Five Voting Laws Needed To Protect Democracy

[berg80]

Thanks to a strong showing in 2022, Democrats gained full control over governments in 17 states. This is more so-called “trifectas” — when one party holds both chambers of the state legislature and the governorship — than Democrats have held since 1993. With the addition of Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota following the 2022 elections, more Americans now live in states entirely controlled by Democrats than by Republicans.

If there is one thing we know from history, it is that power can be fleeting. Just a few years ago, Democrats had full control over Virginia’s government, while now the state has a Republican governor and state House. Republicans who controlled Arizona for years now face a Democratic governor.

As these 17 states begin their new legislative sessions, they will face a myriad of competing priorities for which progressive issues to address first.

My message to state Democratic leaders is simple: Use your power to expand voting rights and protect democracy. Make 2023 the year that every Democratic-controlled state enacts new laws to strengthen free and fair elections and increase voter access. Enact bold new proposals to transform your election systems while also fixing small nagging problems confronting voters.

Five Voting Laws Needed To Protect Democracy

From Marc | Here are five new election laws every Democratic state should adopt this legislative session.

www.democracydocket.com

This website provides a wealth of info regarding voting for those interested in learning about the threat to democracy posed by Repubs.

 

[1srelluc]

Damn OP, you are a special kind of stupid.....I'm talking short bus stupid.

 

[two_iron]

 

[johngaltshrugged]

1) Hand filled paper ballots only- voting machines outlawed
2) Mail-in ballots restricted
3) Proper photo ID & signature matches
4) Same day hand counts with results that night- counting machines outlawed
5) Mandatory & transparent random audits, full audits when criteria met

I know Dems & UNiparty will NEVER agree to that because it would be the end of them

 

[DGS49]

"Democracy" doesn't mean the same thing to all people.

Recent Democrat successes have been based on their ability to shake out large numbers of ignorant, uneducated, easily influenced citizens, and get them to cast votes.

If all voters were required to pass the SAME civics test that immigrants must pass in order to become citizens, the Democrat party would shortly cease to exist. At least 40% of their voters would be disqualified.

The height of "democracy" is when all of the voters are informed and rational. "Get out the vote" campaigns ALWAYS benefit Democrats because the new voters are always ignorant, uninvolved, and illogical.

 

[berg80]

Damn OP, you are a special kind of stupid.....I'm talking short bus stupid.

It must be hard to go through life constantly being frustrated with a reliance on gratuitous insults due to the inability to articulate anything close to a cogent argument.

 

[berg80]

"Democracy" doesn't mean the same thing to all people.

Recent Democrat successes have been based on their ability to shake out large numbers of ignorant, uneducated, easily influenced citizens, and get them to cast votes.

If all voters were required to pass the SAME civics test that immigrants must pass in order to become citizens, the Democrat party would shortly cease to exist. At least 40% of their voters would be disqualified.

The height of "democracy" is when all of the voters are informed and rational. "Get out the vote" campaigns ALWAYS benefit Democrats because the new voters are always ignorant, uninvolved, and illogical.

Kinda sounds like you use that baseless caricature of Dem voters to rationalize Repub voter suppression efforts. I guess it helps you sleep at night.

How Educational Differences Are Widening America’s Political Rift​

College graduates are now a firmly Democratic bloc, and they are shaping the party’s future. Those without degrees, by contrast, have flocked to Republicans.

How Educational Differences Are Widening America’s Political Rift (Published 2021)

College graduates are now a firmly Democratic bloc, and they are shaping the party’s future. Those without degrees, by contrast, have flocked to Republicans.

www.nytimes.com

 

[westwall]

Thanks to a strong showing in 2022, Democrats gained full control over governments in 17 states. This is more so-called “trifectas” — when one party holds both chambers of the state legislature and the governorship — than Democrats have held since 1993. With the addition of Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota following the 2022 elections, more Americans now live in states entirely controlled by Democrats than by Republicans.

If there is one thing we know from history, it is that power can be fleeting. Just a few years ago, Democrats had full control over Virginia’s government, while now the state has a Republican governor and state House. Republicans who controlled Arizona for years now face a Democratic governor.

As these 17 states begin their new legislative sessions, they will face a myriad of competing priorities for which progressive issues to address first.

My message to state Democratic leaders is simple: Use your power to expand voting rights and protect democracy. Make 2023 the year that every Democratic-controlled state enacts new laws to strengthen free and fair elections and increase voter access. Enact bold new proposals to transform your election systems while also fixing small nagging problems confronting voters.

Five Voting Laws Needed To Protect Democracy

From Marc | Here are five new election laws every Democratic state should adopt this legislative session.

www.democracydocket.com

This website provides a wealth of info regarding voting for those interested in learning about the threat to democracy posed by Repubs.

It takes a special kind of stupid to think monolithic, one party rule, is in any way " democratic".

Hello stupid.

 

[Zincwarrior]

1) Hand filled paper ballots only- voting machines outlawed
2) Mail-in ballots restricted
3) Proper photo ID & signature matches
4) Same day hand counts with results that night- counting machines outlawed
5) Mandatory & transparent random audits, full audits when criteria met

I know Dems & UNiparty will NEVER agree to that because it would be the end of them

#1 and #4 are mutually exclusive in suburban and urban districts.
Also hand filled ballots are ripe with potential corruption. Illinois is an excellent example.

