Why does average joe republican support these voter ID laws?

[Billy000]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

 

[Auld Phart]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing.

Seriously?

 

[hurricanewatcher]

We don't want illegals voting.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

Oh really these memes have been around since the 1920s ..

 

[RetiredGySgt]

You need ID for a bazillion things and yet you liberals would have us believe blacks and Hispanics are unable to get ID. What a JOKE.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing.

Seriously?

Billy is a prime example of 1984.

 

[BuckToothMoron]

Better question- why shouldn’t a person living here as a legal citizen provide an ID to vote? Then most of the hollering about illegals and dead people voting will be moot.

 

[Billy000]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

Oh really these memes have been around since the 1920s ..


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Where is the evidence that actual votes are being casted from dead people? See, maybe you didn’t know this, but just because there are dead people on a registration record, it doesn’t somehow mean that votes from these dead people are being casted.

 

[Billy000]

Better question- why shouldn’t a person living here as a legal citizen provide an ID to vote? Then most of the hollering about illegals and dead people voting will be moot.

All that “hollering” isn’t based on actual evidence. You just choose to believe anything the GOP tells you.

 

[Billy000]

We don't want illegals voting.

And they don’t. Move on with your life.

 

[fncceo]

I need an ID to buy alcohol. I need an ID to gamble. I need an ID to drive a car. I need an ID to purchase a firearm. I need an ID to buy model glue. I need an ID to check out library books.

What is the problem with requiring proof of identity, age, or place of residence before voting?

 

[SavannahMann]

Well. Here is an example. Thank God Voter Fraud never happens. Or Something.

 

[Auld Phart]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing.

Seriously?

Billy is a prime example of 1984.

I was thinking more Animal Farm

 

[Wyatt earp]

I need an ID to buy alcohol. I need an ID to gamble. I need an ID to drive a car. I need an ID to purchase a firearm. I need an ID to buy model glue. I need an ID to check out library books.

What is the problem with requiring proof of identity, age, or place of residence before voting?

I just got stopped for W.W.W. (walking while white) and the cop asked to see my ID ( I obliged , no big deal) and the cop was nice enough to drive me home for wasting my time.

 

[Auld Phart]

Better question- why shouldn’t a person living here as a legal citizen provide an ID to vote? Then most of the hollering about illegals and dead people voting will be moot.

All that “hollering” isn’t based on actual evidence. You just choose to believe anything the GOP tells you.

https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/...raud-is-a-proven-election-manipulation-tactic

 

[Wyatt earp]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

Oh really these memes have been around since the 1920s ..


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Where is the evidence that actual votes are being casted from dead people? See, maybe you didn’t know this, but just because there are dead people on a registration record, it doesn’t somehow mean that votes from these dead people are being casted.

Youre talking to a Chicago born guy who loves news and politics


Chicago And Rigged Elections? The History Is Even Crazier Than You've Heard

It was Mayor Anton Cermak, the first in an unbroken stream of Democratic mayors since 1931, who created what would became known as the infamous "Democratic Machine," said Bob Crawford, a now-retired journalist who covered city politics for decades for WBBM-AM and was considered the dean of the City Hall press corps. The right candidates, and the people who worked in it weren't shy about using money, bribes or fake identities to get votes for Democrats.

 

[007]

"Why does average joe republican support these voter ID laws?"

Absolutely the DUMBEST question on the board right now.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

Oh really these memes have been around since the 1920s ..


View attachment 223887

Where is the evidence that actual votes are being casted from dead people? See, maybe you didn’t know this, but just because there are dead people on a registration record, it doesn’t somehow mean that votes from these dead people are being casted.

Youre talking to a Chicago born guy who loves news and politics


Chicago And Rigged Elections? The History Is Even Crazier Than You've Heard

It was Mayor Anton Cermak, the first in an unbroken stream of Democratic mayors since 1931, who created what would became known as the infamous "Democratic Machine," said Bob Crawford, a now-retired journalist who covered city politics for decades for WBBM-AM and was considered the dean of the City Hall press corps. The right candidates, and the people who worked in it weren't shy about using money, bribes or fake identities to get votes for Democrats.

More ..


Here are a few of the tricks the Machine used:

• Electoral rolls are supposed to keep track of who is registered to vote. The rolls would be rigged so dead people's names still appeared on them, Crawford said, meaning others could vote for the candidate of their choice in the dead person's name.

Sometimes, people working for the Machine would even go into cemeteries and take the names off of tombstones, then go back and fill out voter registration cards with the dead person's names as if they were still alive, Crawford said.

• Election judges are supposed to keep an eye out for anything fishy at the polls. Republicans had a small presence in the city, though, and it was difficult to find Republican volunteers for the post, Crawford said.

Democrats would pretend to be Republicans and would volunteer, meaning there were actually two Democrats at polling places. Officers who provided security got their jobs from the Machine and weren't going to say anything about what happened, Crawford said.

• People would be promised $5, a warm meal or a drink at the local pub to vote for the "right" people, said Crawford and Simpson.

Sometimes, the precinct captain would steal a ballot, mark it and give it to someone to turn in, Simpson said. That person would then bring the blank ballot they'd been given at the polling place back to the captain, who'd fill it out for the next person to come in, and so on.

An old sewer boss, Ed Quigley, once told Crawford he had a special way to make sure people voted the right way: When a voter would go behind a curtain to cast his or her ballot, they had to move to to one side to vote for a Democrat or the other side to vote for a Republican. Quigley would look under the curtain at the voter's feet to make sure they were on the Democratic side, Crawford said.

• No Republicans to watch for suspicious activity in the precinct? The Democratic precinct captain would just vote for people who didn't come in, Simpson said.

• Ward committeemen would go to nursing homes and "help" senior people with marking absentee ballots by holding the voter's hand, Crawford said. Nursing homes would cooperate because they needed a good relationship with the city, which inspects them, he said.

 

[Norman]

Before Obama, republican voters didn’t even think voter fraud was really a thing. Now they pretend it is crucial to maintaining democracy because the GOP says so. Why do republican voters buy into it? Because republican puppets like Fox News cite stories about people voting illegally. The problem with this is that those stories refer strictly to statistical anomalies that ultimately mean nothing. In other words, while voter fraud has occurred in the past, it is completely unnecessary to crack down on because it is STATISTICALLY very RARE and therefore have no real effect on the democratic process. So when the GOP puts forth policies that they pretend are trying to save the democratic process, all they are really doing is crafting policies that target the vote of vulnerable populations who tend to vote democrat like black people. The result is 10s of thousands of people who are eligible to vote are given setbacks that discourage them from trying to vote. That means that even if these voter laws made fraud more difficult for a very small statistic of voters, it doesn’t change the fact that 10s of thousands of people who would be voting legally otherwise are prevented from casting their votes.

Why should anyone take voter ID laws seriously? Again, it wasn’t even a topic of political conversation prior to Obama. Hmm. That seems odd, right?

If you are too dumb to get an ID, you are too dumb to vote.

And yes, you are too dumb so perhaps leave voting to the people possessing proper cognitive faculties.

 

[fncceo]

votes from these dead people are being casted.

The past tense of cast is cast.