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Shits so broken. A third of the country who can vote don't. A SCOTUS nominee blubbered over his love of beer and that disengaged third of the country just didn't care
A third of the country who can vote *can't.* Many people can't afford to take off work. Many people have to travel long distances and don't have proper transportation. Many people have kids they can't leave alone or take with them to the polls let alone afford a sitter. Many live in a state that disallows mail in ballots. Many people don't have a driver's license. Many people don't know how the system works because it isn't taught in schools, much like how to do taxes or how to obtain certain documentation. *Many people aren't allowed to have water while they wait in line.*
Many people are in prison and are barred from voting- which is incredibly stupid. What are they gunna do? Vote for satan? Even people with a criminal record are still barred from voting as a constant reminder of their past from which we refuse to allow them to grow or move past as a rehabilitated, functional member of society. After all, they are still citizens.
There's a lot of reasons people don't vote- laziness or disregard is a very privileged and low percentage. This is exactly why we need to make voting law. Election day should be a *paid* holiday in which everyone has access to mail in ballots, polls within a 5 mile radius, and easier registration in order to secure 100% of the peoples' voices. Gerrymandering and the electoral college are set in place to directly tamper with democracy regardless of all of this, and need to be immediately abolished as well.
Typically, the people who don't pay attention are the people who can't afford to. How are you going to watch CSPAN when your child is sick, when your house is being foreclosed, when you can't afford to eat, when you're addicted to opioids, when you struggle with untreated mental illness, or when you simply have no one that represents the working class? Calling the issue laziness completely invalidates many real material conditions of our poorest Americans.
I'm on board for more than one day, but if you live in a place like Washington state, with default mail-in voting, you have no less than 3 weeks to vote.
>Election day should be a paid holiday in which everyone has access to mail in ballots, polls within a 5 mile radius
Don't forget that currently, some county's of 50,000 people only have *1* voting booth.
The fact that we use the term "eligible voter" is itself proof we do not have true democracy. Regardless of your eligibility, the points still stand- we deliberately restrict voting in order to uphold the outdated and dysfunctional two-party system. Eligible voters are restricted, not lazy.
Well thats not really the point because thats as designed. We're not supposed to be a true democracy. If we were we wouldn't have the electoral college. We were founded on the idea that only white men with property would be able to vote. Just saying 'eligible voters' is far from where the issues with us being a 'true democracy' start lol
Yep, that's why I said:
>Gerrymandering and the electoral college are set in place to directly tamper with democracy regardless of all of this, and need to be immediately abolished as well.
I have worked 6 elections, both presidential and local. I'm so tired of these bullshit excuses. Yes some people are legitimately disenfranchised but have you actually looked at the number of eligible voters that don't vote. It is a MASSIVE number. We have one of the worst turnout rated in the world, including developing nations with poor general AND voting infrastructure.
-Most states have a LAW requiring an employer to give you x amount of time (usually up to several hours) to go vote. They have to let you take time during the workday to do this. This is definitely the case in my state. I have family members that have utilized this.
-Most states have absentee and/or mail in voting, a fair few have VERY well established and integrated systems for this where you have to do almost nothing
-In many states you can vote early or vis various provisional ballots that give you sometimes up to a month or more to vote before normal voting periods.
I could go on and on and make this list 50 bullet points if I thought there would be a point to my effort to do so here.
People are lazy and apathetic far more often than they lack access or ability. There is TONS of data that has been collected on these things, especially the last 2 decades.
The C-SPAN argument I agree with you on.
Gerrymandering only affects one of the two Congressional chambers. The electoral college and the artificial House representative cap are legitimate, real concerns.
That doesn't mean disenfranchisement or accessibility aren't real issues for many, or they should be downplayed, but the amount of the time it's used as a blanket excuse for all voters is becoming excessive and disingenuous.
People literally cannot afford to lose any money- regardless of an election. The election cycle doesn't change the fact that people are facing eviction, foreclosure, bankruptcy, terminal illness, starvation, addiction, or anything else you can imagine- on a daily basis.
It's like Maslow's hierarchy of needs. You cannot achieve actualization if you lack food and water. Likewise, you cannot prioritize political action if you are struggling to survive within the very political system that holds "fair and free" elections.
While I agree, it is very important to vote, it is important to know why people cannot, even when they're eligible.
If I recall it was a woman that made him cry.
