Discussion: Voting Rights and Election Law

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https://www.politicususa.com/2021/09/20/republicans-busted-in-text-messages-admitting-election-laws-have-nothing-to-do-with-fraud.html

...in one remarkable text exchange obtained by POLITICO, Gruters and lead House sponsor state Rep. Blaise Ingoglia (R-Spring Hill) went back-and-forth over proposals to shorten how long mail-in ballot requests are valid.

Gruters defended a Senate proposal to cancel all existing mail-in ballot requests, saying that it would be “devastating” for Republicans to keep them valid heading into the 2022 election when DeSantis and other state GOP officials are up for reelection. More than 2.18 million Democrats used mail-in ballots compared to 1.5 million Republican voters during the 2020 election where Trump easily won Florida. Part of that was due to the ongoing pandemic, as Democrats strongly encouraged voters to change their habits nationwide.

“We cannot make up ground. Trump campaign spent 10 million. Could not cut down lead,” Gruters wrote to Ingoglia, who had been chair of the Republican Party of Florida before Gruters.

Red State “Election Reform” Laws Are About Keeping Republicans In Power.
All of the Republican claims that they are trying to protect election integrity are bogus. These laws serve one purpose and that is to keep Republicans in power. The “election reform” that Republicans are talking about is making it more difficult for people who are likely to vote for Democrats to vote.


Republicans in Florida were worried about the Democrats’ mail-in voting advantage, so they passed a law that would make it more difficult to vote by mail. Nowhere in the text messages written about by Politico do Republicans talk about fraud.

There was no fraud.

It is likely that lawsuits filed in courts where states copied the Georgia election law will turn up similar evidence.

The big lie started with Trump, but it became a useful tool for Republicans to use to rig future elections.

Democrats should need no more evidence to pass a federal law protecting the right to vote.

 

[Teelie]

Detrimental impact on Republicans going forward for sure. For fair elections? Definitely not a problem.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

LA Times - California's universal voting by mail becomes permanent

 

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Detroit Free Press - Bipartisan ballot drive launched to decide presidency by popular vote

 

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Two Black Houston members of Congress decry redistricting map that pits them against each other as discriminatory

 

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[Teelie]

I still have yet to see a good explanation of why he hasn't been replaced. There is no shortage of reasons ranging from incompetency to gross incompetency.

 

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[Sithborg]

Cyber Ninjas proved nothing. Still hilarious that their incompetence lead to the opposite of their desired outcome.

 

[InCali]

I'm starting to get the feeling that they might not really be experts in this particular field.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Texas Republicans pass voting maps that entrench power of whites

 

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Atlanta Journal Constitution - Georgia ballot inspection case dismissed after no fraud found

 

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The Washington Post - Colorado county clerk who embraced conspiracy theories is barred from overseeing elections

 

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Business Insider - Half of the US population lives in these 9 states (2016)

Half the U.S. population has 18 Senators. The other half has 82 Senators. On top of that because of the current Senate Rules 40 Senators can put an end to any legislation with exceptions.

Gerrymandering:

Trump won 46% of the popular vote in 2016 (2 points less than Hillary Clinton) and received 56% of the electoral vote. George W. Bush received less votes than Al Gore nationally in 2000 and received >50% of the electoral vote.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Guy’s prepared to steal future elections.

Next GOP Wayne County canvasser says he would not have certified results of 2020 election

 

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Sen. Angus King on filibuster: ‘Democracy itself is more important than any Senate rule’

 

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The Washington Post - Nevada Republican who claimed someone stole dead wife’s ballot is charged with voter fraud

 

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[Teelie]

Can't prove nonexistent voter fraud is a thing so they do the next best thing: voter suppression.