Originally posted by Newjak
The BBC article misses a key point on the time restrictions part.The problem was allowing voting times to be restricted only to 9 to 5. Eliminating the ability for working people to go after work or even before work.
And it goes on to say:
The new law also adds a mandatory weekend day for early voting, requiring two Saturdays of early voting. The old law required one.The law makes Sunday early voting optional for up to two Sundays before elections.
The language goes on to say: “Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the registrars may extend the hours for voting to permit advance voting from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M.” The old law said “counties and municipalities” could extend such voting “beyond regular business hours.”
And it also gives you absentee voting with no excuses:
The new law says postal ballots can be sent out to voters who request them 29 days before election day, as opposed to 49 days previously.And new voter ID requirements mean signature matching will no longer be used to confirm identities on postal ballots - a method railed against by Donald Trump.
Instead voters will have to provide one form of identification, such as a driver's licence or social security number.
Originally posted by snowdragonI edited my response to be more clear with what I was saying.
And it goes on to say:And it also gives you absentee voting with no excuses:
So your response is invalid.
The fact 7am to 7pm isn't mandatory is the problem. The GOP with this law can effectively make it so the time is 9-5.
Originally posted by Newjak
Let's be honest here almost all of these laws are going to drive down voter turnout by making it harder to vote.Which is what the GOP want.
The GOP has been saying that higher voter turnout is detrimental to them since at least the early 80's, Paul Weyrich is a classic example.
Trump expressed the same sentiment back in March of 2020 during a Fox news interview. More voting mean the GOP won't win.
So they all know and why they have no problem (hence the hand-waving of the issue) with certain states enacting laws that make it harder to vote; especially certain demographic they do poorly in.
Originally posted by eThneoLgrRnae
Yeah, truth hurts I know.
"Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome - good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." -Paul Weyrich
Originally posted by Robtard👆 Rob wields the scalpel dissecting the issues and trumpers with a single stroke.
"Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome - good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." -Paul Weyrich
Originally posted by Klaw
Thanks for proving me right:
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Radicalized right-wingers fetishize Asian women and love anime.
Originally posted by Newjak
It's quite sad you find it humorous that the GOP is making a state more favorable to them by putting in laws that make it harder to vote because they know higher turnout works against them.
The notion that progressives are afraid of voter ID is just another far-right fantasy. When polled, even on KMC, progressives do not necessarily oppose voter ID, so long as the government provides it for free to every eligible voter.
Toth Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
The Texas Voter Confidence Act, filed by Republican Representative Steve Toth, would authorize the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the House—all of whom are Republicans—to select an independent third party to conduct an election audit. The review would focus on the votes cast in Texas' 13 counties with populations over 415,000.
That is especially notable, because there would only be increased scrutiny of the results in areas where Republicans did not win.
When asked why he did not include smaller counties in the election review, Toth replied, "What's the point? I mean, all the small counties are red."
The proposed exercise is not about "election integrity." It is about the Republican effort to characterize election results in "red" areas as inherently valid and election results in "blue" areas as inherently suspect.