Posted on 03/26/2021 2:20:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Over just a few hours Thursday, Georgia's Legislature and Gov. Brian Kemp drew the first battle line in the high-stakes struggle to decide how American voters will cast ballots in the future after the pandemic-ridden election of 2020.
The Republican-controlled state put itself firmly in the camp of voter ID requirements, limited drop boxes and expanded weekend voting. And depending on the eye of the beholder, it was either a win for election integrity or a return to the era of Jim Crow voter suppression.
And the debate may be coming soon to a ballot box near you, as conservatives like Heritage Action for America and liberals like Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight gird to fight the issues in all 50 states and in Congress, likely all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Georgia's actions Thursday "helped galvanize an election integrity movement surging toward restored trust & confidence in elections where it's easy to vote & hard to cheat," the conservative Susan B. Anthony group crowed.
Countered Abrams on Twitter: "Now more than ever, we need federal action to protect voting rights as we continue to fight against these blatantly unconstitutional efforts that are nothing less than Jim Crow 2.0."
Democrats are pinning their hopes on the federal legislation known as H.R. 1, which would create federal mandates outlawing voter ID requirements and permitting widespread mail voting, while Republicans are turning to their GOP-controlled legislatures in the key battleground states and possibly the Supreme Court for a final verdict.
Where that battle ends, nobody knows. But almost everybody is certain it will be fought in the shadows of the 2022 election for Congress and the 2024 presidential contest, potentially setting the ground rules for a generation or more of voting.
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"Photo IDs currently are needed to board a plane, enter federal buildings, and cash a check," the Commission on Federal Election Reform declared in 2005. "Voting is equally important."
Georgia's GOP-controlled state government rejected the notion that asking for an ID for a ballot was somehow inflammatory or suppressive. In fact, it thought it was a good solution to all the angst over the 2020 election processes.
But you still need an id to buy your booze.
Demonrats are NOTHING BUT LIARS
EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!!!!!!
this is where the tsunami of near proof of voting abuses would come in very handy.
this argument is easily winnable if it’s honest.
Are ID requirements for Covid vaccines a racist attempt to keep Covid vaccines away from African Americans?
If you need ID for alcohol, pharmaceuticals, DMV, doctor’s office, drivers license, school enrollment, high rise entry, you can produce ID to vote.
This is a fight that has to be fought Kristi Noem needs to learn a lesson we can’t defeat the communism taking over the country unless we prepared to fight
This is insanity. Why do you even have to give your name to vote? I mean what is the purpose if you don’t need an ID?
Why don’t they say it is between stolen elections or Jim Crow?
If asking to see an I.D. to vote is “voter suppression”, asking to see an I.D. to buy a gun, buy cigarettes, buy booze and drive a car IS ALSO “VOTER SUPRESSION”. Don’t do drugs!
Oh Lauzie yall dun gotz Aunt Jemima’s undies in a wad an she gonna pitch a hissie fit.
I’m sixty-three years old and i need to show ID to buy a pack of cigarettes. How can it be racist to require an ID for one of our most precious rights, that of voting?!
Are ID requirements for Covid vaccines a racist attempt to keep Covid vaccines away from African Americans?
You’re damn right they are! BiteMe is trying to kill off Trump voters.
OK so how about BLM Brown shirts go to the banks and empty all of Carter's bank accounts without showing any id's?
“Are ID requirements a voter suppression tactic or a responsible security measure?”
Ask the 140-ish countries that require it. Which includes all of Europe.
Deep State will allow us Voter ID if they can still use the software in voting machines to deliver the desired result...
Kemp is bought and paid for by the CCP and so is Ratburger.
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