Posted on 06/05/2019 8:47:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke issued an ambitious plan on Wednesday to revamp the U.S. voting system by cracking down on voter suppression and getting an additional 35 million people to the ballot box by the 2024 elections.
O’Rourke, a former congressman from Texas, a state with tough voter ID laws that critics say disproportionately affect the ability of minorities to vote, said his proposal would also allow the registration of an additional 50 million U.S. voters.
O’Rourke’s plan comes as many in the huge field of 24 Democratic candidates vying to take on Republican President Donald Trump in next year’s election are embracing voting rights as an issue.
They say Republican leaders in states such as Georgia have been purging voter rolls and passing laws that suppress voter turnout, particularly among people of color, something Republicans deny. They say their laws are designed to stop voter fraud. Voting rights advocates say the number of documented cases of voter fraud in the United States is extremely small.
A key part of O’Rourke’s plan would be to set term limits for politicians, to give young people incentive to vote for new and fresher candidates. He proposes limiting membership of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to 12 years, and requiring Supreme Court justices - currently appointed for life - to step down after 18 years.
Those moves would require a constitutional amendment, which requires a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate and ratification by three-quarters of state legislatures.
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Let me guess; Set up polling places in Mexico.
They can’t wait the 20 years until demographic displacement is cemented. Honestly with the way the border is Texas might turn into California in 10 years, and then it’s game over.
Sorry Ball Scrubber. Your 35 million are Mexicans. Can’t legally vote.
Voting rights for the Dead!
Allow all students over 10 to vote and give them a school day off if they present an “I Voted” sticker the next day.
Irish Bob reminds of the chorus in Beck’s song “Loser”.
And his time is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite That's chokin' on the splinters
Want to end abortion? Tell demoncrats the unborn can vote.
Is this part of the “New Beto” rebranding?
Translation: ILLEGAL ALIENS WILL VOTE DEMONRAT by the millions.
Right on.
Tough ID laws? What's tough about asking someone to show an ID?
Voter ID laws that critics say disproportionately affect the ability of minorities to vote.
BS alert they can’t fudge the numbers with voter ID.
The Dems are ALL trying to ‘out-commie’ each other:
Free this, free that, decriminalize crime, criminalize free speech, cars that run on unicorn farts and everybody gets a cruise!................
I guarantee every illegal that is in those marches thru Mexico has an ID, required by law in their home country..................
This article was written like a press release.
You’ve got to game this a little. They have to run left in the primaries, and run to center in the election.
But, what would they actually DO?
As little as possible? Take bribes and go home? Or destroy the country?
One of the quiet “positives” about Hillary was that she was mostly concerned about power and personal wealth, so it was hoped she wouldn’t rock the boat too much if elected. Personally, I think she’s power mad and insane, but that was one of the viewpoints passed around.
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