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Topic	A simple alternative to mail-in voting
darkknight109 06/10/20 4:03:46 AM #7:	DirtBasedSoap posted... because republicans dont want disenfranchised people to vote Basically this. If you want to improve the ability of people to vote, there are lots of easy ways to do it. Mandate a minimum number of polling stations per population; make election day a national holiday; make voter registration automatic and free, with a national voter ID sent at no charge to every eligible adult; allow voting over multiple days. The thing is, Republicans don't want any of those, because they don't want it to be easier to vote. The Republicans are the minority party and have been for decades - the last time they won a nationwide popular vote was over 15 years ago, in 2004. The time before that was in the fucking 1980s. That's one victory in 30 years, which is pretty damn impressive for all the wrong reasons. And that's with demographics that tend to be more politically active and have better turnout (such as seniors); if the Democrats could get their demographics to turn out at the same levels as the Republicans, the GOP may never win another election until they dramatically reform their policies and platform. And their strategists understand this - Republican leaders from Moscow Mitch to Donald Trump have given statements announcing their opposition to making voting easier purely because it would be bad for the Republicans. The Republican strategy has long hinged on structural advantages given to them by the senate and the electoral college (both of which are weighted towards smaller, rural states that lean Republican, as opposed to larger, urban states that skew Democrat) and even that is starting to fail them as demographic changes swing against them. At this point, voter suppression is one of the last tools they have left in their toolbox. Moscow Mitch will not let any of the proposals for easier voting ever see the light of day, because he would be signing away the Republicans' only chance of winning future elections on their current platform. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! <cite>darkknight109 posted [p:940437762] in A simple a... [t:78759412]...</cite> <quote>DirtBasedSoap posted... </cite> <quote>because republicans dont want disenfranchised people to vote</quote>Basically this. If you want to improve the ability of people to vote, there are lots of easy ways to do it. Mandate a minimum number of polling stations per population; make election day a national holiday; make voter registration automatic and free, with a national voter ID sent at no charge to every eligible adult; allow voting over multiple days. The thing is, Republicans don't want any of those, because they don't want it to be easier to vote. The Republicans are the minority party and have been for decades - the last time they won a nationwide popular vote was over 15 years ago, in 2004. The time before that was in the fucking 1980s. That's one victory in 30 years, which is pretty damn impressive for all the wrong reasons. And that's with demographics that tend to be more politically active and have better turnout (such as seniors); if the Democrats could get their demographics to turn out at the same levels as the Republicans, the GOP may never win another election until they dramatically reform their policies and platform. And their strategists understand this - Republican leaders from Moscow Mitch to Donald Trump have given statements announcing their opposition to making voting easier purely because it would be bad for the Republicans. The Republican strategy has long hinged on structural advantages given to them by the senate and the electoral college (both of which are weighted towards smaller, rural states that lean Republican, as opposed to larger, urban states that skew Democrat) and even that is starting to fail them as demographic changes swing against them. At this point, voter suppression is one of the last tools they have left in their toolbox. Moscow Mitch will not let any of the proposals for easier voting ever see the light of day, because he would be signing away the Republicans' only chance of winning future elections on their current platform. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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