Georgia Election Reform Bill

[Richard Smith]

The common reaction to the corruption that is the Georgia Trump party's ratification of Trump's big lie and their legalizing of the crimes Trump committed in Georgia is that Steve, Richard and Joe choose not to address these crimes against democracy, AT ALL !

All they have to do next time to service their authoritarian goals is to interfere with the voting admin. and counting in counties most populated by minorities.:

Trump voter fraud claims target counties with with large Black, Latino populations
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/01/trump-voter-fraud-claims-target-counties-more-black-latino-votes/6391908002/
Dec 1, 2020In Pennsylvania, the Trump campaign targeted Philadelphia County, where 43% of the population is Black and 15% is Hispanic or Latino. Other legal challenges were mounted in Georgia's Chatham County, where 41% of the population is Black, ...

The new Georgia law makes Trump court challenges unnecessary!

https://www.wdtv.com/2021/03/31/after-backlash-delta-ceo-says-ga-voting-law-unacceptable/

"...and allows the Republican-controlled State Election Board to remove and replace county election officials while curtailing the power of the secretary of state as Georgia’s chief elections officer."

Republicans insist the changes are needed to restore voters’ confidence.."

All three of you post, "Look over here", instead!

Georgia Secretary Of State Defends State's New Voting Law ...
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/985474722/georgia-secretary-of-state-says-new-voting-law-restores-confidence
4 days ago It removes the secretary of state as chair of Georgia's State Election Board, allowing the Republican-majority board to take over local election offices temporarily. The secretary, too, can no...

Trump might have 'found' votes he wanted under new Georgia ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/04/03/georgia-voting-law-boosts-republican-control-of-elections-column/4840793001/
Apr 3, 2021 Tucked inside the new Georgia elections law is a measure that shifts a significant amount of election oversight power from the secretary of state and county election boards to the legislature.

I'm sure that you are equally alarmed and outraged by the efforts of Pelosi and the Dems to federalize elections in violation of the US Constitution.  Right?  I eagerly await your long post with lots of charts on that one.

[Rick Plant]

I'm sure that you are equally alarmed and outraged by the efforts of Pelosi and the Dems to federalize elections in violation of the US Constitution.  Right?  I eagerly await your long post with lots of charts on that one.

 

The only violations of the Constitution is being conducted by right wing Republicans in order to suppress voting rights of African Americans and other minorities.

The simple fact is that the right is angry Criminal Donald lost in Arizona and Georgia, including losing 3 Senate seats in both states. So, now their goal is to make it extremely difficult for people to vote with their Jim Crow laws.

The only way Republicans think they can win is to steal and cheat people out of their votes because they are not popular and the overwhelming majority of Americans don't support them. President Biden has a 60% approval rating.

Speaker Pelosi and top Democrats are protecting voting rights of ALL Americans.

[Rick Plant]

There is nothing written in the Constitution that states a citizen needs a special voter ID in order to vote. People in 1800's and into the 1960's, 70's, 80's never had to show an ID to vote. This is an illegal and unconstitutional attempt by right wing Republicans to suppress the voting rights of African Americans and Democratic voters.

For decades, Republicans have always voted absentee by mail in higher numbers and there never was a problem with it. In fact, Oregon and Colorado both vote strictly by mail because it's easier for people to vote. Now that Democrats have outnumbered Republicans in record numbers by absentee voting, Republicans want to pretend it's somehow "illegal" and its "unconstitutional".

Republicans are now doing whatever they can to make absentee voting more difficult, because they know when more people vote they will lose elections.

Just more illegal and unconstitutional attempts by Republicans to suppress voting rights for Americans.           

[Joe Elliott]

Republicans are now doing whatever they can to make absentee voting more difficult, because they know when more people vote they will lose elections.

I can’t argue with that. Clearly, the easier it is to vote, the harder it is for Republicans to win. Yes, this is the overwhelming reason for changing the law and preventing voter fraud is just an excuse to make the changes.

But, as long as the voting is not wildly unfair. As long the urban voting lines are not too long, I will accept the Georgia law for now.

But the Georgia press had better be on the ball and monitor the 2022 and 2024 elections and report accurately if there are problems. Don’t go in with a mindset that the elections are fair, or the elections are unfair, but go in with an unbiased mind and measure the amount of waiting times at randomly selected precincts, and maybe a few chosen ones where they think are likely to be overwhelmed, and give an honest report. At the very least, the press better not be caught sleeping on this. It is an important story.

[Richard Smith]

There is nothing written in the Constitution that states a citizen needs a special voter ID in order to vote. People in 1800's and into the 1960's, 70's, 80's never had to show an ID to vote. This is an illegal and unconstitutional attempt by right wing Republicans to suppress the voting rights of African Americans and Democratic voters.

For decades, Republicans have always voted absentee by mail in higher numbers and there never was a problem with it. In fact, Oregon and Colorado both vote strictly by mail because it's easier for people to vote. Now that Democrats have outnumbered Republicans in record numbers by absentee voting, Republicans want to pretend it's somehow "illegal" and its "unconstitutional".

Republicans are now doing whatever they can to make absentee voting more difficult, because they know when more people vote they will lose elections.

Just more illegal and unconstitutional attempts by Republicans to suppress voting rights for Americans.           

So much disinformation and outright falsehoods.  Comparing the modern situation to the 1800s and implying we shouldn't make any improvements.  LOL. You need an ID for just about everything in modern society.  They are easily obtained by citizens.  Why do the Dems so desperately not want that to be the case for voting?  If you want the integrity of an election not to be challenged, then reasonable safeguards - such as showing an ID (no "special ID") goes a long way toward accomplishing that.  Absentee voting was not the issue in 2020.  It differs from mail in voting.  There are safeguards for absentee voting like requesting a ballot.  The election rules that were changed in many states to facilitate Old Joe's election had ballots being sent to everyone on the voting rolls.  What is unconstitutional is Congress attempting to usurp the role of the states.