As legislative efforts to expand voting rights hit the brick wall of the filibuster in the Senate, and as conservative courts across the country side with state Republicans’ novel restrictions on the franchise, the third branch of government is preparing to fill in the gaps where it can. And for members of Joe Biden’s Cabinet, homework is due.
I get the feeling that registration is only the 1st bottleneck to voting and the least likely to prove useful if unblocked.
Stop trying to attack an elephant with a BB gun already.
Well with what is going on in some states we have to work on all way to get potential voters registered, and then work on getting people to the polls. They go hand in hand.
We need S1.
I really can’t understand why registering to vote isn’t consistent from one state to the next.
OT: A fucking mass shooting. Why do I suspect it has something to-do with masks?
On this we agree, but more opportunities to register at Fed buildings won’t counteract purging people from the polls and other R dirty tricks. We need real regulation from Congress, not half-measures from the Exec.
I’m old enough to remember when the people wielding guns insisted on wearing masks.
Because the South.
Ripe vein for mining an alternative history about the southern colonies refusing to get together into a confederation leading to two countries in N. America the North backed by France, the South by England.
I get this, it just seems by now that they can’t just scream “the sky is falling”/fraud, they need to actually prove that fraud, in numbers so big as to change the outcome of an election.
I’m down to “put up, or shut up” with these fools.
OT. Covid delivers a blow against patriarchy…
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article254459828.html
OT: had to share this tidbit. It reminds of time Pence used campaign funds to pay off his credit card and mortgage. Of course he got away with it but maybe this b of a thing won’t.
Boebert revealed in a filing to the Federal Election Commission that she used money from her campaign to pay for personal bills, like rent and utilities. Her campaign said the expenditures were a “personal expense of Lauren Boebert billed to the campaign in error,” and that she then reimbursed the payments, totaling $6,650, through Venmo. Under campaign election laws, it’s illegal to use campaign money on personal expenses. Boebert made the rent and utility payments to John Pacheco, whose address is Boebert’s restaurant, Shooters Grill, in Rifle, Colorado, a gun-themed eatery she owns.
Next up on the State Trooper Car and Truck Show…voting day.
That is the problem with playing troll in Washington, Ms Boebert, your business suffers, and, no, you cannot use campaign contributions to make up for lost revenue.
Three words: reform the filibuster.
Wasn’t she having some issues before heading to Washington?
Anybody that feels the need to carry a gun 24/7 has serious issues. She has been having issues since at least when she was a teenager…
https://www.thelaurenboebert.com/post/lauren-s-short-lived-modeling-career
The reason I do not agree with your sentiment while agreeing with the comment itself is that when people are registered, they usually find a way to vote.
That is you are right that legally registration is the easy piece, for voters it may take the most effort especially mental effort which is why historically it is where voter suppressionists put most of their efforts.
Hence in my view, this is a substantial first step.
“My little brother Reed was called home last night, leaving behind a legacy of true love and greatness, his family of 12 beautiful children and his magnificent soul mate,”
A better way to show true love is if he had gotten the vaccine.
Putting the patriarch of the family on a ventilator “was his only chance to stay alive,” the wife said on Facebook
You have a better chance to stay alive if you had gotten the vaccine.
Well she is now living in the walk-in cooler, what’s the problem?