That’s the central problem, (not so very) clearly stated. If YOU want the right to vote, then to be consistent and careful you must ALSO make it possible for pretty much everyone to vote. Otherwise, whatever voter preventions are in place can easily be turned against you. This is made a lot worse when a large part of “all” want to prevent you.
Vote for people who believe in functional government.
In the meantime get vaccinated, so you can be alive to vote. Against Republican propaganda, dead people are not allowed to vote. Ask the Republican voter that murdered his wife, then voted for her.
Yes, you could stop people from voting to stop you from voting, but, once everyone who SHOULD NOT BE STOPPED FROM VOTING IS ABLE TO VOTE WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING STOPPED, those who HAD intended to stop you from voting MAY SEE THE LIGHT that DEMOCRACY is TRULY EFFECTIVE ONLY WHEN EVERYONE IS NOT ONLY PERMITTED TO VOTE, BUT ALSO ACTUALLY GIVES ENOUGH OF A DAMN TO PARTICIPATE IN VOTING. It’s all a function of the synergy of three essential elements: (1) the intelligence to grasp the importance of a full-fledged participatory democracy; (2) the education about how Democracy requires and relies on FULL PARTICIPATION; and (3) the experience acquired by TRUSTING IN THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF A COMPLETE AND ACCURATELY INFORMED ELECTORATE rather than on the scare tactics of greedy, mendacious, venal, would-be despots.
The problem with the Democratic opposition to current voting laws is that they are based on the assumption that persons of color are too lazy to get out of bed to vote and and too stupid to get proper voter ID.
When I moved to Austin in 1975 the “yellow dog” Democrat-voter who would vote for a yellow dog before for a republican- was still common(even white males) then they started to shift and by 1994 when W was elected Governor most were yellow dog republicans and we have not elected a Democratic to state wide office since.
In clearer language: Dems: we want everyone to vote. GOP: we only want our people to vote. Rall: what they said, but only people I like instead! And Rall thinks he wins that argument.
Considering our revolving door court/prison system, I Am not so sure criminals with one or possibly many Felony Convictions on their record should be allowed to vote.Voting should be reserved for responsible law abiding citizens.
Thomas Jefferson wrote that a well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to democracy.I suspect criminals are not at all well informed.
See Jan 6th video for examples of the not so well informed electorate in action.
It’s more like “Vote Republican OR we’ll stop YOU from ever voting”. True democracy appreciates both sides being heard so you can decide for yourself which one to vote for. These days one side is ideology and the other is fearmongering.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
That’s the central problem, (not so very) clearly stated. If YOU want the right to vote, then to be consistent and careful you must ALSO make it possible for pretty much everyone to vote. Otherwise, whatever voter preventions are in place can easily be turned against you. This is made a lot worse when a large part of “all” want to prevent you.
GiantShetlandPony almost 3 years ago
Vote for people who believe in functional government.
In the meantime get vaccinated, so you can be alive to vote. Against Republican propaganda, dead people are not allowed to vote. Ask the Republican voter that murdered his wife, then voted for her.
cocavan11 almost 3 years ago
Yes, you could stop people from voting to stop you from voting, but, once everyone who SHOULD NOT BE STOPPED FROM VOTING IS ABLE TO VOTE WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING STOPPED, those who HAD intended to stop you from voting MAY SEE THE LIGHT that DEMOCRACY is TRULY EFFECTIVE ONLY WHEN EVERYONE IS NOT ONLY PERMITTED TO VOTE, BUT ALSO ACTUALLY GIVES ENOUGH OF A DAMN TO PARTICIPATE IN VOTING. It’s all a function of the synergy of three essential elements: (1) the intelligence to grasp the importance of a full-fledged participatory democracy; (2) the education about how Democracy requires and relies on FULL PARTICIPATION; and (3) the experience acquired by TRUSTING IN THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM OF A COMPLETE AND ACCURATELY INFORMED ELECTORATE rather than on the scare tactics of greedy, mendacious, venal, would-be despots.
piper_gilbert almost 3 years ago
Freedom to vote is fundamentally American. Lose that right, you are no longer free or American.
rossevrymn almost 3 years ago
False equivalency alert!!!!!!
countoftowergrove almost 3 years ago
Theodore, I bring my hands together in rapid, repeating motions!
mattro65 almost 3 years ago
The answer to the question posed is to vote against Republicans and start working at the local level to empower third parties.
SammySnyder almost 3 years ago
The problem with the Democratic opposition to current voting laws is that they are based on the assumption that persons of color are too lazy to get out of bed to vote and and too stupid to get proper voter ID.
Gen.Flashman almost 3 years ago
When I moved to Austin in 1975 the “yellow dog” Democrat-voter who would vote for a yellow dog before for a republican- was still common(even white males) then they started to shift and by 1994 when W was elected Governor most were yellow dog republicans and we have not elected a Democratic to state wide office since.
Andrew Wheeler almost 3 years ago
In clearer language: Dems: we want everyone to vote. GOP: we only want our people to vote. Rall: what they said, but only people I like instead! And Rall thinks he wins that argument.
I C U almost 3 years ago
Considering our revolving door court/prison system, I Am not so sure criminals with one or possibly many Felony Convictions on their record should be allowed to vote.Voting should be reserved for responsible law abiding citizens.
Thomas Jefferson wrote that a well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to democracy.I suspect criminals are not at all well informed.
See Jan 6th video for examples of the not so well informed electorate in action.
ndblackirish97 almost 3 years ago
It’s more like “Vote Republican OR we’ll stop YOU from ever voting”. True democracy appreciates both sides being heard so you can decide for yourself which one to vote for. These days one side is ideology and the other is fearmongering.
Andylit Premium Member almost 3 years ago
One of our founding principals is that if you don’t like the law you can work to change the law.
Unfortunately the Dems think it is if you keep getting caught breaking the law you need to change it to protect your crimes.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
After republicans get caught committing crimes they either change the law to make it legal, deny it, or pardon the perp.
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
Poll: Despite Record Turnout, 80 Million Americans Didn’t Vote.
Nonvoters’ reasons for not voting include:
not being registered to vote (29%)
not being interested in politics (23%)
not liking the candidates (20%)
a feeling their vote wouldn’t have made a difference (16%)
being undecided on whom to vote for (10%)
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/945031391/poll-despite-record-turnout-80-million-americans-didnt-vote-heres-why
359mxn almost 3 years ago
The two edged sword.