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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
they can do all that without ID's and just MAYBE there is another reason for these changes... like budgets? not everything is about black people, poor people of a weird illuminate plot  |
You are right, they could do these things without a voter ID, but it would likely be harder to do it out in the open instead of burying it in a 100 page bill.
There are ZERO reasons why they should cut the number of early vote days and the amount of time you have to get and file an absentee ballot. Budget? Bullshit! We are the richest country in the world. We are supposed to be the shining light of democracy for the world and we can't afford to pay people to work the polls for a few extra days every two years? Every year I hear people complain about the low voter turn out and we are going to do things that could limit voter turnout? We should be doing everything in our power to increase it.
Personally I think every state should do it like mine does. Vote by mail. We have a decently high voter turnout because it is easy. There are no lines to wait in and you don't have to worry about going to the correct polling location. The ballot comes to you, you fill it out, and mail it back or you can drop it in a ballot collection box located in many different places. Simple.
Tactics used to reduce voting days and the ways people vote are nothing more than tricks intended to suppress methods that studies have shown are more popular among democrats. I'm not saying democrats don't do shady things. They do. But there is no connection between voter ID and limited the time and available ways people vote.