McCann'sCans
Gwinnett Bound
So says a bunch of people who clearly have enough job flexibility to post on a message board all day. You'd be shocked to find that not everyone's life looks like yours.
Republican voter suppression...
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goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
Let’s ignore the weekends.
Let’s ignore the hours each day that more than likely doesn’t one for one overlap with their work hours.
I get it. The left makes endless excuses for minorities because they can’t do anything on their own. It’s cool. Own it.
And yes, I’m damn proud of how hard I worked to go from a single parent immigrant home who drove a black car 16 hours a day. That’s why happens when you work hard and go to school for a real skill.
McCann'sCans
Gwinnett Bound
You're right. I'm sure all of these people are just lazy and making up lies for why they don't vote. The system itself is flawless except for some overly generous voting hours and voting options, which we should clamp down on to make it harder for the lazies. Congratulations on all of your hard-earned success.
Tapate50
Well-known member
I outlined that exact person on the last page. You can read it and tell me if that’s realistic or not.
The one thing I forgot was they are prohibited from using the mail for some reason or a phone at all. You can add that to the realistic voter illustration
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
I didn't mow the lawn a couple of weeks ago. When asked why, I blamed it on work and parenting stuff. If I had really wanted to, I could have mowed the lawn.
It's really easy to casually ask someone if they voted, get a no, ask why not, and get "I couldn't get time off of work" as an answer. I don't think there are really that many people working consecutive 80+ hour work weeks. Incidentally, I used to frequently work 100+ hour work weeks. I still got time off to vote, because it's required by law.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
A few reminders of the unfortunate GOP phobia regarding high turnouts:
1) In January, a Republican election official said that Georgia needed tougher laws to reduce turnout, “so we at least have a shot at winning.”
2) Asked to justify two Arizona voter restrictions before the Supreme Court in March, the lawyer for the state’s Republican Party responded, simply, that easing them “puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats.”
3) And of course very poorly chosen one himself: “They had levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you'd never have a Republican elected in this country again."
I really don't concern myself too much about whether a baseball discussion board poster wants to depress turnout for "idiots" or "low information voters." It does concern me that one of the major parties thinks it is a good thing to do so.
1) In January, a Republican election official said that Georgia needed tougher laws to reduce turnout, “so we at least have a shot at winning.”
2) Asked to justify two Arizona voter restrictions before the Supreme Court in March, the lawyer for the state’s Republican Party responded, simply, that easing them “puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats.”
3) And of course very poorly chosen one himself: “They had levels of voting, that if you ever agreed to it you'd never have a Republican elected in this country again."
I really don't concern myself too much about whether a baseball discussion board poster wants to depress turnout for "idiots" or "low information voters." It does concern me that one of the major parties thinks it is a good thing to do so.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
The one consolation (and it is not really a consolation) is that sometimes this venality is tempered by incompetence. Such as Florida requiring people to request a mail in ballot every two years rather than every four years, something that could well end up hurting Republicans.
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country
“We did it quickly and we did it quietly,” said the executive director of Heritage Action.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/heritage-foundation-dark-money-voter-suppression-laws/
“We did it quickly and we did it quietly,” said the executive director of Heritage Action.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/heritage-foundation-dark-money-voter-suppression-laws/
McCann'sCans
Gwinnett Bound
At least the founder of Heritage Foundation is willing to say the quiet part out loud.
“I don’t want everybody to vote,” he said. “Elections are not won by a majority of the 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.”
“I don’t want everybody to vote,” he said. “Elections are not won by a majority of the 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.”
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
He's not the only one. See post 868.
The Georgia thing blowing up has likely deterred other states from passing much more blatant measures. But they are going to keep trying to chip away.
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