Posted on 01/20/2022 5:25:59 AM PST by Kaslin
“The bedrock of the American republic is that elections must be free, fair, accurate, and trusted.” So states Mollie Hemingway in her important book, Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections(2021)
I spoke with Mollie on the radio when her book came out. She told our audience, “I found after 2020 the way that you weren’t allowed to talk about [the election] to be completely suspicious. We all lived through it. It was the weirdest election of our lifetime---but then you weren’t allowed to notice that in any way.” Nothing to see here---move along.
In order to secure voter integrity, Georgia passed a law after the irregularities of the 2020 election. And this voting law has been viciously attacked by the left. But Tim Head, executive director of the Faith and Freedom Coalition (based in Atlanta),argues that in reality this law makes it easier to vote. Despite the lies of the media, Hollywood, the woke corporations, and the liberal politicians, including resident Biden (who called the law “Jim Crow 2.0”), the law is a good step toward restoring voter integrity.
Tim Head told me, “The crux of the issue really comes down to: Do Americans and do voters have confidence that we as citizens and as voters have a voice, a meaningful voice, in our government? We need to have confidence that all of our voices are heard and otherwise, we can start moving closely, more closely towards almost a banana republic status.”
Last week Joe Biden visited Georgia and tried to peddle the left’s own voter overhaul bill, the “Free to Vote” Act, which would have the effect of federalizing all elections going forward, and would remove crucial vote-security measures.
And yet, in Article I, Section 4, the U.S. Constitution says: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof.”
Biden asserted that opposition to the bill to federalize elections was essentially racist: “At consequential moments in history, they present a choice. Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?”
But critics note that this bill would loosen common sense voter photo-ID restrictions.
Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakavsky, co-author (with John Fund) ofOur Broken Elections: How the Left Changed the Way You Vote, told me in an interview: “Those laws have been in place now for more than eight decades. We have years of turnout data in states with voter ID laws, that data clearly shows it does not suppress votes. It does not keep people out of the polls. It certainly does not keep minority voters out of the polls.”
Ken Blackwell, Senior Fellow with the Family Research Council, notes, “If it was difficult to get a voter ID, you could say it was a restraint to participation. Well it’s not difficult and you just think whether it’s taking out a library book, getting on an airplane, buying certain adult beverages, you have to show an ID.”
Interestingly a new survey of likely Michigan voters found: “[M]ore than 75% of participants supported a requirement to show a government-issued photo ID in order to vote, while support among Black residents was even higher at 79%.”
Another security measure requires updating voter registration rolls---so that no vote is cast by say, a person who died 10 years ago.
Veteran journalist Bob Knight says, “The question I always ask is, ‘How can you be against accurate voter rolls and say that’s somehow racist or suppressing the vote, when everybody’s treated the same?’”
Some critics believe that the porous border, where hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens are pouring into America, is a strategy by the left to sustain political power---by getting these people to vote and vote for the left. Recently, New York City has approved letting 800,000 illegal aliens vote in elections---local ones, for now. Critics note that this is why the Biden administration has not lifted a finger to close our southern border.
And then, there’s “ballot harvesting”---a system where third parties can collect mail ballots. Critics note this is rife with potential for voter fraud.
And on it goes.
And now Biden and the left want to completely overhaul our election system to make sure they always retain their power. Going forward, we must make sure that elections are fair and just---that it is easy to vote, but difficult to cheat. easy to vote, but difficult to cheat
Registering: Go to local government building,show proof of citizenship and residence.
Election Day:First Tuesday after the first Monday of November.No "early voting".
On Election Day: go to local polling station,show ID,vote.
Election Day night: stay home and watch election results.
Anyone unable to afford a government ID will be given one for free upon showing proof of citizenship and residence.
Anyone whose physical disability prevents them from going to a polling station will be allowed to cast an absentee ballot.
Anyone who will be away from their polling place on Election Day will be allowed to cast an absentee ballot.
Cheating is what these election bills are all about.
Democrats can’t win without it.
Agree with everything you say except keeping Election Day on a Tuesday. The day of the week doesn’t matter to lazy welfare bums, but having Election Day on a Tuesday makes it harder for us working people to get to the polls. We need to stop punishing labor and rewarding idleness.
You said it.
One correction...
Democrats HAVEN’T been winning without cheating.
For decades.
Ever notice that their “slow march to the sea” started right about the same time that absentee and early voting really gathered steam? That it sped up when mail-in, harvesting, and drop boxes were allowed? Hanging chads and voting machines?
I used to do early voting when it came into Tennessee, because at that time I was working in Nashville and it was convenient to do so when I was off, but I stopped because my voting location is closer to were I live. So why should I drive 10-15 extra miles so I can vote 3 weeks earlier. It makes no sense to me.
Might as well stop all the illegal migration now because it’s not going to work.
Federal law requires all employers to give time off to go vote.
I have worked for the past 65 years.
The polling places are open at least by 7 Am, and being in line to vote THEN might make you a bit late to work-—BUT YOUR EMPLOYER CANNOT DOCK YOUR PAYCHECK.
Independent contractor here. If I don’t show up to work I don’t get paid. The more hours I have to stand in line to vote the more hours I am not getting paid for.
Cheating includes letting non-citizens vote.
I personally believe that the largest amount of fraud is happening during the counting process. Voter ID is a great start, but we must come up with a fair way to count.
The 2020 election was riddled with FRAUD..
FRAUD AND CHEATING DEMOCRATS.
1) All polling stations must be open from 7AM to 10PM (local time)
2) All people who are in line at a polling station at 9:59:59 PM must be allowed to vote regardless of how late voting continues.
3) All employers,regardless of size or type,must allow all employees 2 (paid) hours off on Election Day.
Counting and mail in ballots. Mail in ballots are almost impossible to verify as being legit, unlike absentee ballots which in most cases must be signed before a notary. Until mail in voting is brought up to the same standards as absentee voting there will never be another fair election.
Not that I disagree with your premise, but in your billing arrangement you should ensure you are collecting enough to cover those periods where you are not available, these include vacations, sick days, holidays for the places you contract, etc. If 2 - 3 hours is going to break your budget, you need to re-consider your billing rates. Doesn’t matter what day we pick, someone will be unhappy. I don’t have a problem with early or absentee as long as you have to physically show up somewhere and prove your a valid voter in that district to get a ballot and to turn in a valid ballot. That way every ballot has a chain of custody. Mail in ballots have no chain of custody.
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