So you can just show up anywhere and say you are Joe Smith and still vote. Voting has become a joke.
You betcha!
That's exactly what I do.
I always vote as John Smith - doesn't everyone?
Guess a simple example just flew right over your head.
Yep, you're way too erudite for me to keep up with.
Next time please go a little slower.
Okay, now that we have that settled, is it safe to assume that you don't vote as John Smith?
I do only in Vermont though.
Seems to me it is now okay to buy an election and not okay to vote. Ohio cut early voting the day before it was to begin.....
Good, why do you need early voting? Why not just vote every single day of the year? Election day is in November. If you can't get to the polls then you have an absentee ballot that can be submitted. But in some states we just had primaries and don't even know anything about the candidates. For example in one state you have a Republican running against an Independent, yet the I will not answer questions of who he will align with or where he stands on key positions. So how in the world can you vote for someone you know nothing about?
But some people believe that if you stop early voting it will disenfranchise minorties so that makes you a racist. BS! Again if you can not make it to the polls on election day then absentee ballot is what you can do. And the black turn out is going to be back at normal levels as Obama is not running.
Let me ask YOU a question.....Since when, in this country do we not want people to vote? Why try to restrict the very schedules that the states have always adhered to? Why cut it back? What is the purpose to trying to keep people from voting? You would think all would want as many people to vote as possible, so why not? And its okay to cut a weeks worth of early voting, the very day before it was to begin? Whats up with that?
Like I said, it appears it is now okay to buy the vote, but not stand in line to cast it? And it just so happens that this particular week that was cut, was known to attract about half the african american population? Coincidence is it?
And I dont remember which state it was, but they changed the voting laws, after quite a few absent ballets had already been turned in, making those votes null and void unless all those people come after the fact and provide papers that I might add is more than you would need to legally travel to another country. Now you tell me why?
Well with our lax boarders, since you can come into the country illegally might as well vote illegally also.
Voting is a privlidge of American citizens that can be taken away due to something they do. But everyone who can vote should vote.
I really don't care if early voting helped republicans, if you are going to vote early and instead of voting on October 8th you have to wait until Oct 22 then so be it. If it effects you that much then maybe you should not be voting at all. I have always and will always be voting on Nov 4th. It's not that hard.
First of all, in order to sell me on voter fraud you are going to have to show me some stats that support that theory and to date? There are none! Secondly, there is only about 40% of our population that turn out the vote to begin with, so why would you not want to do more to get people out than trying to restrict them?
Do you have a clue as to why early voting came about to begin with? If you are a ceo or lucky enuff to have a job or lifestyle that you can take that one day and go vote without losing a days pay or adding a day that gets you closer to being fired for being absent from work, then its no problem!
If you work a third shift job, or in a position of having to have childcare, and too many other situations too numerous to mention, its not so easy, hence! Early voting to allow those of all situations to vote!
Now? They want to take all that away? And you think that fair? And just coincidentally, it is a republican campaign to do this....
I am self employed. I have committments every single day of the week and if I cancel an appointment on that day to go vote, I lose money and really inconvenience a client that I cannot make up time to until the next scheduled date for her....And just think about all those long lines that the voting booths cannot handle. Hell in the last election alone a elderly woman stood in line for 8 hours just to vote....So tell me how much sense all this makes?
No one is restricting them, ELECTION DAY has been in November since 1845, this is not new to people. I am not so much talking about fraud but since it is part of elections why is it so hard to prove who you are??
You do get all day to vote, polls open at 8am and stay open until at least 7pm. If you can not find 15 mins to vote then cry me a river. You don't need a full day, you need 15 mins. The excuses you gave are just that excuses.
Last 2 Presidential elections had unusual turn out due to black people voting based on skin color. Simple as that.
Yes always blame republicans right? This country is in a F'N mess because of Obama and the democrats. Try just try seeing the truth and admitting to this for once, be honest with yourself and us. Republicans did not create this mess we are in. Obama has Congress for 2 years and things are worse now then they were back then. And don;t point to Bush because if you want to give Obama credit for fake employment numbers then give him the blame for the labor participation rate at record lows.
I as well am self employed. But more to the point, I have already voted via an absentee ballot. The reason I chose to use the absentee ballot is for research reasons. I don't vote party line, so it takes some time to check out candidates and do my research. I actually voted, democrat,republican and for a libertarian! (ha).
Lots of parties here in VT, democrat,republican,libertarian,liberty union, progressive,independent ......but I don't much care about party politics, I care about the individual views/positions of each candidate I vote for.
Okay, so you voted absentee? As such, and you got word tomorrow that altho you already cast your vote, now the regulations have changed and in order for your vote to count, you must now come in person and show various forms of id, some of which you may or may not have, after the fact of already voting.
This is one of the things actually happenning in one of the states. I dunno about you, but that would irritate me big time....And then, what if you didnt have one of the forms or documents requested and now had to go hunt it down? And if you didnt? your vote is thrown in the trash....
You would think, they would have the laws in place before people started casting their votes imo...
I heard it on cnn, but it was either Miss or Minn or Wisconsin. Cannot remember which.
I also found this very enlightening.
http://prospect.org/article/22-states-wave-new-voting-restrictions-threatens-shift-outcomes-tight-races
Could not read the article because the title when I got to the link was an instant turn off Republican hit piece filled with lies.
“as well as allow voters to cast ballots even if they show up to vote in the wrong precinct.”
I’m all for doing what we can to assure everyone gets an opportunity to vote but the line has to be drawn somewhere.
This is all in an effort to give illegal Mexicans the ability to vote?
Probably because that is the only way the Dems will keep control of the Senate and then the White House.
No wonder you covet like you do.
There is NO VOTER FRAUD of any sorts. We've heard it here time and time again... unless of course republicans are trying to stifle the minority vote. Then of course, its rampant.
Everyone knows poor folk can't afford an I.D. Everyone knows poor folk can't make it to the polls. Everyone knows that poor folk are highly educated and motivated voters.... they just don't make it to the polls. Oh, and that is the fault of the republicans.
You missed the whole damn point......I give up.