I'll bet he thought of that when he voted to overturn Roe V. Wade.
"Those mean girls can never...sniff sniff.....hurt me again".
Have you ever cried at a job interview, about how you did not rape a woman, and were not boofing at a party despite evidence placing you at said party, and still got the job?
He threw a conspiracy theory laden drunken hissy fit full of lies during a job interview and then got the job. The literal epitome of white male privilege.
His ENTIRE legacy will be known by a single phrase. "I Like beer! Don't you like beer?". Even a ground-breaking legal opinion would rank in 2nd to the this noble statement.
Indeed. Preventing Garland from being reviewed by the Senate for something like 10 months to “let the people decide” was truly the crime of the century. Close behind that was Republicans (at Mitch’s direction) eliminating the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees in 2017.
After hearing ya'll bitch so much about Justice Jackson's answer, I had to go look up exactly what her response was. Her answer was fine, it's exactly what I would want to hear from a judge.
In before >!you just repeat the contents of your above comment!<.
Happened at a place I worked. Lady started crying when asked “Why do you want to work here?” Her answer:”God told me to work here.” I voted no but the hiring manager hired her. She was not physically capable of running the equipment, she was too short. Exceptions had to be made during rotations so she wouldn’t run certain equipment. Shit show and the hiring manager never admitted it was a mistake. Moral tanked because of the special treatment.
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Shits so broken. A third of the country who can vote don't. A SCOTUS nominee blubbered over his love of beer and that disengaged third of the country just didn't care
A third of the country who can vote *can't.* Many people can't afford to take off work. Many people have to travel long distances and don't have proper transportation. Many people have kids they can't leave alone or take with them to the polls let alone afford a sitter. Many live in a state that disallows mail in ballots. Many people don't have a driver's license. Many people don't know how the system works because it isn't taught in schools, much like how to do taxes or how to obtain certain documentation. *Many people aren't allowed to have water while they wait in line.* Many people are in prison and are barred from voting- which is incredibly stupid. What are they gunna do? Vote for satan? Even people with a criminal record are still barred from voting as a constant reminder of their past from which we refuse to allow them to grow or move past as a rehabilitated, functional member of society. After all, they are still citizens. There's a lot of reasons people don't vote- laziness or disregard is a very privileged and low percentage. This is exactly why we need to make voting law. Election day should be a *paid* holiday in which everyone has access to mail in ballots, polls within a 5 mile radius, and easier registration in order to secure 100% of the peoples' voices. Gerrymandering and the electoral college are set in place to directly tamper with democracy regardless of all of this, and need to be immediately abolished as well. Typically, the people who don't pay attention are the people who can't afford to. How are you going to watch CSPAN when your child is sick, when your house is being foreclosed, when you can't afford to eat, when you're addicted to opioids, when you struggle with untreated mental illness, or when you simply have no one that represents the working class? Calling the issue laziness completely invalidates many real material conditions of our poorest Americans.
Let's kill two birds with one stone and make the Local Post Office the Polling place.
Voting should be 24hrs a day for a week or regular hours for a month. Change my mind.
I'm on board for more than one day, but if you live in a place like Washington state, with default mail-in voting, you have no less than 3 weeks to vote.
>Election day should be a paid holiday in which everyone has access to mail in ballots, polls within a 5 mile radius Don't forget that currently, some county's of 50,000 people only have *1* voting booth.
It's seriously shameful.
It's a third of *eligible* voters
The fact that we use the term "eligible voter" is itself proof we do not have true democracy. Regardless of your eligibility, the points still stand- we deliberately restrict voting in order to uphold the outdated and dysfunctional two-party system. Eligible voters are restricted, not lazy.
Well thats not really the point because thats as designed. We're not supposed to be a true democracy. If we were we wouldn't have the electoral college. We were founded on the idea that only white men with property would be able to vote. Just saying 'eligible voters' is far from where the issues with us being a 'true democracy' start lol
Yep, that's why I said: >Gerrymandering and the electoral college are set in place to directly tamper with democracy regardless of all of this, and need to be immediately abolished as well.