 

[berg80]

What Voter Intimidation Looks Like Today​

The struggle for voting rights in the United States is marred by violence and terror, particularly for Black Americans. Since 1871, Congress has tried to curb this terror through laws safeguarding against voter intimidation and harassment, but it wasn’t until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) that such a federal law was robustly enforced.

“No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person for voting or attempting to vote,” reads Section 11(b) of the VRA, a powerful legal tool used to protect against voter intimidation. Despite the country’s dark history of both individuals and groups terrorizing voters, it’s not a relic of the past. Since 2020, there have been a few high profile examples of voter intimidation in states like Arizona, Georgia, Texas and more. In each of these instances, pro-voting groups sued under Section 11(b) and litigation is ongoing in many of them.

What Voter Intimidation Looks Like Today

Voter intimidation is not a relic of the past. Since 2020, there have been a few high profile examples of voter intimidation.

www.democracydocket.com

 

[johngaltshrugged]

#1 and #4 are mutually exclusive in suburban and urban districts.
Also hand filled ballots are ripe with potential corruption. Illinois is an excellent example.

Much less ripe for potential corruption than mail-in ballots & voting machines.

Both #1 & #4 could be done by reducing precinct sizes as necessary.

This is all feasible & is the way it was done before massive fraud replaced real elections

 

[berg80]

It takes a special kind of stupid to think monolithic, one party rule, is in any way " democratic".

Which is exactly why Dems resist Repub efforts to gerrymander their way to control over state legislatures and Congress while being in the minority.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Thanks to a strong showing in 2022, Democrats gained full control over governments in 17 states. This is more so-called “trifectas” — when one party holds both chambers of the state legislature and the governorship — than Democrats have held since 1993. With the addition of Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and Minnesota following the 2022 elections, more Americans now live in states entirely controlled by Democrats than by Republicans.

If there is one thing we know from history, it is that power can be fleeting. Just a few years ago, Democrats had full control over Virginia’s government, while now the state has a Republican governor and state House. Republicans who controlled Arizona for years now face a Democratic governor.

As these 17 states begin their new legislative sessions, they will face a myriad of competing priorities for which progressive issues to address first.

My message to state Democratic leaders is simple: Use your power to expand voting rights and protect democracy. Make 2023 the year that every Democratic-controlled state enacts new laws to strengthen free and fair elections and increase voter access. Enact bold new proposals to transform your election systems while also fixing small nagging problems confronting voters.

Five Voting Laws Needed To Protect Democracy

From Marc | Here are five new election laws every Democratic state should adopt this legislative session.

www.democracydocket.com

This website provides a wealth of info regarding voting for those interested in learning about the threat to democracy posed by Repubs.

5 Tammany Hall laws "needed"

 

[westwall]

Which is exactly why Dems resist Repub efforts to gerrymander their way to control over state legislatures and Congress while being in the minority.

Both parties gerrymander. The dems did it so bad last time they created a district separated by a large body of water in NY.

DURRRRRR

 

[CrusaderFrank]

1. Only US military overseas can mail in a ballot
2. Photo ID must be shown at polling place before receiving a ballot
3. Voter database listed on Blockchain and updated every 10 minutes to properly account for: valid US citizenship, death, change of address, and if you've already voted this election

Whose got a problem with any of that?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Both parties gerrymander. The dems did it so bad last time they created a district separated by a large body of water in NY.

DURRRRRR

The democrat Party INVENTED Gerrymandering!!!! Now they call it "redistricting"

 

[berg80]

In Georgia, for example, Republicans used their trifecta to facilitate voter challenges after a Texas-based voter intimidation group challenged the eligibility of over 360,000 Georgians ahead of the 2021 U.S. Senate runoffs. Rather than clamp down on challenges, Georgia expanded the ability of right-wing groups to submit meritless mass challenges through its 2021 voter suppression law. In advance of the 2022 midterm elections, nearly 100,000 Georgians had their right to vote challenged by complete strangers.

The problem of mass challenges is not confined to Georgia. In the run up to the 2022 midterms, a right-wing organization with ties to former President Donald Trump announced plans to challenge voters’ eligibility in nine states. After the election, the group bragged of its successes in several of the targeted states.

 

[berg80]

Both parties gerrymander.

That like saying Trump lies like all politicians. The scale of Repub gerrymandering, and their refusal to agree to legislation to end it, puts the health of our democracy in jeopardy.

 

[berg80]

4. Strengthen the vote counting and election certification process.​

If one thing has become clear since 2020, it is that our vote counting and election certification processes need modernization. I have written extensively about how Republicans have sought to exploit the vulnerabilities of our current systems to count and certify election results. The aftermath of the midterm elections did little to assuage my concerns. With the next presidential election less than two years away, states need to revise and harden their post-election processes now.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Which is exactly why Dems resist Repub efforts to gerrymander their way to control over state legislatures and Congress while being in the minority.

LOL the WORST examples of Gerrymandering were all democrat created districts in different states.