Why does the GOP want to suppress voter turnout?

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  1. Cybred

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    Cool, so you admit you don't care about voting security.
     
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    Your wrong. Like usual.

    Nobody is trying to prevent people from voting. What's trying to be done is balance the integrity of elections with ease and method of voting.

    I'm not surprised you're misrepresenting the other perspective, you aren't really here to debate anyway.
     
  3. Aleksander Ulyanov

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    My mother who was 90 didn't have a picture ID. She hadn't a license for several years We had to get a birth certificate for her. Ironically her voter Party registration card (Democrat, of course) was one form of valid ID she DID have since she never missed an election.
     
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    I actually don't agree that everyone should vote. Stupid, ignorant people should not vote. One in six Biden voters said that they would not have voted for him if they were fully informed. Biden apparently had glowing numbers to start in his approval rating, and they are in the tank, with 34%, from about 60% to start, which means a lot of people were bamboozled into voting for him. Those people should not be able to vote. It cheapens the democratic process that stupid, ignorant people can nullify well-informed voters' votes. The reason why Democrats want more people to vote is because the ignorant people tend to vote for them, per the one-in-six number.
     
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    Democrats still ban free id's or id's via financial assistance for voting. Anyway, that's an ID problem, not a voter requirement problem. ID assistance should be federalized so that people can work, pick up their mail, drive, vote, drink, exist.
     
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    The only thing I would add to this perfectly reasonable post is:
    All absentee ballots shall be verified and counted FIRST, and the numbers recorded, before election day results begin to be posted. No "just discovered" ballots will be allowed.
    "Same Day Registration" is a euphemism for "vote buying", plain and simple. In fact, a 3 day voting holiday is a bad idea. IMO, for the same reason.
    If you don't care enough to register, then sit at home and watch everyone else decide the direction of the country.
    Shouldn't we expect a LITTLE responsibility from someone who is voting?
     
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    Already done most states have greatly reduce if not free dl for people purchasing them simply as ID.
     
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    Yes because it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to interfere in state and local elections by making the rules. If you want more early voting in YOUR state or more open mail in voting then pass it in YOUR state.
     
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    So you ignore the findings of the Carter/Baker commission and all the European countries who tried it and got rid of it? If you want open mail in voting in YOUR state then vote it in in YOUR state.
     
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    Our elections are secure.

    NO evidence of cheating.

    But, if republicans can discourage voting with needless obstacles between the voter and the ballot, that might help a republican in a close race.

    Bingo
     
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    Nice try, no cigar. No idea how you think you extrapolated that from what I posted.
     
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    I agree with you about counting the absentee ballots first, good idea. When I suggested a 3 day voting holiday, it was to accommodate the number of voters who would be going to the polls, and assuming it would include a weekend day. Everyone should still already be a registered voter, with the cutoff at least 30 days prior. No same day registration, ever.
     
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    Can you give any real (not hypothetical) examples of legal voters who want to vote, but have not been able to?
     
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    Literally laughable. Stop pretending to care about the poor. You don’t care.

    Even the poorest of the poor have a damn government issued ID.
     
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    Then tell your moron of a President to get inflation and gas prices back down. Boom. Problem freaking solved.
     
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    Why are we hung up on drivers licenses anyway. Is there any state that accepts ONLY a drivers license as voter ID?
     
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    Well you should have told Robert Mueller and your buddies that he pissed away millions of dollars and taxpayer time and resources chasing Russian phantoms
     
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    No, he can’t. What they truly desire is for any swinging dick that walks across our border to be able to walk into a voting booth and vote. This includes illegals, foreign travelers, etc… These fools would have it setup to where a British citizen could hop on a plane, come cast a vote for a D, then fly right back home.
     
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    Fake News. Some on the Left want it to be easy to cheat because they want to be able to steal elections.

    Prove me wrong.
     
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    Does the OP still beat his wife? That's about as silly as the title of this thread.
     
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    A dozen russians were indicted, not to mention Trump staff.

    WTF are you talking about?
     
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    That has been shown false, not everyone does.
     
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    I would love to see some statistics on what percentage of voting age adults in this country don’t have an ID. What is it with Democrats always pandering to the 0.00517%?
     
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    OUR President didn't cause inflation or high gas prices, take a bit of time to study economics. But, even if he could was a magic wand it wouldn't solve the problem that some people don't actually have $30.00 to spare.
     
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    Your President. I’m just going by your rules, son. Your side screamed “Not my President” for 4 years. Biden ain’t my President. He’s a piece of commie filth. And yes, he is absolutely responsible for the inflation and gas prices. There’s your $30. Even the poorest of the poor have 30 freakin bucks. That’s a half a tank of gas. Poor ass excuse.
     
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