Posted on 12/02/2025 9:14:50 AM PST by John Semmens
Elon Musk asked "why does the United States have the worst voter identification laws of any nation?" He went on to list more than 100 countries with stricter voter ID laws than we have in this country. He also pointed out that "both California and New York explicitly prohibit voters from showing their IDs in order to vote." He said "the only reason to do this is fraud."
Newly declared Democrat candidate for governor of California Rep. Eric Swalwell holds the opposite view. "Look, we've already outlawed IDs for voting in California," he pointed out. "We need to take the next step and allow people to vote by phone. People already do lots of stuff over the phone. They buy things, they make medical appointments, they place bets with their bookies. Why shouldn't they be allowed to vote by phone?"
"In the 2024 presidential election nearly 40% of those eligible to vote did not cast a ballot," Swalwell observed. "As a result, Trump won the presidency with only 31.6% of potential votes that could've been cast to the 30.7% that Vice-President Kamala Harris got. Is a 0.9% margin really a mandate? I don't think so. If votes could be made over the phone I bet that nearly 100% of the ballots would've been cast and Kamala would've won by a big margin."
"An additional benefit would be that there wouldn't be any controversies over hacking into voting machines or mystery ballots discovered car trunks or in some backroom," Swalwell boasted. "Not only would vote-by-phone max-out our democracy, it would also make our elections more secure than ever before. We need to stop the voter-suppression Republicans are trying to achieve and just go to a total vote-by-phone system."
In other voting news, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) will be running for governor next year. She will also be refereeing the election process. Republicans in the state have requested that the US Department of justice monitor polling sites to ensure transparency in the process. Benson objected, saying that "in Arizona Katie Hobbs was the Secretary of State and successfully oversaw her own election for governor. Why shouldn't I be permitted to do the same in Michigan?"
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Yup, Democrats want to be able to steal elections without the risk of getting caught at it.
If one isn’t willing to make the effort to go to the poll and vote on Election Day, they are probably not adequately informed and qualified to vote in the first place!
We need to take the next step and allow people to vote by phone.
Because robo calls are a sure democrat win.
Democrats don’t care how big of a slime trail they leave it’s all about power of socialism.
Repubs should ram through a strict voter ID / vote in person law. Kill the filibuster if necessary to pass it. This should be their top priority - rats got nothing if they can’t cheat like they do now. Not hearing anything about it, though.
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