Iowa governor signs Republican bill restricting voting access into law
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday signed into law a Republican-backed bill that makes it harder to vote early, potentially eroding a key aspect of Democratic campaigns.
Republicans in the House and Senate quickly approved the voting changes over the opposition of all Democratic legislators. Republicans said the new rules were needed to guard against voting fraud, though they noted Iowa has no history of election irregularities and that November's election saw record turnout with no hint of problems in the state.
Voting sites will close at 8 p.m. rather than 9 p.m., and county election officials are banned from sending out absentee ballot request forms unless requested. Satellite voting sites also can only be set up if enough voters petition for one, and voters will be removed from active voting lists if they miss a single general election and don’t report a change in address or register as a voter again.
Georgia Senate approves sweeping election bill that would repeal no-excuse absentee voting
The bill comes as Georgia has become ground zero for election law changes in the wake of the 2020 election. Republicans in the state, citing baseless allegations of voter fraud pushed by former President Donald Trump and other GOP officials, have moved to roll back access to mail-in voting and early voting.
The bill also creates ID requirements to request an absentee ballot, requiring anyone who does not have a state identification or state driver's license to submit a copy of an approved form of ID when requesting an absentee ballot as well as when submitting their absentee ballot.
Georgia Senate approves sweeping election bill that would repeal no-excuse absentee voting
The bill comes as Georgia has become ground zero for election law changes in the wake of the 2020 election. Republicans in the state, citing baseless allegations of voter fraud ...[text shortened]... m of ID when requesting an absentee ballot as well as when submitting their absentee ballot.
LOL I would love to hear them answer the question: Why are you proposing to close the polls an hour early?
I understand folks worried about the integrity of votes, but this is clearly just going to lower the number of voters who work on Tuesdays.
In moat countries governments try to get as many people as possible to vote. Because, uh, democratic principles and things...
Besides the obvious self-promotional political messaging (totally pointless if you ask me.... they’re all bastards as far as the eye can see...) there’s usually independent go-vote-no matter-who campaigns, designed to increase voter turnout.
But then again, the republican party is so extreme right-wing that in most of Europe it would be considered fringe-politics.
It's perfectly obvious why Republicans are trying to restrict voting. Their base is smaller than that of the Democrats and shrinking. They'd lose a fair and open vote and they know it. So they have to skew the system to stay in the game.
In moat countries governments try to get as many people as possible to vote. Because, uh, democratic principles and things...
Besides the obvious self-promotional political messaging (totally pointless if you ask me.... they’re all bastards as far as the eye can see...) there’s usually independent go-vote-no matter-who campaigns, designed to increa ...[text shortened]... blican party is so extreme right-wing that in most of Europe it would be considered fringe-politics.
Brilliant typo there, Shav: "moat [sic] countries" -- like one which tried to build a wall across its southern border.
Give the GOP under Trump another shot at the WH, and it'll mutate into "moot country."
I want republican states to drop the charade already and just hold hunger games in place of elections. Last man (or woman) standing gets the nomination. Isn't any less democratic that what they are doing now and the rest of the world could get a nice show.
I wanna see if those nutcases Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene can actually use them guns that they drool over so much. I wanna see if Mitch McConnell can beat another republican to death with his bare hands or if he will go down in the prelims.
@moonbussaid It's perfectly obvious why Republicans are trying to restrict voting. Their base is smaller than that of the Democrats and shrinking. They'd lose a fair and open vote and they know it. So they have to skew the system to stay in the game.
In Britain, after the Great Reform Bill of 1832, the Tories faced an obvious electoral threat. They were the party of the aristocracy and the countryside, and the reform had widened the franchise, to the advantage of the middle class, city dwellers and townsfolk. The Tories seemed destined to wither as an electoral force. Instead, the party gradually shifted its policies and its appeal so that they secured votes among the Anglican middle class, among prosperous suburban voters ( so-called "villa Toryism" ) and later, as the franchise widened further, among prosperous and patriotic members of the working class.
This is surely what the Republicans ought to be doing: modifying their policies to broaden their base and secure new supporters. That's the obvious way to "stay in the game". Why are they cheating instead?
@moonbussaid It's perfectly obvious why Republicans are trying to restrict voting. Their base is smaller than that of the Democrats and shrinking. They'd lose a fair and open vote and they know it. So they have to skew the system to stay in the game.
They were simply caught with their pants down on the popularity of mail-in voting during a pandemic. That is how out-of-touch with normal humans they are.
As you say, they can't tolerate fair and open voting, so here they are, trying to put a stop to it.
@teinosukesaid This is surely what the Republicans ought to be doing: modifying their policies to broaden their base and secure new supporters. That's the obvious way to "stay in the game". Why are they cheating instead?
Republican culture won't allow it. Progressive policies contradict their platform that appeal to the rich, the religious and the white nationalists.
@vivifysaid Republican culture won't allow it. Progressive policies contradict their platform that appeal to the rich, the religious and the white nationalists.
Well, yes, that's their current, and diminishing sector of appeal. Perhaps they should start appealing to a wider range of people?
@teinosukesaid Well, yes, that's their current, and diminishing sector of appeal. Perhaps they should start appealing to a wider range of people?
Step one: dump Trump.
The next few months will tell, whether the GOP can re-invent itself by addressing a wider range of social concerns, or whether it will remain in thrall to a demagogue.
@vivify The GOP openly admitted to the SCOTUS that they need to restrict voting rights of racial minorities in order to win an election. Amazing.
"Asked by right-wing Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to explain the Arizona GOP’s interest in upholding a state law that disqualifies ballots cast in the wrong precinct — a restriction that voting rights advocates say discriminates against people of color, an assessment backed up last year by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — Republican lawyer Michael Carvin responded that striking down the regulation would put “us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats.”“Politics is a zero-sum game,” Carvin added."
Might I suggest a far out idea for the GOP? How about coming up with programs, policies and ideas that appeal to a majority of voters. That's the way a democracy is suppose to work.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-lawyer-admits-to-scotus-that-voting-rights-disadvantage-republican-party/
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