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All this is is an attempt to prevent minority and poor people from voting. It will be blocked. Having to pay for an ID Card in order to vote is just another f
by jmclnx 2y ago
All this is is an attempt to prevent minority and poor people from voting.
It will be blocked. Having to pay for an ID Card in order to vote is just another form of a poll tax.
Poll Taxes were made illegal via the The 24th Amendment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_taxes_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_taxes_in_the_United_State...
- rascul 2y agoA free id card for voting is available https://www.elections.virginia.gov/media/archive/voter-photo-id/ELECT-404-ID-VoPhoIDCardApp-Long.pdf https://www.elections.virginia.gov/media/archive/voter-photo... Also one can vote without an ID https://www.elections.virginia.gov/registration/voterid/ https://www.elections.virginia.gov/registration/voterid/
- 7e 2y agoThe free ID application must be presented in person, which will take a lot of time, and time is money.
- smitty1e 2y agoI have served as an election officer in Fairfax County, Virginia since 2012. Every. Single. Legal. Voter. Will. Be. Given. A. Ballot. Your allegations may have merit elsewhere, but the "Virginia is for Lovers". Of elections. If one actually gives a GIVE about election integrity, then a well-staffed polling place with a secret ballot cast and counted on reliable equipment is PRECISELY what is sought. These mail ballots and drop boxes are relatively weak, security-wise. What we DON'T seem to hear is any sort of thorough analysis. I'm as big a geek as anyone, but simple, low-tech systems seem preferred. And don't get me started on these Rank-Choice Ballots.
- warbeforepeace 2y agoThere is zero evidence of any real election fraud. This is a fear tactic of right wing nuts that want to suppress minority and poor voters.
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- smitty1e 2y agoPerfectly coherent. The sane, patriotic, adult majority in the country have had about a bellyfull of the nonsense accusations thrown at us. Speak sober truth and wisdom, and we'll do fine.
- eesmith 2y agoWalz, like you, deployed to Operation Enduring Freedom when called. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/swift-boat-walz/ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/swift-boat-walz/ says that he retired after 20 years of service with the Minnesota National Guard, re-upped after 9/11, then did "a year-long deployment as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Turkey and Europe."
- smitty1e 2y agoIf there is any interest in ground truth concerning the situation: "Many of you are asking how Tim Walz was able to get away with lying about his service record for so long." https://x.com/GrageDustin/status/1821908435316691277?s=19 https://x.com/GrageDustin/status/1821908435316691277?s=19
- eesmith 2y agoWalz deployed for a year for as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, which is something you claimed he did not do, in your flagged comment. An X link is a lousy source. I don't care to wallow in that muck heap, and without an account I can't read more than the one posting you linked to. What is wrong with the Task & Purpose description of the situation?
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- dang 2y agoCould you please stop posting flamebait comments? Your account has already been doing a lot of this and we have to ban such accounts. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html