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Originally Posted by master3004
Isnt this exactly what proponents of voter Id do?
The answer to any "doesn't the other side do this?" question regarding politics is almost always, "Yes. Definitely."
I have no problem with the current voter registration system in most places. There's a very low barrier to entry, while still making it somewhat inconvenient for those who would cheat.
I'm okay with VoterID on principle, and don't think it raises the barrier to entry in a meaningful way.
You guys think the barrier should be lowered even further, and that's a perfectly valid opinion. But pretending like it's about YAY DEMOCRACY and not a hopeful attempt to boost dem votes is just as disingenuous as you're claiming I am.
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Originally Posted by einbert
It's not a non-existent problem when millions of people aren't registered to vote. It's not a problem for you because you don't WANT everyone participating in voting. You don't support it because you don't WANT to make it easier to vote. We are not quite as dumb as you think.
Those millions of people aren't voting whether or not their name is already on the list. Registering to vote is a trivial task for all but the most extreme cases, and no proposed solution will change those outlier cases without simply removing the barrier to entry and creating new problems of its own.
Also, no, I do not want everyone participating in voting. There are already enough votes cast by people who have no clue what they're doing.
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Originally Posted by einbert
They don't want to make it easier to vote because they don't believe in democracy. In fact, they want to make it harder to vote. They don't believe that black Americans should have the same rights as everybody else. They don't believe that black Americans are worthy of full participation in our democracy. It's really sad and it's incredibly transparent.
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