So, there's a real mess down here in Florida...
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Doesn’t count if you’re playing from the ladies tees
You also live in Nebraska. Need to really blast it to get to the nearest polling place I'd imagine.
#visitnebraska
In many states you do need an ID to vote, hence the controversy about voter id laws.
In South Carolina the polls close at 7.
Just because it’s technically possible for someone to vote doesn’t mean that the costs are prohibitive.
Not all underserved communities are urban. Many are in rural areas like parts of West Virginia.
The absentee process is ridiculous. They even put the request form in a file format that I had never seen before.
I’m not saying it’s impossible for people to vote. I’m saying it should be easier.
If you have a computer and internet access. Doesn’t change the ID issue for people in states that require them.
The absentee process should only be allowed for the military and anyone who can't make it to vote, due to disabilities.
Apparently you can just contact your voter registration office and have a paper application mailed to you. No need to worry about the file format. I'm not sure how it can be any easier.
https://www.scvotes.org/absentee-voting
Yeah, who doesn't have the internet or a data plan nowadays? You can always take a day off from work and take the bus.
I don't believe the ID issue is a big or even as close to as big as the left makes it out to be. It would be nearly impossible to live without an ID.
You are seriously out of touch. Lots of people don’t have internet or data plans because they can’t afford them.
Many states require employers to allow for time off to vote. Nebraska requires 2 hours. Almost took me that long to vote. After standing in line behind the other 12 people in my county(luckily 6 were working there) it took me at least 4 minutes.
Personally I don’t think you should have to go anywhere to vote given today’s technology. It’s not a problem for me, but someone who doesn’t have a vehicle would have to pay an Uber or something to get there.
The more American citizens who participate in the Democratic process, the better.
That's another whole can of worms that can be opened. I live in one of the poorest counties out here and almost everyone has a smartphone of some sort. You can believe they are all loaded with tattoos and smokes though.
It would be a four-mile walk each way, on roads that aren't the least bit intended to be pedestrian friendly, from my home to my polling place.
You don't have to go anywhere if you do absentee voting. Well, you have to go to the mailbox. I don't think that's too much to ask for though. Voting is not cost prohibitive.
Wouldn't it be more better if those citizens were informed?
It’s an unnecessarily complicated process to get an absentee ballot. You have to download a request form that’s in a crazy format I can’t even open on my computer, print it and mail it off. Then wait for the ballot to be mailed back to you. Many people don’t know enough about the process to be able to get that done in time to vote. It should be simpler and easier. Even if you decide you want to vote on Election Day morning
Check the link in my earlier post. All you have to do is contact them and they send you an application. You don't have to download and print anything. Using the phone and/or the USPS isn't complicated. It couldn't be any simpler.
Sure.
Would you agree that saying, "It would be better if more Americans were more informed" is a very different statement from "It would be better if uninformed Americans didn't vote"?
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I’m familiar with the process. The problem is that process isn’t common knowledge and most people don’t think about the process until it’s too close to Election Day
So, now it's society's problems that people are too lazy to register?
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It's their responsibility to know that. All they have to do is make a phone call to find out the process. It requires almost no effort on their part. At some point you have to be a responsible citizen and put forth some kind of effort.
Hp
Why has requiring an ID became such a big deal in the last 10 or so years? How did we get by without it for the last 200 years?
I thought you lived in Central? In 30 minutes, you could be in Greenville! My voting precinct is maybe a mile away.
Every state should at the very least have same day registration. Some kind of remote voting would also be beneficial. There’s no reason people should need to leave their home to vote with modern technology.
Fair enough. Maybe we can get a few million in that have no idea what the hell is going on but vote for Trump because they liked "The Apprentice".
Or maybe they'll make their decision based off who's first name comes first alphabetically and Bernie could get elected.
Maybe they'll be dog lovers and vote for Beto because his name sounds like a dog name.
