Posted on 07/08/2021 5:47:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
BS. Voting is a right, but that doesn’t mean it should be ridiculously easy. If a person isn’t willing to register, get an ID and show up at a polling place, that person most probably has done no research and in reality, shouldn’t vote.
I wouldn’t say voting is a right. I would say it’s a responsibility of an informed citizenry. But only those who are truly informed.
What state is going to be the 1st to explain how vote totals were reached in 2020? They don’t need to “prove” it, just explain it well enough for voters to have confidence. Does any state have the confidence to say this is how it’s done & how we did it?
Imagine if election officials from each state were required—sometime after each election—to release an explainer video with links to relevant documents demonstrating how the election totals were determined. Sounds simple & reasonable but I doubt they could pull it off.
“Accessibility”?
Where is the problem?
And standards in a state should be consistent. No 24 hour polls in certain districts.
Both parties should adhere to the Constitution.
Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents.
The children of foreigners are precisely who the founders were excluding.
HAH!!
Just wait until RCV becomes the norm.
“I wouldn’t say voting is a right. “
It is a responsibility, but it is also a right. An adult citizen can not, and should not be denied the ability to cast a ballot. Just because it’s a right doesn’t mean that it doesn’t require some effort to exercise that right.
Rights are not absolutes. Even 2nd A rights are restricted if a person is a felon. I have no problem with putting limitations on voting. Being a taxpayer should be one. No one on the gov’t teat should be able to vote themselves other people’s money.
“No one on the gov’t teat should be able to vote themselves other people’s money.”
I agree.
Where does Russia fit into this crap? Did Hillary Clinton write this nonsense?
Exactly. Russia my ass
We had that garbage for three years non stop
Bottom line is Donald J Trump , our wonderful president, is the squeakiest cleanest businessman that’s ever existed on planet earth!
If Mueller $25 million and those 18 angry Democrats couldn’t even find a parking ticket you know the guys clean!
Of course when Russia fall dude the evil lying Demoncats came up with all the other nonsense Covid ; Ukraine Riots. blah blah blah
I genuinely truly detest the Democrat party
“One of the very first problems we need to address is our low voter turnout and participation. “
Bullsh!t.
We already have TOO MUCH DEMOCRACY.
We have slipped into ochlocracy while nobody was paying attention. And a republic cannot survive ochlocracy.
Here we go again with Russia, Russia, Russia. How is buying about $100,000 in Facebook ads comparable to over 1 Billion dollars in spending by other organizations in 2016?
The disinformation being spread is not coming from Russia, it is coming from our own government, elite leftists in major corporations, foundations, and universities, and our wholly left wing propaganda based media.
A better plan would be to make the election officials conduct the entire process in public, like election officials in New Hampshire and other New England states do.
Among the many factors that turn off voters is the constriction of our two party (gang) system. For all practical purposes, voters have to accept the entire package of one gang or the other.
Neither major party approximates my views, values, and objectives, and I am not alone in that. The party ideologies are cobbled together to attract special constituencies, and are fraught with internal contradictions. For one egregious example, the Democrat Party opposes the death penalty for serial killers, but backs abortions in extreme late-term.
Party adherence becomes not a matter of shared ideals, but a dismal calculus of who will best slather your bread with stolen butter, or alternatively, steal less of your butter. I cannot remember an election in which I was actually enthusiastic about a candidate. The votes are always defensive and joyless.
A multiparty system would have its own problems, but would afford a make it much more likely that individuals could find a group they mostly agreed with. In terms of voter turnout, it’s hardly a surprise that so many are apathetic about rambling, uninformed dimwits who avoid standing for anything, and what they do stand for aligns with only a narrow band of the electorate. 15-20% of the population is functionally non compos mentis, and can’t manage their own lives, much less make strategic decisions in the best interest of the country. That allows campaigns to pander to the lowest denominator, using marketing techniques aimed at television consumers.
This is one reason that I don't believe that Biden fairly won. It's just the complete improbability of this many new votes.
Sadly, I don't think the audits will prove much, though I hope I'm wrong, because I think most of the cheating came from illegal mail-in ballots being mixed in with legal ballots and there's no longer a way to separate them.
Both parties like the status quo. 2020 style elections is the name of the game.
>>It is a responsibility, but it is also a right. An adult citizen can not, and should not be denied the ability to cast a ballot. Just because it’s a right doesn’t mean that it doesn’t require some effort to exercise that right.
Even convicted felons?
Even people currently incarcerated?
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