Posted on 06/22/2021 1:14:42 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Most Americans support both easier access to early voting and requiring photo identification to vote, according to the Monmouth (“Mon-muth”) University Poll. The public is more divided on expanding vote-by-mail, although a majority would like to see some national voting guidelines established for federal elections. The poll also finds that only one-third of the public believes “audits” of the 2020 election results are legitimate efforts to uncover irregularities. Moreover, one-third of Americans continue to believe Joe Biden won the presidency only due to voter fraud – a steady trend since November that underlines the crystallization of our nation’s deep partisan divide.
A large majority (71%) of the public feels in-person early voting should generally be made easier. Just 16% say it should be made harder. Opinion is more divided on voting by mail – 50% say this should be made easier and 39% say it should be made harder. At the same time, fully 4 in 5 Americans (80%) support requiring voters to show photo identification in order to cast a ballot. Just 18% oppose this.
Easing in-person early voting access and requiring photo IDs both have bipartisan majority support. Approval of making early voting easier stands at 89% among Democrats, 68% among independents, and 56% among Republicans. Support for requiring a photo ID to vote stands at 62% among Democrats, 87% among independents, and 91% among Republicans. Only Democrats back making voting by mail easier to do, with 84% supporting this idea compared to just 40% of independents and 26% of Republicans.
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That is sky high support for voter ID yet our elected leaders say it’s racist.
What the majority wants is immaterial to government policy.
Yoy need a picture ID for everything these days except to take a poop and I hear that’s coming. Anytime the Democrats oppose new voter laws it’s because it makes it harder for them to cheat.
I will make this clear. It is called election day (singular, not plural). I do not support early voting. Any argument about making voting easier is really a red herring. What is so damn hard about showing up at your local precinct on election day? It had been done that way for well over two hundred years. The real problem is too many Americans have become lazy asses. It is that simple.
Duzn’t matter whut deplorables say.
Courts will say “izz waciss! No can do!”
And Rat politicos will say “We gotz da ballot printin’ machines! You skrewed!”
What is so damn hard about showing up at your local precinct on election day?
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For you it may not be a problem. For others it may be impossible.
With extensive early voting, why make election day a holiday?
IMO, election day should be classified as something like a federal holiday where nothing is open. No stores, no restaurants, no banks, no movie theaters, no nothing not even Grayhound, Amtrak, or any sort of air travel.
The only things that remain “open” are public safety and hospitals.
Even things like Netflix should be shut down for the day to encourage maximum participation in voting.
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