Posted on 05/30/2021 10:03:17 AM PDT by John Semmens
Two Republicans—Reps. Michelle Udall of Mesa and Joel John of Buckeye—provided the margin for the Democrat minority to defeat a bill requiring a voter ID for mail-in ballots. Udall explained that "since experts have declared that the 2020 elections were the most secure ever, it doesn't make sense to me to mess with how our elections are conducted." John pointed out that "by killing this bill we are saving a lot of paperwork for county election officials."
Democrat Rep. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren argued that "the bill is a violation of the secret ballot principle. In a democracy the voter has a right to be anonymous. Any effort to determine the identity of any person casting a ballot is also an attempt to discourage or suppress a vote."
Blackwater-Nygren rejected the Republicans' argument that IDs are easy to get and are required for so many commercial transactions like boarding an airplane, cashing a check, buying alcohol or tobacco that virtually everyone has an ID. "Virtually everyone is not everyone," she pointed out. "If only one person is denied the right to vote due to a lack of ID our democracy is not complete. The fear that the absence of an ID requirement will result in ineligible votes being cast is overwrought. Voting is a human right. There are no ineligible votes being cast unless animals are filling out ballots. Even then I doubt there would be a decisive number of votes coming from animals. In an ideal world ballots would be ubiquitously available on every street corner. This would maximize turnout and ensure that no one's voice goes unheard when we choose who will rule us."
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Natch, the Republicans can do the same thing. The Boy Scouts can do this for the other (Independent, Green, &c) voters.
No-brainer.
Let’s wait till the audit is done and the report performed
Then all hell should break loose
Democrats pushing for “vaccination passports” should make it easier for Republicans to push for id in mail-in voting. When the Arizona audit proves the chain of custody in mail-in voting was broken, it should make it easier for Republicans to vote for tougher voting laws.
How unabashedly scary.
Sidney Powell now saying no reasonable person would have believed her claims about the election.
And no..its not babylon bee article
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