They all have a right to vote, regardless of how much they care.
And...you know...those "lazy asses" often work multiple jobs trying to support their families, jobs that don't give them time off, they might lack a car, and their large county might have only one polling place, or their red state decided to shut down early voting on Sunday's so the "souls to polls" method of getting people to the polls also ended. Lots of things.
Your comment justifies things like literacy tests, poll taxes, and a host of systems designed to prevent people from voting by making the hurdles virtually insurmountable.
To sum it up: Republicans do everything they can to make voting harder, Democrats do everything they can to make voting easier.
People who work two or three jobs or otherwise a lot of hours have the law on their side which states an employer has to give you ample time to vote. The problem with our voting system is we have too many uninformed people who don't even know WTF they're voting on. If only people knowledgable of politics, the candidates, the issues vote, we would have a much better outcome every election, meaning less Democrats.
True, but it really depends on what constitutes "ample time" AND if you are working multiple part time jobs - what EXACTLY are your rights? The employer can give you time but you are working your other job at that time.
Voting should not be viewed as an obstacle course challenge where the fittest "win". It's not just a right, it's a civic duty though far too many do not seem to care enough.
Your statement here though, is disturbing:
If only people knowledgable of politics, the candidates, the issues vote, we would have a much better outcome every election, meaning less Democrats.
For one, looking at what people say, do and the lack of "education" they seemingly present - I'm seeing a lot of Republicans represented in your "those who shouldn't vote". To start with - look at at Trump's base today...
people with college degrees are increasingly voting Democrat, not Republican.
“One of the great political divides in this country is the existence of a college degree. [If] you have a college degree, you’ve been drifting Democrat. If you don’t, you’ve been drifting Republican,” says Scott Jennings, a GOP strategist. “What was true in 2016 is true today. It’s been exacerbated.”
Ultimately you would be disenfranchising more Republicans than Democrats.
If only people "knowledgable" of politics and issues voted....who exactly would determine it? For example, does "knowledgable" of the issues mean they agree with your views on the issues? That often seems to be what people mean.
What kind of society would we really produce if only an elite group voted...and in the process created policies, taxes, laws that effected a larger group of disenfranchised "serfs"?
So I don't agree with you at all - there is nothing wrong with making voting easier in a pandemic, or any other situation. People who don't want to vote still won't bother. But people who do want to vote, but find difficult enough or dangerous due to epidemic fears should not be disenfranchised.
States don't control their voting places, the poll workers, the amount of tables. The county takes care of that. Counties that have a majority of Democrat voters also have Democrat leaders who make those decisions. If it's Republican controlled, then they would be disenfranchising more Republican voters than Democrat.
True, it's the counties.
By not making it easy, we only get voters who care about this country and less Obama Money people. Democrats heavily rely on the ignorant voter for power, and that's what you're really worried about. If voting takes a little effort, those people would stay home and you know it. We Republicans will always find a way to vote because we are politically knowledgable and it's important to us, so we make sure we vote no matter what obstacles we could possibly face.
I disagree. You don't necessarily get voters who "care about this country" - you get people who care about THEIR vision of this country, or THEIR issues, or who are fired up behind one person.
And many of "you Republicans" are not politically knowledgeable, you're just as ignorant as the people you despise and want to disenfranchise. Republicans are motivated by either the political rhetoric of destruction of the Evil Dems win or, and this applies more to older generation - people who view voting as an important civic responsibility. This latter group is what we ALL should aspire too. I did not until I was older.
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