Minority Report II - Voter Fraud

1974 isn't ancient history jerk.

It's a Jim Crow holdover that's been around long enough that people can pretend like it's sole purpose is something other than keeping black people from voting.

If it's before New Coke then yes it is

Not sure it's really fair to tie it completely to Jim Crow given that the suit that ended up getting it declared constitutional by SCOTUS was filed in California

How's this for constitutional And since that was before 1997, he wouldn't be able to have his voting rights restored upon being released. So in the 90's he was a slave who couldn't vote even after being freed. Not even 1/5 of a vote. (Story is unrelated, about a female pot store owner in Colorado.)

I'd have a hard time believing slavery was legal in America in 2016, but prisoners working for .25 an hour is basically that. I agree though, maybe suspend voting rights while you are doing time but after someone has paid their debt to society they should have the right to vote.

Jim Crow is where felony disenfranchisement really got going. It may have taken a life afterwards it was originally very much tied to it.

why would you even do that?

One reason is the towns the prisons are located wouldn't want the prisoners to form a voting bloc in local elections. Of course, the prisoners are residents of the prison town while doing their time.

Now if you want a war on voting end caucuses. How is it fair someone that works or elderly has to waste 3 hours of time to vote. I generally like them because they give fringe candidates a chance to bump in the polls. But they are not fair.

The true war is everyone that votes should have a voter id. How is 10 seconds of time, disenfranchising anyone when some of these polling places you have to wait 1 hour to vote. You have to be an american citizen to vote anyways or you are committing a felony.

The only war is complete corruption in the democrat party from corrupt judges, getting audited, to giving preferences to hiring and promotions depending whether you support the party. The want to suspend the law of the land to have more slaves to work in their cities below minimum wage.

No

What happens to the voting rights of felons that were sentenced for something that was later legalized or at least doesn't meet the felony treshold anymore?

Online voting is the way to go. I'd guess that would increase voter turn out at least 100%.

And thats why republicans will never let it happen.

Which is exactly why the Republicans will cockblock it. More democracy = fewer GOP candidates getting elected.

Edit: damn you, Noodle

I'd be happy to institute a mandatory national ID card for this purpose. Actually, I'd prefer to have a national photo ID database where you can go to a polling station and they can look you up without having to present some sort of ID card.

Hard to even fathom how hard Republicans would fight something like that. "Government wants to track you with the mark of The Beast!"

Republican control in Wisconsin is shrinking voter turnout in order to win.

https://www.thenation.com/article/th...ng-is-working/

You would think with the all the new Voter Suppression rules in effect Trump would be a chinch to win.

They're meant to operate on the margins. With a league average Republican they potentially would have had a large impact. Trump ain't that.

Come one dvaut, the gig is up. We all know Republicans have spent $100s of millions and countless hours of political capital installing new voter ID laws, shutting down DMVs, ending early voting, ending Sunday voting - despite zero evidence of in-person voter fraud - because they care so deeply about the integrity of the voting process. They aren't looking to gain anything out of this.

Occam's Razor bro.

There are always marginal Congressional races. Voter ID matters.

LOL

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