Five Voting Laws Needed To Protect Democracy

[Independentthinker]

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.

So now you are questioning the legitimacy of our elections? When did you go MAGA?

 

[Oddball]

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.

If the dead can't vote, how can any of us say that we're truly free?

 

[Zincwarrior]

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?

People in nursing homes, the elderly, those out of town on business, and those that work during the voting hours probably have an issue.

 

[blackhawk]

Translation anything that benefits my party is necessary anything that doesn’t is a threat to democracy. Typical partisan bullshit both sides engage in.

 

[Oddball]

People in nursing homes, the elderly, those out of town on business, and those that work during the voting hours probably have an issue.

The "indefinitely confined" were exploited as an avenue of cheating in Wisconsin last go-around.

If you can't get to the polls and aren't military, tough shit.

 

[Zincwarrior]

The "indefinitely confined" were exploited as an avenue of cheating in Wisconsin last go-around.

If you can't get to the polls and aren't military, tough shit.

They disagree, as does the Republican Party, because old people skew more conservative.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

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?

The right's war on democracy continues.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

the threat to democracy posed by Repubs.

Exactly.

 

[Zincwarrior]

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

Fair enough. That could be a method.

 

[Zincwarrior]

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

To clarify, is that kept confidential to the system and election workers, or public? I'd have no desire to have scammers have that information.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The right's war on democracy continues.

How is showing ID, or any of that a “wore on your mock-racey”