wombatwoody wrote on Jun 3
rd, 2021 at 1:56am:
Look at how the Dems got their knickers in a knot over proposed changes in Texas.
Requiring ID to vote? How racist!
You are not telling the whole truth there.
The bill does more than requiring IDs, it also includes:
Ban after-hours voting.
Prohibit ballot drop boxes and drive-through voting centers.
Mandate all weekday early voting take place sometime between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., though draft language would further limit Sunday early voting to a maximum between the hours of 1 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Make it illegal for elections officials to send applications to vote by mail to people who did not request one.
Bar counties from helping facilitate the distribution of unsolicited ballot requests.
Require voters requesting absentee ballot to provide their driver's license number or Social Security number on both their request for a ballot and their return envelope containing their ballot.
Impose $1,000-a-day fines on local election officials who do not follow prescribed procedures to update their voter rolls, and criminal penalties on election workers who obstruct poll-watchers.
The bill would also make it easier to overturn an election, allowing courts to throw out results if enough ballots were cast illegally that it could have made a difference -- despite the fact that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Texas or any other US state.
That last one is concerning. If Republicans don’t like the election results then they can just overturn it.
Other Republican controlled states are passing similar laws.
The Great Experiment is in danger of collapsing and Republican officials are spearheading its downfall while it’s members cheer
To quote Padme Amidala, Senator from Naboo “So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause.”
When I go to the local primary school to vote, I tell the person my name and address, then they cross my name off and give me my ballot papers....Why do Yanks go through all this bullshit???