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Post by erictheblue on Nov 4, 2011 6:28:09 GMT -5
I've read/heard a lot of bloggers/media talking about the new voting restrictions that Republican-controlled state legislatures have implemented this year. I can see why most of them (shortening early voting, requiring certain ID, etc) make it harder to vote. The one I don't understand is the one I mentioned in the subject line. Why does saying you cannot register on election day restrict voting? I can see it being a problem in combination with other voting restrictions, but on its own, it doesn't make sense. A person can register prior to election day and vote.
Please note, I am not saying there isn't a problem with it. I'm just saying I can't figure out what the problem is.
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Post by cestlefun17 on Nov 4, 2011 6:40:37 GMT -5
It shortens the period when people can register to vote, meaning that fewer people will be registered and hence fewer voters. Some people may not be aware of their registration status, show up at the polls, and see they are not registered.
I generally do not see a problem with requiring a state-issue ID to be shown at the polls, and especially not during the actual registration process (so long as people who don't have drivers' licenses can easily get a FREE state-issued ID). Provided that one shows this ID when registering, I don't understand why Election-Day registeration would attract more fraud than say, the day before Election Day.
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Post by The_L on Nov 4, 2011 7:31:39 GMT -5
I'd heard that you had to be registered at least a year before the election?
Whatever, I'm covered.
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Post by Vene on Nov 4, 2011 9:11:03 GMT -5
I'd heard that you had to be registered at least a year before the election? Whatever, I'm covered. Nope, that wouldn't make sense either considering that people move. I moved to my current location about a month or so before the 2010 elections and, as a result, registered at the polling location. Voter fraud is one of those things which barely happens and is pretty insignificant anyway (link).This is for Cestle |
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Post by brendanrizzo on Nov 4, 2011 9:43:30 GMT -5
Interesting how it's always Republicans that do this. Anyone who thinks they aren't treasonous authoritarians is either a liar or naive.
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Post by cestlefun17 on Nov 4, 2011 9:46:12 GMT -5
Vene...I fully disagree with the Wisconsin law. Even if the voter IDs are free, the government should not be deceiving people into thinking they are not. This is entirely unacceptable.
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Post by Vene on Nov 4, 2011 10:11:11 GMT -5
Interesting how it's always Republicans that do this. Anyone who thinks they aren't treasonous authoritarians is either a liar or naive. Or uses the Constitutional definition of treason. Vene...I fully disagree with the Wisconsin law. Even if the voter IDs are free, the government should not be deceiving people into thinking they are not. This is entirely unacceptable. That's about what I thought you would think. I'll agree that, for the most part, requiring gov't ID (which is freely and easily available) is a good idea, but the vast majority of the time laws like that are proposed in order to restrict the ability of the impoverished to vote. I'd also want some sort of exemption in there for people who move right before an election as obtaining an updated ID can take time and they are just as much citizens as anybody else and so deserve to exercise their right to vote. |
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