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this is a difficult question to answer.
Personally I think they shouldn't be allowed to vote. They aren't contributing members of society. They hold no job to speak of and clearly do not pay taxes so IMO they should not have a vote.
However, they are US citizens, many veterans who have served this country honorably so in that respect they should be entitled to a vote but they should also contribute to the communities that they live in...
They do pay sales tax.They hold no job to speak of and clearly do not pay taxes so IMO they should not have a vote.
About one-third of the adult homeless population have served their country in the Armed Services. Current population estimates suggest that about 154,000 veterans (male and female) are homeless on any given night and perhaps twice as many experience homelessness at some point during the course of a year. Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because of their poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and dismal living conditions in cheap hotels or in overcrowded or substandard housing.
DD, do you really think there are enough homeless people in the country to throw an election? If that's true, we have bigger things to worry about.
They do pay sales tax.
Oh, I see what you are saying. I don't think there are that many whack job activists, either.Ravi.. the loophole makes it more open for corruption... whack-job activists can claim to be homeless and vote numerous times in a closely contested area... and we're not just talking presidential election here... but in local elections where it is small numbers of votes determining the winner...
So do tourists from Equador... does not mean they should vote, does it?
Oh, I see what you are saying. I don't think there are that many whack job activists, either.
The again, Anne Coulter voted in the wrong precinct last time around.
They do pay sales tax.
Yes, but the states are the one's that run the elections, no?this is true... but doesn't sales tax go to the state government and not the federal government?
They are US citizens and therefore have the right to vote but without proper residents and verification you have no guarantee that they aren't voting multiple times in different counties.
Yes, but the states are the one's that run the elections, no?
I have a hard time seeing homeless people being bothered to travel to several different counties to vote multiple times, honestly...the ones I see on a regular basis never seem to move beyond one square city block. Then again, most of them probably don't care if they vote or not...maybe the newly homeless that are homeless because of economic tough times.
The more I think of it, the stupider this issue is.
this is a difficult question to answer.
Personally I think they shouldn't be allowed to vote. They aren't contributing members of society. They hold no job to speak of and clearly do not pay taxes so IMO they should not have a vote.
However, they are US citizens, many veterans who have served this country honorably so in that respect they should be entitled to a vote but they should also contribute to the communities that they live in...
Do you think homeless people should be allowed to vote?
My understanding is that currently they can't register, which means they can't vote. Do you think this is fair? Why?
Yeah, I guess if a homeless person wants to take the responsibility of establishing permanent residence (like a shelter) then they are welcome to vote. But rounding them up seems like a way of gaming the system.well if as Willow (I believe and God it pains me to agree with him) said campaigns are providing rides to vote not much can stop them from loading them in a van, plying them with food and taking them from precinct to precinct either.
I'm not saying it happens a lot but voter fraud is a concern when the person doesn't have to present a valid ID to vote.
I have to present my photo ID in order to vote...and my address must match the precinct I am voting in unless I vote early at the Supervisor of Election office which is located on the first floor of the building I work in...but they still match my address and alert my precinct that I voted early.