The Soapbox

BocaHoo91

Joined: 06/03/2005 Posts: 31007
Likes: 52333


I would argue that anything that makes it harder for someone to vote as


the result of a change in voting procedures has the potential to "suppress" votes. Requiring an ID doesn't prevent anyone who wants to vote from getting an ID and voting. But there are people who do not have a picture ID for a variety of reasons, hard as that may be for you or me to relate to. And when you now require an ID to vote, you just added an obstacle that wasn't there previously and voting by people currently without IDs will undoubtably go down. Now there may be good reasons for making the change to require an ID, but so far I've not seen any compelling evidence presented that voter IDs solve an actual problem that exists or has ever existed. So we're making it harder for a (small) subset of the population to vote with no demonstrable benefit.

I'd rather see the dems go all in on universal ID programs than on fighting voter ID laws, but it's hard to argue that requiring an ID won't reduce voting by people who do not currently have and ID.

That's why the GOP is pushing for voter ID laws

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

Posted: 05/06/2021 at 12:51PM



+3

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:


Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:


Current Thread:
 
  
These voter suppression bills are outrageous. -- hooshouse 05/06/2021 11:01AM
  More phony “outrage”. -- JMHoo 05/06/2021 1:50PM
  Nooooooooooo! So suppressive! ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2021 5:15PM
  “Reasonable” is the word of the 20’s -- Newt 05/06/2021 3:10PM
  Lather, rinse, repeat. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/06/2021 11:58AM
  You mean they de-gerrymandered -- TomKazanski 05/06/2021 1:24PM
  That's different. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/06/2021 1:25PM
  See North Carolina. It’s called gerrymandering. ** -- SixerHoo 05/06/2021 12:17PM
  Wisconsin, too. ** -- HowieT3 05/06/2021 12:46PM
  Through voter suppression, you silly wabbit ** -- Manti Teo 05/06/2021 12:07PM
  So then no harm no foul. ** -- Manti Teo 05/06/2021 11:42AM
  Greatest voter suppressor -- 757 05/06/2021 11:15AM
  Outrageous! I'd like to help the people who... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/06/2021 11:11AM
  It isn't a lie if you believe it. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/06/2021 12:34PM
  Make Voter Fraud Great Again! ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2021 12:16PM
  Everybody knows why Dems don't like voter ID. Everybody. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/06/2021 11:48AM
  Enlighten us please, why? ** -- HoodatB 05/06/2021 2:34PM
  I agree that these measure suppress... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/06/2021 12:23PM
  How do you know that? -- HoodatB 05/06/2021 2:40PM
  Like buying a gun? ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2021 12:04PM
  No, because voting can't kill ** -- TomGlansAski 05/06/2021 12:52PM
  Where is that pier you were going to visit? ** -- TomGlansAski 05/06/2021 12:53PM
  There are some older folks without birth certificates. ** -- WahooMatt05 05/06/2021 11:28AM
  Fraud at scale doesn’t exist. ** -- WahooMatt05 05/06/2021 11:49AM
  Are those in this new FL law? ** -- Hoodafan 05/06/2021 12:13PM
  No but the intent is... -- WahooMatt05 05/06/2021 12:25PM
  Sounds like he's spreading election misinformation. I hear... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/06/2021 12:11PM
  No that’s what you do. You lie ** -- 111Balz 05/06/2021 1:09PM
  Balz, your insult game is stale. Pick it up, buddy! ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/06/2021 1:35PM
  LAHoo, given your proximity to the ocean, is there -- TomGlansAski 05/06/2021 11:53AM
  There are some long piers. But I could take a longer walk... ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/06/2021 12:08PM
  We both know why they’re doing this. Fuck you. ** -- hooshouse 05/06/2021 11:11AM
  Why? ** -- Manti Teo 05/06/2021 11:23AM
  Minority rule ** -- Brown Water 05/06/2021 11:26AM
  How so? ** -- Manti Teo 05/06/2021 11:29AM
  Simple math ** -- Brown Water 05/06/2021 11:47AM
  Explain it to us. Step by step. ** -- Manti Teo 05/06/2021 11:47AM
  So... you got nothing??? ** -- Manti Teo 05/06/2021 11:52AM
  You would think we’d all agree on this. -- hooshouse 05/06/2021 11:10AM
  You have never protested a Democrat in your life ** -- TomKazanski 05/06/2021 11:38AM

Notice: Trying to get property 'queue' of non-object in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781
vm307