kemp defended the new law, saying that “requiring valid IDs for casting ballots reinforces the ‘one-person, one-vote’ principle of democracy. Likewise, making sure that ballots are deposited in secure locations protects the ‘chain-of-custody’ and reduces the opportunity for tampering with the votes. The basic intent of this reform is to prevent the legitimate votes of eligible voters from being diluted by fraudulently cast ineligible ballots.”
Abrams pounced of Kemp’s remarks, declaring the to be “an admission of the intent to suppress votes. It has long been the policy of the Democratic Party that since voting is a human right all ballots should be counted. Restricting voting to those who have jumped through the hoops to get registered and show ID suppresses the votes of those unable or unwilling to play this game. Insisting on secure drop boxes infringes on our efforts to help the indecisive to make the right choices in who they vote for.”
Since Apple requires a valid ID for customers who want to buy an I-Phone, Cook was asked why voters shouldn’t have to provide an ID to get a ballot. His response was “this is not a valid comparison. An I-Phone is a valuable piece of equipment. Significant sums of money change hands in the transaction. The ID we require helps cut down on fraud and preserves our profits. A ballot, on the other hand, is free. People don’t have to show an ID to get other free things like sunshine and fresh air. They shouldn’t have to show an ID to cast a vote.”
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Headline is straight-up truth to power.
It’s like the old Soviet...
Big govt / big tech / big biz / big labor / big media
All singing from the same hymnal....
Only difference is if we boycott them together, we can financially hurt them. Vote with your wallet.
You’re right, but they’ve foreseen that - they sell more and more in foreign markets, while importing more and more foreigners here - they then transfer some of our wealth to them, then THEY will buy their products (with OUR money).
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