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Republican Voter Suppression Efforts

question - is it hard to type with trump's balls slapping your chin
 
ConnorEl said:
Fact Check: How Colorado, Georgia Voting Laws Differ Despite Conservatives' Claims
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"Kemp and others also have said that Colorado requires photo identification to vote, which is false...Colorado does require some form of ID when voters register for the first time, and whenever they vote in person. But the state accepts 16 different forms of identification. The options include common identification cards like a driver's license, U.S. passport or government employee ID — but Colorado also accepts Medicare and Medicaid cards, college IDs, utility bills, bank statements and paychecks.

Colorado does not require identification for mail voting once a person is registered. Instead, the state mails a ballot to the person's home, and then matches their signature against a database when the ballot is returned...In contrast, Georgia allows only six forms of ID for in-person voting. And the state requires that voters provide a driver's license number, a copy of a state identification card or a Social Security number each time they vote by mail...Georgia does allow first-time voters to use documents such as utility bills, bank statements and government documents that show the person's name and address as identification if they were not able to prove residency when they first applied to vote. But that option is only available for the person's first time voting in the state."

So Colorado's law actually isn't the same or even more restrictive than the new GA voting law? Conservatives are making false claims themselves while accusing liberals of lying about the GA voting law? Say it isn't so!
 
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Yeah, the point of the article linked was to compare and contrast voting law in Georgia and Colorado.

Because...well, pretty sure you know.
 
Junebug (and other trumpers) adding "imperfect as it is" and other similar wording is all you need to know about his/their honesty. He knows what he is defending and understands its not really defensible. Gotta endorse keeping that status quo. Fear of "the other" is truly terrifying...
 
Yeah, the intellectual dishonesty is striking.

Junebug- what problem was the new voting laws in GA solving? Assuming you can recover from the mental anguish caused by people referring to it as "The NEW JIM CROW!!!!!" long enough to answer.
 
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What problem does it solve? It solves the problem of not being able to throw out Dem votes at will.
 
WokeandBroke said:
Me: "Your argument completely falls apart. Most of the blue states wouldn't pass YOUR standard."

You: "Check out this .gif!"
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Your first argument was that Colorado voting laws were more strict. When proven incorrect, you moved to arguing if the Georgia law was "too high a bar."
 
This piece is a good description or summary of several related aspects our political landscape. White fear and grievance, reactionary Republican politics, upcoming election challenges, and the present (likely brief) window of opportunity to get important (transformative) shit done...hobbled as it is by the filibuster and the need for an anachronistic and conflicted Manchin.

The Fear That Is Shaping American Politics
 
WFFaithful said:
Your first argument was that Colorado voting laws were more strict. When proven incorrect, you moved to arguing if the Georgia law was "too high a bar."
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Colorado has voter ID laws and less early voting than Georgia. That's indisputable . The stricter part of the Georgia law (as sourced from your article) is that in Georgia (as is the case in plenty of states, including blue ones) you have to request a ballot. It's only "stricter" in Georgia than in Colorado if that bar in Georgia (and New York, and Virginia, and California and North Carolina, etc.) is "too high", and even then only in part of the law (Georgia remains more liberal on other areas).

So...is that bar too high or not?
 
RJKarl said:
He will not admit he's wrong.
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BirdinBama said:
Point out to me anything untrue in that piece, Colonel.
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1. "Outside groups will be prohibited from offering food or water to voters waiting in long lines even on hot and humid days. (Long lines are one of the leading reasons cited for not voting.)"

SB 202 directly addresses the issue of long lines by mandating the county has to add voting equipment or split the precinct if voters have to wait more than an hour on election day. If long lines are suppressing the vote, this bill helps to address the issue. And Pulitzer Prize finalist Max Boot fails to acknowledge that voters are not prohibited from bringing their own food or water to the polls or that poll workers will have water stations available. In addition, GA is definitely known for those hot and humid days in November.

2. "New ID requirements will be instituted"

SB 202 moves GA away from the subjective signature match on absentee ballots to objective ID number match from photo ID's or other docs. And this will ease the pressure on local election officials trying to make a subjective determination on a signature. Yet this is a bad thing according to the left and Boot?

3. "Election officials will be banned from sending absentee ballots to all voters"

500,000+ voters in GA requested an absentee ballot but showed up to vote in person which slowed down voting (and suppressed the vote per Boot). Keep in mind GA voters can still request an absentee ballot with no questions asked and the deadlines for sending out and receiving absentee ballots are in line with many other states.

BTW, the state of Delaware still requires an excuse when requesting an absentee ballot - JIM CROW!!11 JIM CROW!!!
 
WokeandBroke said:
Colorado has voter ID laws and less early voting than Georgia. That's indisputable . The stricter part of the Georgia law (as sourced from your article) is that in Georgia (as is the case in plenty of states, including blue ones) you have to request a ballot. It's only "stricter" in Georgia than in Colorado if that bar in Georgia (and New York, and Virginia, and California and North Carolina, etc.) is "too high", and even then only in part of the law (Georgia remains more liberal on other areas).

So...is that bar too high or not?
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Proving it again. The REASON there is LESS early IN PERSON voting is that 100% of CO voters get MAIL IN BALLOTS.

"Through Monday afternoon, the latest figures available, 2.76 million voters had already cast a ballot, meaning Colorado will almost certainly eclipse the 2.86 million total votes cast in the presidential election four years ago."

Over 95% of the total of Coloradans who voted in 2016 had their ballots IN BEFORE election- EARLY VOTED BY MAIL. They don't NEED polling places open.

Your premise is as dishonest as you normally are. If you would be 10,000% smarter than you are, you'd be 1% as smart as you think you are.

I hope it's not sunny where you are today or might need a banky if you see your shadow.
 
Colonel Angus said:
1. "Outside groups will be prohibited from offering food or water to voters waiting in long lines even on hot and humid days. (Long lines are one of the leading reasons cited for not voting.)"

SB 202 directly addresses the issue of long lines by mandating the county has to add voting equipment or split the precinct if voters have to wait more than an hour on election day. If long lines are suppressing the vote, this bill helps to address the issue. And Pulitzer Prize finalist Max Boot fails to acknowledge that voters are not prohibited from bringing their own food or water to the polls or that poll workers will have water stations available. In addition, GA is definitely known for those hot and humid days in November.

2. "New ID requirements will be instituted"

SB 202 moves GA away from the subjective signature match on absentee ballots to objective ID number match from photo ID's or other docs. And this will ease the pressure on local election officials trying to make a subjective determination on a signature. Yet this is a bad thing according to the left and Boot?

3. "Election officials will be banned from sending absentee ballots to all voters"

500,000+ voters in GA requested an absentee ballot but showed up to vote in person which slowed down voting (and suppressed the vote per Boot). Keep in mind GA voters can still request an absentee ballot with no questions asked and the deadlines for sending out and receiving absentee ballots are in line with many other states.

BTW, the state of Delaware still requires an excuse when requesting an absentee ballot - JIM CROW!!11 JIM CROW!!!
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People coming out of Chinese and North Vietnamese "re-education camps" were less brainwashed than you.
 
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