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In North Carolina, out of the millions of votes cast here between 2000 and w012, exactly TWO would have been disallowed by voter ID. Now, if that is enough to warrant the vast expenditure of tax money that voter ID costs, the next question is why does the party that pledges allegience to "small government" require a Big Government ID for voting? Why isn't it enough to prove you're who you said you were when you registered? Why is a student ID, for example, not enough to prove you're not dead?
I'll tell you why. Actually, the Republicans in North Carolina's General Assembly can tell you why. They looked at the kinds of ID white voters carry versus the kinds of ID that black voters carry and disallowed the latter types. That's why. One former advisor to Sen. Jesse Helms admitted that African-Americans were targeted. He pointed out that if African-Americans tended to vote Republican, they wouldn't have been targeted with these restrictions on their voting.
Dems and Repubs just engaging in their normal tribal tactics:
gerrymandering, hair trigger recounts, and checking voter lists.
However fail to see why a strict ID requirement is not the norm in every state.
Without them, how can the public have confidence in the voting process?
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I want to help to organize against this effort. I can make calls into states that have Republican Senators up for reelection in 2018, maybe other tasks. You can reach me at francesmendenhall@yahoo.com
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It doesn't look like a fee and dividend bill could move forward in the next few years but there are already laws that wouldraise the cost of oil by removing hidden subsidies if federal agencies would just follow those laws and established guidances. Could you please mention these three petitions on your show?
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OU612, Yes that is fact. If you click on the blue type that is an embedded link to the reference source. Facts and references are something you die hard Republicans need to learn about and use.
If you are so sensitve about your profile picture you should change it.
To the contrary, for the more realistic description of how our Electoral College System has beneficially shaped the nature of politics in the United States, read my article "The 'Golden Goose' of American Politics" at http: //www. onesalt.com /p0000043.htm (remove the spaces).
Legend:
You wrote "There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law requiring Electors to vote in accordance with the popular vote in their States. Some States have such requirements."
You are implying Electors could overturn the election.
Try to keep the facts straight. You didn't ask me any of those questions, Those questions were asked of someone else. They appear to be rhetoriacal questions to me, So I understand her not answering them.
Lastly, Asshole, don't try to bully me with questions about my profile picture. Stick to the facts.
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Ou812, Where did I say anything about overturning the Electoral College. I did post some of the rules. I know the process to amend the Constitution. I for one would rather live in a Democracy but you obviously do not want to.
You did not answer my question to your response: Why would you think that the founders were a whole lot wiser? Because many owned slaves? Education? Because of their policies towards Native Americans? Tri cornered hats? How about an answer rather than a change of subject.
By the way, What are you doing in that profile picture. Are you practicing for a future event?
Trump is incapable of service.
People from both parties have been advocating getting rid of the EC for decades. It was never a "great" idea... simply the least objectionable of possible methods.....I believe December 19 will prove interesting.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/23/politics/faithless-electors-donald-tru...
Legend:
The time to change the way we elect the President is before the election, not after. Doing away with the Electorial College requires a constituntial amendment. A constituntial amendment requires a super majority (2/3's) of both the Senate and House of Representatives. Once the proposal passes both houses by the required 2/3's majority, it must be ratified by 3/4 of the states.
You might want to get started.:)
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Never mentioned muzzleloaders.
Why would you think that the founders were a whole lot wiser? Because many owned slaves? Education? Because of their policies towards Native Americans? Tri cornered hats?
Times have changed. I do not live in the past.
A new amendment to drop the Electoral College is crucial. We have been duped by expecting democratic elections in Republic system designed to protects minority, which in the reality - the class of rich wolves. But I am afraid that such amendment requires a huge movement that can only arise as result of people being educated. And yes, Republicans will not let it go without fight: they have been benefiting from it for many elections. Political news or radio stations, internet petitions (without asking for donations by the way) are the key for solving this problem.
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Legend wrote: The constitution was written with feather quill pens. We have modern printers and computers today. Which generation should we be living in?
Aren't you the guy that wants to have gun laws changed to only allow muzzleloaders?
The founders were a whole lot wiser than we are.
"Elections have consequences"
There's alot I don't agree with Trump about but "dressing down" the media isn't one of them.
The CORPORATE media that treated Bernie Sanders like he didn't exist? That treats the protests against the Dakota Access pipeline like it doesn't exist? That said "Trump may be bad for America, but he's great for CBS"? -- And on and on and on?
Somtimes I find myself agreeing with Trump.
There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law requiring Electors to vote in accordance with the popular vote in their States. Some States have such requirements.
26 states have a law. Some with minor fines.
Population per electoral vote Do the people pick? New York get 520000 voters per electoral vote. Wyoming gets 142000 voters per electoral vote.
The constitution was written with feather quill pens. We have modern printers and computers today. Which generation should we be living in?
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There is no truth in what either of you have just posted -- just the usual, hateful, canned talking points found everywhere on rightwing blogsites. Ho-hum ...
Sorry Thom. The United States is a Republic not a Democracy. As for the electoral college, stop with the slavery BS. You make a living off your white guilt and continually trying to divide the country. Injecting race into literally every rant didn't work so well in the last election. New stradgety needed.
The intent of the Electoral College was to provide a protection to the various states, including small population states. The real difficulty is that a vote by an uneducated individual but easily fooled by the media is worth just as much as a college professor who has studied the pros and cons of the campaign. The framers assumed that only educated and responsible interested individuals would be voting. This is not true when we have a populist voting group that is basically uneducated and unable to differentiate between lies and demagoguery. Unfortunately, in my opinion, man of our legislators fall in this this classification! I see no solution to the problems of a populist electorate.
One solution to part of the problem is to enable tort law to apply to false statements by candidates, not monetary but to eliminate the candidacy of liars! Opinions must be stated as opinions and facts should be admitted as facts. Ideology must be supported by facts or be considered as being propaganda lies.
Another useful restrictions on candidacy is to allow unlimited but publicly released to the media (within 24 hour) financial contributions by individuals with no contributions by associations, corporations or groups of people. Also, any contribution from a source outside the respective district of the candidate must be considered to be ordinary income for tax purposes. Contributions from individuals registered within the electoral district is to be frilly allowed. "Education" contributions are to be considered the same as any other contribution and not be considered a different classification for tax purposes.
Excellent comment, spot on.
It now appears that Russia may have hacked vote counts in every state where Donald Trump won by 1%. How do we demand this be investigated properly? Never forget that if Gore had demanded an investigation, we would still have the WTC, we'd have single payer, and incomes would probably be doubled by now. It is also sad that it seems Gore thought he cheated more than Cheney, but I'm results oriented, and pragmatic, I'm sure they ALL cheat.