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I think you responded to the wrong person. I didn't take any position related to or even reference anything you describe here. Good luck finding your right thre

I think you responded to the wrong person. I didn't take any position related to or even reference anything you describe here. Good luck finding your right thread though.

heavyset_go 6y ago
Cute, but my response was received by its intended recipient. You can choose to respond to it, or continue dismissing it.
- caseysoftware 6y ago
  At first glance, I'm fine with that. I hope whoever took the opposing position responds to you though.
  - heavyset_go 6y ago
    I'm unsure why you think I'm addressing someone with the opposing position when I merely stated a rhetorical question: > The real question is why voter license proponents are against the idea of giving a free voter ID to every eligible voter on their 18th birthday Why is it that voter license proponents are against the idea of giving a free voter ID to every eligible voter on their 18th birthday? It's frequently brought up in response to voter license legislation, but it is never incorporated into their proposed legislation. Why is that?
    - merpnderp 6y ago
      First, no one is for voter licensing, a person is 'licensed' by being a citizen. The two (honest) sides of the argument are: ID is required to keep elections honest and requiring ID's keeps people from voting by being too onerous to acquire. The ugly truth is democrats know that sloppy voting tends to fall their way and republicans know that voter id laws tend to fall their way. A good compromise would be free ID's for everyone, but neither side wants this and would rather keep fighting the id battle, because like most battles, its only purpose is to keep the people divided and easy to manipulate.
      - heavyset_go 6y ago
        > First, no one is for voter licensing, a person is 'licensed' by being a citizen With voting license legislation enacted, in order for a citizen to vote, they must have a government-issued license. It can't be just any government-issued license, either, it needs to be one of the specially designated licenses that you need to jump through hoops to get beyond being just a citizen. For many people, obtaining such a license is both a monetary and time expense that is only necessary to participate in elections. A citizen living in a city might have little reason to have a driver's license, but they'll need one if they want to vote, and they'll need to renew it every few years at their own expense. A solution to this problem is making sure every citizen receives a voting ID on their 18th birthday. For whatever reason, voting license proponents never seem to want to implement such a program. > The ugly truth is democrats know that sloppy voting tends to fall their way and republicans know that voter id laws tend to fall their way. And yet voting fraud is nearly non-existent, and there are numerous examples of courts finding that voting license legislation disenfranchises voters.
        merpnderp 6y ago
        You can't know if voting fraud is nearly non-existent because we have very little in the way of enforcement and auditing systems to even know if there was fraud. And yet people are still arrested all the time for voter fraud.
        heavyset_go 6y ago
        Please stop portraying your political opinions as fact. Independent and government research has been done[1][2][3], and courts[1] have found that voting fraud is nearly non-existent in the US. If you want to take issue with the methodologies used to determine that, you're free too, but right now what your post amounts to is denial of scientific evidence. [1] Here are dozens of independent and government studies, and court rulings on voter fraud: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Briefing_Memo_Debunking_Voter_Fraud_Myth.pdf https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/B... [2] https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/02/low-rates-of-fraud-in-vote-by-mail-states-show-the-benefits-outweigh-the-risks/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/02/low-rates-o... [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-...

I think you responded to the wrong person. I didn't take any position related to or even reference anything you describe here. Good luck finding your right thread though.

heavyset_go 6y ago

Cute, but my response was received by its intended recipient. You can choose to respond to it, or continue dismissing it.

caseysoftware 6y ago
At first glance, I'm fine with that. I hope whoever took the opposing position responds to you though.
- heavyset_go 6y ago
  I'm unsure why you think I'm addressing someone with the opposing position when I merely stated a rhetorical question: > The real question is why voter license proponents are against the idea of giving a free voter ID to every eligible voter on their 18th birthday Why is it that voter license proponents are against the idea of giving a free voter ID to every eligible voter on their 18th birthday? It's frequently brought up in response to voter license legislation, but it is never incorporated into their proposed legislation. Why is that?
  - merpnderp 6y ago
    First, no one is for voter licensing, a person is 'licensed' by being a citizen. The two (honest) sides of the argument are: ID is required to keep elections honest and requiring ID's keeps people from voting by being too onerous to acquire. The ugly truth is democrats know that sloppy voting tends to fall their way and republicans know that voter id laws tend to fall their way. A good compromise would be free ID's for everyone, but neither side wants this and would rather keep fighting the id battle, because like most battles, its only purpose is to keep the people divided and easy to manipulate.
    - heavyset_go 6y ago
      > First, no one is for voter licensing, a person is 'licensed' by being a citizen With voting license legislation enacted, in order for a citizen to vote, they must have a government-issued license. It can't be just any government-issued license, either, it needs to be one of the specially designated licenses that you need to jump through hoops to get beyond being just a citizen. For many people, obtaining such a license is both a monetary and time expense that is only necessary to participate in elections. A citizen living in a city might have little reason to have a driver's license, but they'll need one if they want to vote, and they'll need to renew it every few years at their own expense. A solution to this problem is making sure every citizen receives a voting ID on their 18th birthday. For whatever reason, voting license proponents never seem to want to implement such a program. > The ugly truth is democrats know that sloppy voting tends to fall their way and republicans know that voter id laws tend to fall their way. And yet voting fraud is nearly non-existent, and there are numerous examples of courts finding that voting license legislation disenfranchises voters.
      - merpnderp 6y ago
        You can't know if voting fraud is nearly non-existent because we have very little in the way of enforcement and auditing systems to even know if there was fraud. And yet people are still arrested all the time for voter fraud.
        heavyset_go 6y ago
        Please stop portraying your political opinions as fact. Independent and government research has been done[1][2][3], and courts[1] have found that voting fraud is nearly non-existent in the US. If you want to take issue with the methodologies used to determine that, you're free too, but right now what your post amounts to is denial of scientific evidence. [1] Here are dozens of independent and government studies, and court rulings on voter fraud: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/Briefing_Memo_Debunking_Voter_Fraud_Myth.pdf https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/B... [2] https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/02/low-rates-of-fraud-in-vote-by-mail-states-show-the-benefits-outweigh-the-risks/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/02/low-rates-o... [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-...