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If they put human skin on the ventriloquist dummy from goosebumps, let it age 50 years, had its human son monitor it's web traffic for porn browsing... What would that dummy look like?
Where is the "mah freedum" and "they are taking away our democracy" crowd now?
Regulate votes, not guns I see
"Give us what we want or we'll shit in the pool and ruin it for everybody."
Bring back mob justice
I said it last shutdown but does nobody seem to notice that whenever we have a shutdown it's because Republicans keep shitting their pants and then screaming about the smell?
Every govt shutdown in my lifetime has been because of Republicans. These shutdowns impact millions of people yet I never see it brought up.
They have extremely effective propaganda (fox) that just claims the exact opposite every time it happens and slightly more than half of the country’s land (not people) believe it.
People keep talking about fox news like that's what the diehard rechugulacans are watching. They listened to their Cheeto dusted emperor and now they watch newsmax.
Just from my experience with family members, fox news is on the tv as much or more than newsmax.
RealID for all. Free at point of service. Do it at the post office right next to the Postal Banking window.
Done and done.
I have always thought that the American voting system is... Odd? I read you need to register every now and then in order to be able to vote? In Mexico we all get an ID issued by the federal government as you turn 18, and it is valid for pretty much anything, including voting. It is valid for years, you can vote as long as you have it on your possession. Updating your address or getting a reposition is free, and we even now allow Mexicans living abroad ( undocumented or not) to vote.
Granted, the system is not perfect, but I believe an important part of a democracy is to make participating in it as convenient as possible.
It’s not odd when you take into account that the United States was founded with slavery of an entire race as a feature and a culture constantly fighting against the rights and privileges of non-white-males at every single juncture.
This nation is founded on stolen land (just like Mexico) then the English and French and Spaniards systematically ran them off their original land and murderized them, then the English brought in more foreigners to subjugate instead.
All to say, this country is founded on immense inhumane violence and we give everyone guns as a response.
But ya know, gotta fly that confederate flag and be simultaneously pro federal oversight and anti federal oversight because brain-rotted-American-racist. (This is rhetorical, not a personal slight at you, op)
This nation is founded on stolen land (just like Mexico)
Isn't pretty much every nation founded on stolen land?
First of all, elections are overseen by each state individually. While there is Federal law involving elections, it's up to the States to implement them. Due to the Electoral College, the Presidential Election is really a weighted combination of the results of 50 separate State elections (and DC). So ypu can argue that we really don't have any national elections at all, so each state runs their own.
Then, there is another complicating factor that there is no one piece of Federal ID that everyone is mandated to have. The closest thing is the Social Security Card, but that isn't really supposed to be used as ID. Not everyone has a passport, and there is no national ID card. The closest thing we have to a universal ID is the driver's license, but again that is managed on a state-by-state basis.
The main argument here is that when someone registers to vote, they must submit proof of residence, but Federal law holds that they do not have to show proof of citizenship. They merely have to attest that they are a citizen, and lying on that form is a crime. Many states object to that. Some go as far as to say that if you do not bring your proof of citizenship whe you register to vote, they will only let you vote in Federal elections, not state ones.
The fundamental question is: if you know you are a citizen but have lost both your passport and your birth certificate, should you be disenfranchised? Republicans clearly say "yes".
Here each state organizes their own elections as well, but the same ID is valid for those too.
Oddly enough, I agree with the Republicans on this one: you should be a citizen in order to vote.
Oddly enough, I agree with the Republicans on this one: you should be a citizen in order to vote.
But you already have to be a citizen in order to vote. They’re arguing you need to prove citizenship to register to vote.
Registering to vote shouldn’t be like applying for a passport. Declaring you are a citizen and facing criminal charges if you lie about it ought to be sufficient, especially given that we do not have any systemic issues with non-citizens voting.
But of course, Republicans want their base to believe we have systemic issues with non-citizens voting, despite investigation after investigation finding this isn’t the case. Turns out there’s no good reason to potentially get yourself imprisoned or deported just to cast a ballot, and non-citizens aren’t idiots.
Republicans want to make voting less accessible, because the more disadvantaged a person is the less likely they are to have the time and capacity to bring proof of citizenship to an office to register to vote, rather than just doing it online (as many states will let you do). And limiting voting access is always a winning strategy for conservatives.
Yup, it's interesting how so many of these universal ID for voting laws don't also include an easy, convenient, and free means for all citizens to get IDs.
Because the point is to disenfranchise voters not to stop illegal immigrants.
who cares if SovCits can’t vote?
Please shut the government down... please, please, please... while your party controls a mere one half of one of a branch of the government, please shut the government down during an election cycle. Please, please, please do it.
Maggots don't care and they will blame the Democrats for the shutdown
Who cares what MAGA adherents believe... you don't try to get the hard-core, brainwashed followers, they've already committed themselves. However, the undecided voter will see it as the GOP floundering, unable to govern.
I was debating my father in 2020 about voting and said we should make voting laws "better." He countered that different parties might have different definitions of "better." I said, "easier and more accessible." He had no counter.
Mitch McFuckingDemonTurtle is against forcing this through now?
What universe is this!? I didn't wake up in the good timeline, Trumpism still exists, but I'll take one slightly good thing I guess!
McTurtle cares about only 1 thing, power. He is nothing if not shrewd. The man would sell his wife out as a chinese spy if he thought it woild give the GOP an edge
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