a fan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 3:55 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 2:42 pm
At the state level, expect the (R)'s to resist unsolicited mail in ballots & to push for more rigorous maintenance of accurate voter registration rolls & increased election monitoring. This will play out at both state & national levels before the 2022 election. (imho)
I'll wager a year of my wages to yours that so long as the Republicans lose the White House----or worse, lose the Senate and the House?
Republicans----meaning in Congress, Media, Voters, and you Old Salt.....will forever claim voter fraud.
No matter what. No matter what changes are made. No matter how secure the elections are made. No matter---laughably---if the R's themselves control the elections as you do in Georgia.
This isn't about fraud. It's about losing.
And if you win, as you did in 2016? Oh, well surprise of all surprises? You didn't hear a word from your team about fraud.
It's so stupid. NO ONE is dumb enough to believe this. Explain this to any of your friends from foreign countries. Watch them change the subject because what you are saying is so transparently childish and dumb.
Care to take my wager? Or anyone else here?
This is the new Republican game, and it is going to get WORSE if the R's lose the next election. No matter what is done to (snicker) "fix" the elections.
Nowhere in my post did I use the word fraud, or even imply such. That's your standard diversionary projecting reply tactic.
My post was about turning out the vote.
I labored to make my post as analytical as possible, using neutral language.
The immediate, emotional overwrought responses are telling.
I'm all for making voting as accessable as possible, provided an equivalent level of security to voting in person can be maintained.
It was once acknowledged by both parties that mail in voting is not as secure as voting in person.
The Carter-Baker Commission report was the bipartisan standard.
It is not unreasonable to expect a voter to take an affirmative action to vote.
Requesting an absentee ballot via phone, on line or in person, confirming current residence, is not an undue burden,
when a voter is unable or not inclined to vote in person.
Mailing out thousands of unsolicited ballots to unconfirmed voters or addresses is an invitation for fraud.
For CU-77 : if you examine the common context of "stole a march" you will note that it implies resourceful, tactical surprise, not theft, & is a positive analogy, ...except to PTDS victims.