The GOP war on voting - Page 161 - Politics and Economics

Years ago, when my son was probably like 3 or 4, we were at my cousins' house for Thanksgiving and the same thing happened to my kid, except that he ended up getting stuck IN the hoop when it fell on him.

It was quite the sight when I found out why my son was crying.

12-11-2018 , 08:18 AM

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Victor

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Originally Posted by stinkubus

He understands perfectly what's happening. He's an anti-social reject who gets a kick out of trolling this forum from time to time. Why people actually engage him I'll never know; he just spews lies time and time again.

its pretty fun to watch him get repeatedly dunked on. like, hes really bad at this. somehow even worse than wil.

12-11-2018 , 08:21 AM

#4003

+rep_lol

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i cant believe you guys still even read his posts

i just assume he's getting mercilessly dunked on as i scroll by and go on with my life

12-11-2018 , 10:56 AM

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Namath12

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I realize I'm beating a dead horse here but FL really is just a cesspool of stupidity

12-13-2018 , 11:42 PM

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I mean just look at this ****ing guy, if you saw him in the Publix would you doubt for one second that this guy was a Republican and possibly a preacher?

12-14-2018 , 05:19 PM

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Huehuecoyotl

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Yo Inso it's yo boy, not understanding how Vinn diagrams work

12-16-2018 , 05:05 AM

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goofyballer

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https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/st...16594391117825

01-04-2019 , 08:19 PM

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Supreme Court to hear partisan gerrymandering cases again in March. This could be it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...8c7_story.html

01-04-2019 , 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JoltinJake

Supreme Court to hear partisan gerrymandering cases again in March. This could be it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...8c7_story.html

This one's easy:

Quote:

The North Carolina map was drawn by Republicans, the Maryland districts by the state’s dominant Democrats.

SCOTUS finds NC maps constitutional, Maryland maps unconstitutional

01-05-2019 , 12:12 AM

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suzzer99

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Nah SCOTUS can find both constitutional and skull**** Democrats. Gerrymandering favors rural voters and Republicans big time. Also most of the states which have non-partisan district strategies are blue.

01-05-2019 , 12:48 AM

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JoltinJake

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I assumed goofy was joking but yeah that is obviously the most likely outcome. If SCOTUS rules that gerrymandering is good to go then it could seriously be gg for the rest of our lives.

On a more optimistic note, I was happy to see house Democrats included a fix to gerrymandering in the first bill they put forth today. I think they're starting to see the urgency.

01-05-2019 , 12:52 AM

#4012

suzzer99

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Yeah I'm starting to wish they did that back when they had the presidency, House and 60 seats in the Senate.

01-05-2019 , 01:18 AM

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I don't like it, but gerrymandering has been around as long as the country has, so I can't imagine it not being determined unconstitutional to be the end of politics as we know it.

01-08-2019 , 05:09 PM

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01-08-2019 , 06:45 PM

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JoltinJake

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LOL

01-21-2019 , 08:32 PM

#4016

suzzer99

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So in their own words - all these R politicians honestly believe voter ID laws help swing close elections.

Any Voter ID supporters wanna take a stab at why they believe this?

02-09-2019 , 06:53 PM

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https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-th...pea-1832472558

Cliffs: there was an unexplainable drop-off in votes from Governor to Lt. Governor in the 2018 election in black neighborhoods, specifically on election day. The drop-off has nothing to do with the ballot format, like in Florida. The number of missing votes could be more than the margin of victory.

02-10-2019 , 02:40 AM

#4018

suzzer99

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I think it's time to end the idea of anonymous voting. No one is going to kill you for your vote in the US. Everyone should be able to track their own vote throughout the system and make sure it was recorded correctly.

Or at least everyone gets a confirmation # and you can use that to track your vote and make sure it was recorded correctly.

02-10-2019 , 02:51 AM

#4019

Chips Ahoy

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If the ballot is public:
Your employer will fire you for your vote.
A big tech company will kill all your services for your vote.

Public is not required. What matters is can you audit the vote. Without that there is no reason to believe any results.

02-10-2019 , 02:59 AM

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suzzer99

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It's illegal for your employer to fire for a whole host of reasons now. I see no reason why your vote can't be added to that.

But sure - remain anonymous but at least you get a confirmation # which you can look up at any time. Why don't we have that?

02-10-2019 , 03:00 AM

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You don't need the threat of death to make that a terrible idea. Scrapping anonymous voting makes it incorrect to vote if the threat of any negative consequences exceeds the marginal value of your vote. You would be suppressing basically all rational thinkers.

02-10-2019 , 03:04 AM

#4022

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Sure ok. It was a dumb idea.

But - you get an anonymous confirmation # that you can use to audit your vote at any time. Everyone agrees that's a good thing right?

02-10-2019 , 03:04 AM

#4023

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

It's illegal for your employer to fire for a whole host of reasons now.

So the employer just says that it's for something different. The only way this is enforceable is if the employer does something dumb.

02-10-2019 , 03:11 AM

#4024

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Yes which they could do now but amazingly they almost never do because it's ****ing illegal and it's not worth the hassle. Also with social media your boss almost certainly either a) knows your political affiliation or b) (most likely) doesn't care.

But again NEVER MIND.

Let's just get confirmation #s or something.

02-10-2019 , 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Let's just get confirmation #s or something.

Its kind of amazing we haven't had have this for a long time. A few years ago (prior to 2016) I talked to someone who worked at a company that made voting machines and software. I asked him about security concerns and he looked at me like I was from Mars. They had some ancient government regulations to adhere to but didn't seem interested at all in information security.

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