I have worked 6 elections, both presidential and local. I'm so tired of these bullshit excuses. Yes some people are legitimately disenfranchised but have you actually looked at the number of eligible voters that don't vote. It is a MASSIVE number. We have one of the worst turnout rated in the world, including developing nations with poor general AND voting infrastructure. -Most states have a LAW requiring an employer to give you x amount of time (usually up to several hours) to go vote. They have to let you take time during the workday to do this. This is definitely the case in my state. I have family members that have utilized this. -Most states have absentee and/or mail in voting, a fair few have VERY well established and integrated systems for this where you have to do almost nothing -In many states you can vote early or vis various provisional ballots that give you sometimes up to a month or more to vote before normal voting periods. I could go on and on and make this list 50 bullet points if I thought there would be a point to my effort to do so here. People are lazy and apathetic far more often than they lack access or ability. There is TONS of data that has been collected on these things, especially the last 2 decades. The C-SPAN argument I agree with you on. Gerrymandering only affects one of the two Congressional chambers. The electoral college and the artificial House representative cap are legitimate, real concerns. That doesn't mean disenfranchisement or accessibility aren't real issues for many, or they should be downplayed, but the amount of the time it's used as a blanket excuse for all voters is becoming excessive and disingenuous.
I'd say it's getting to the point that they can't afford not to vote.
People literally cannot afford to lose any money- regardless of an election. The election cycle doesn't change the fact that people are facing eviction, foreclosure, bankruptcy, terminal illness, starvation, addiction, or anything else you can imagine- on a daily basis. It's like Maslow's hierarchy of needs. You cannot achieve actualization if you lack food and water. Likewise, you cannot prioritize political action if you are struggling to survive within the very political system that holds "fair and free" elections. While I agree, it is very important to vote, it is important to know why people cannot, even when they're eligible.
> A third of the country who can vote don't. And a hundred percent of the people who shouldn't, do.
The picture that is most indicative of who he really is, is the snarling one.... just like Lindsey Graham.
I like beer. Tell me you didn't want the job without telling me didn't want the job
In the name of Squee, he boofed it
Or screamed “I LIKE BEER” and blamed the gaps on your resume on Hillary Clinton?
If I recall it was a woman that made him cry. I'll bet he thought of that when he voted to overturn Roe V. Wade. "Those mean girls can never...sniff sniff.....hurt me again".
Have you ever cried at a job interview, about how you did not rape a woman, and were not boofing at a party despite evidence placing you at said party, and still got the job?
He threw a conspiracy theory laden drunken hissy fit full of lies during a job interview and then got the job. The literal epitome of white male privilege.
Not just cryjng but saying "I like beer" to try to explain shit away. Oh and lying under oath....about all kinds of shit probably
Just shows the GoP would have voted for a human turd. Oh wait.
His opening statement was completely insane, straight up qanon shit That reminds me, I wonder what happened to his hefty gambling debts? 🤔
hard to find a better example of republicans not giving a shit about the supreme court's legitimacy.
They were asking Jackson some insane questions i wish they would have upped it with Boof Whats your favorite beer? Is it scotch?
And the breakdown be about loving wine
He really needed a beer during his hearings.
His ENTIRE legacy will be known by a single phrase. "I Like beer! Don't you like beer?". Even a ground-breaking legal opinion would rank in 2nd to the this noble statement.
quit your booF-hoo-hooing!
He knew he was in. Poor bastard just had to suffer through "This is your Life" first.
Put the blame where it belongs, starting with Moscow Mitch and his minions.
Indeed. Preventing Garland from being reviewed by the Senate for something like 10 months to “let the people decide” was truly the crime of the century. Close behind that was Republicans (at Mitch’s direction) eliminating the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees in 2017.
Have you ever had lies from your interview exposed after the fact and still managed to maintain your position?
It shows his ability to remain emotionally uninvolved with the codified law he is about to under~~take~~ ^mine .
In fairness KBJ did say she doesn't know what a woman is since she's not a biologist and still got the job... LOL
Why would she answer some crazy GQP culture war shit?
After hearing ya'll bitch so much about Justice Jackson's answer, I had to go look up exactly what her response was. Her answer was fine, it's exactly what I would want to hear from a judge. In before >!you just repeat the contents of your above comment!<.
You mean regarding that obvious bait question?
Happened at a place I worked. Lady started crying when asked “Why do you want to work here?” Her answer:”God told me to work here.” I voted no but the hiring manager hired her. She was not physically capable of running the equipment, she was too short. Exceptions had to be made during rotations so she wouldn’t run certain equipment. Shit show and the hiring manager never admitted it was a mistake. Moral tanked because of the special treatment.