REPUBLICAN Voter Suppression legislation

If he ran, I'm sure he'd win because of name recognition.

 

Too bad they don't have a dislike option on this forum. Two thembs down on this one! I think your post is out of touch with reality. Manipulating state election laws so that the minority wins is about power, which often translates into personal gain. Fascist is a strong word, but the Retrumplican movement seems to fit the bill, and election law manipulation is part and parcel of it. I'd say democracy on fire, in the context of everything else the Retrumplicans are doing while the Demos dither around.

 

Ultranationalism, militarism. Criminalization of dissent. Overt hostility towards a free press and independent judiciary. Contempt for democracy and the rule of law. Racism, sexism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia. Obsession with ideological purity. Demonization and scapegoating of minorities and political opponents. Rampant corruption and cronyism. "the merging of the state and the corporation.”

Sound like anyone we know?

 

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Well, you know what's even worse? Driver suppression! Did you know these controlling authorities, in a country that claims to be of the free and brave, decided to discriminate who gets to drive?

It didn't start out that way. If you wanted to ride a horse or drive a carriage, it didn't matter who you were. You just did so unchallenged.

Then these ugly retardicanats decided they could benefit by deciding who can drive these horseless carriages, and it was easy to target them as dangerous and convince the commoners that it was for their own good. "You can get hurt!" So they required ID. And more, they made em take tests. TESTS! And if that weren't enough, they made em pay for the privilege. AND they had to come in in person!

This practice continues to present day, miraculously, in this enlightened era where identifying oneself is deemed totally unnecessary for a valid legal transaction to occur. This age old process is not only racist, but ageist, sexist, misogynystic, bigoted, xenophobic, homophobic, and transphobic plus analfabetophobic. UNFAIR! It's truly a mystery why we're not all up in arms over it.

And don't get me started about buying drinks, tobacco, boarding planes, applying for govt programs, police encounters... These fascist pigs have lost their ever-loving minds!

 

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Hear hear!

 

Jus sayin, man. Sometimes ya gotta get real even if it ain't pretty.

The real objection is verifying identity to each vote, that makes it much harder to cheat. And one person delivering multiple ballots to one or more drop boxes. Unsupervised tallying. The list goes on. It should be one person, one vote that they made themselves without any coercion.

All kinds of made up excuses to oppose common sense legislation to make people feel more comfortable that their vote actually counts what it's worth, and that the outcome is truly the will of the majority, are forwarded. It's not hard to see. There's specific motivation behind making it harder to cheat, and everybody knows it, they just pretend it's unfair / unjust because 1) those in power want to remain in power, and 2) there are those who are fooled into thinking that somehow wrecking the economy benefits them personally. Or they don't care about the economy because they prefer an irresponsible lifestyle that depends on targets instead of the economy.

 

There is also specific motivation for making it harder to vote. We're seeing that now from--wait for it-----republicans. Surprise surprise. And by the way---if I'm not mistaken, the only ones caught cheating were---you guessed it---republicans.

 

Harder to vote than what, scratch? Than it was ten years ago? Than it was fifty years ago? How has it gotten harder? All I've seen is easier over the years. Or are you suggesting that because rules were suspended for the pandemic, that we should be in permanent pandemic mode? Again, how is it harder now than just before the pandemic?