Posted on 01/10/2020 12:41:05 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg would seek to standardize federal elections across the United States and prevent states from blocking felons from voting under a plan aimed at expanding access to elections rolled out on Friday.
Bloomberg’s plan echoes proposals offered by his Democratic rivals as the party shows a unified front on the issue of combating voter suppression. Voting access is an important issue for the party’s minority voters, who are often seen as targeted by Republican lawmakers.
Under the voting rights plan, Bloomberg would seek to create a non-partisan commission that would look to standardize federal elections, including forcing states to restore voting rights to felons and prohibit them from charging onerous fees to get those rights back.
Bloomberg’s plan would also make same-day registration standard, increase early voting, expand polling places and prohibit states from making last-minute changes that seek to alienate voters, as well as allow voters in states that require voter identification to offer affidavits of eligibility.
On Friday, Bloomberg joined Stacey Abrams in Atlanta at the Fair Fight 2020 Summit, an event aimed at tackling voting issues. Abrams ran for governor of Georgia in 2018 and nearly pulled out a surprising victory. Supporters blame her loss on a decision by Georgia’s secretary of state to make it more difficult to register to vote, disproportionately affecting the state’s black voters.
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Losing too many potential voters Doomsberg?
The criminal political party needs their criminal voters.
Sure, let’s march the felons out of their prisons and to the polling places every Election Day.
What could possibly go wrong? I mean surely they wouldn’t, like, escape or anything? /s
Non-partisan commission. Never existed in the entire history of the world. EVERYONE has biases, those who appoint the board members certainly will pick those who support the result they wish.
Democrats need the criminal vote... that’s a substantial part of their base.
Right, we need felons voting because there are so good at making decisions. Apparently as good as Michael. Lol.
Dems realize the birthrate of the American underclass has slowed considerably - specifically after the 1996 welfare reform. Many hoodrats still breed out of wedlock, but many just pop out one Golden Ticket Welfare Bastard - it is enough to get them gubmint housing, WIC/food stamps, and a free college education. The imported foreign underclass takes up some of the slack, but some foreigners also vote “capitalist” - they are here for the American Dream of yesterday, not the communist utopia envisioned by Dems (taxes are too high).
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