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This is implying that default mail-in voting was a way to get Democrats elected in the first place.

No it isn't. Don't be obtuse.

Challenging elections integrity in the courts are what insure the process is transparent and followed in the first place.

Filing dozens of frivolous lawsuits and aggressively pressuring state government officials to help overturn election results isn't normal.

Democrats got unlucky on the retirement / death draw

https://www.npr.org/sections/death-of-ruth-bader-ginsburg/20...

[1/6 was] not a coup by any stretch of the imagination (no weapons)

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol-rioters...

I get it that you are not familiar with Bush v. Gore

Yup, this is the first I've heard of George Bush and Al Gore. Thanks for letting me know about them.

It's easy to pick a random clown in a camp and then zoom 1000x to paint a bad picture

Sure. I agree with that. I'm not claiming that this is the official platform of the GOP, simply that it's a radical and dangerous element of society that Trump and his wing of the party are actively cultivating by continuing to promote lies.

And the "voter suppression" are a joke

Sure. They didn't work in the end, but they made it a lot closer than it would have been. The new ones may work or they may not, but we shouldn't tolerate any voter suppression in America.

showing ID with proof of your address

No one is opposed to requiring an ID to vote. The For the People Act included a voter ID provision, with alternative documents such as utility bills allowable as a fallback.

If you want to require IDs without that fallback, how about we make federal voting IDs available to everyone in the country at no cost and with minimal hassle or time investment? If the intent isn't voter suppression, this should be perfectly agreeable.

parent _ykl9 5 years ago

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