Voting matters. 2020 was proof. Yes, Joe Biden won the popular vote by more than seven million votes and enjoyed a relatively comfortable 306 to 232 victory in the Electoral College. But those margins obscure just how few votes determined the winner.
Here in Luzerne County, PA, there was a push to get the Board of Elections to refuse to certify our 2020 results. There is currently a committe looking into changes to the current law that the county council should recommend to the state. The chair of the legislative committee is adamantly oposed to no-excuse mail-in ballots and thinks all the 'problems' will be solved if they are eliminated. (Full disclosure: I am a Democrat on the Board of Elections who was booed when I voted to certify. I know whereof I speak.)
Universal voting is not a constitutional right. Every state is able to set its own rules. The short term solution is to through legislation. But the minute the next QOP president takes over, that legislation will be tossed. The long term solution is a constitutional amendment that finally establishes that all citizens have the right to vote.
Republicans know that when turnout is high, they are less likely to succeed. These anti-democratic pieces of legislation must be highlighted publicly and fought tooth-and-nail.
End the filibuster. Democrats need to immediately push through legislation to re-enact/reinforce the principles of the voters rights act. The Democrats will not get anything done in these first 2 years with the filibuster in place. Then it'll be GOP obstruction as usual.
The GOP believes in minority rule Period. Question.
Can a federal mandate be created to usurp this type of voter surpression? Or is this just a state electoral job with all the power in the hands of primarily Republican state legislatures?
Question
Isn't Congress pussyfootin' around a number of gerrymandering bills?
The GOP used to be the party of the middle class and small business, but during the 1980 election, it became clear to Republicans that demographics in America were inexorably shifting, and that the GOP would soon no longer be able to win elections based on donations from small business and the middle class. So. They sold out to the super-rich and corporations, decided to suppress education, to court the evangelical vote, and other anti-democratic activities, just to retain power for old white men. Over 40 years they created the mess of ignorance and hatred that is their base today. And they are finding now that they must follow those insane votes down into Hell. And taking the country with them.
I sincerely hope democrats will use whatever advantage they currently hold to do some serious election systems clean-up and install hard-core voting rights and election security, which should obviously do away with "proprietory" voting software AS A START, because our situation right now is simply ridiculous.
All these fake patriots claiming to love the country while simultaneously waging war on democracy is something I just can't understand. I will never vote Republican in my entire life.
The Republicans have been restricting voting for years. They do not represent a majority of Americans and often the majority in the states they control. They are getting more desperate each year. Until this Republicans versus Democrats hatred ends, Americans will not win. And there is hatred on both sides, but it heavily leans towards the Republicans because that is they only way campaign - fear & hatred. We need to get back to elected officials acting in the best interest of the people they represent.
You can smell the stench of trumpublican flop sweat of desperation in all of this rotten legislation that may or may not be upheld by the rank judges that McConnell got installed. Forget t****. We have all found out that civic engagement is the only way out of this morass we are finding ourselves in currently. Judd, you help mightily by keeping the spotlight aimed at the dark corners where this stuff is hatched. We cannot give up now. Keep the pedal to the metal.
Okay, so that's what the Republicans are doing. This is what they do because they are smart enough to know that they can't win an election based on policies. So, the question then becomes, what (if anything) are the Democrats doing to fight back?????
Here in Luzerne County, PA, there was a push to get the Board of Elections to refuse to certify our 2020 results. There is currently a committe looking into changes to the current law that the county council should recommend to the state. The chair of the legislative committee is adamantly oposed to no-excuse mail-in ballots and thinks all the 'problems' will be solved if they are eliminated. (Full disclosure: I am a Democrat on the Board of Elections who was booed when I voted to certify. I know whereof I speak.)
Universal voting is not a constitutional right. Every state is able to set its own rules. The short term solution is to through legislation. But the minute the next QOP president takes over, that legislation will be tossed. The long term solution is a constitutional amendment that finally establishes that all citizens have the right to vote.
Republicans know that when turnout is high, they are less likely to succeed. These anti-democratic pieces of legislation must be highlighted publicly and fought tooth-and-nail.
End the filibuster. Democrats need to immediately push through legislation to re-enact/reinforce the principles of the voters rights act. The Democrats will not get anything done in these first 2 years with the filibuster in place. Then it'll be GOP obstruction as usual.
The GOP believes in minority rule Period. Question.
Can a federal mandate be created to usurp this type of voter surpression? Or is this just a state electoral job with all the power in the hands of primarily Republican state legislatures?
Question
Isn't Congress pussyfootin' around a number of gerrymandering bills?
Thank you for this info, Judd.
The GOP used to be the party of the middle class and small business, but during the 1980 election, it became clear to Republicans that demographics in America were inexorably shifting, and that the GOP would soon no longer be able to win elections based on donations from small business and the middle class. So. They sold out to the super-rich and corporations, decided to suppress education, to court the evangelical vote, and other anti-democratic activities, just to retain power for old white men. Over 40 years they created the mess of ignorance and hatred that is their base today. And they are finding now that they must follow those insane votes down into Hell. And taking the country with them.
I sincerely hope democrats will use whatever advantage they currently hold to do some serious election systems clean-up and install hard-core voting rights and election security, which should obviously do away with "proprietory" voting software AS A START, because our situation right now is simply ridiculous.
All these fake patriots claiming to love the country while simultaneously waging war on democracy is something I just can't understand. I will never vote Republican in my entire life.
Love your work! Here's my take on impeachment of President Loophole https://dianefrancis.substack.com/p/president-loophole-on-trial
The Republicans have been restricting voting for years. They do not represent a majority of Americans and often the majority in the states they control. They are getting more desperate each year. Until this Republicans versus Democrats hatred ends, Americans will not win. And there is hatred on both sides, but it heavily leans towards the Republicans because that is they only way campaign - fear & hatred. We need to get back to elected officials acting in the best interest of the people they represent.
You can smell the stench of trumpublican flop sweat of desperation in all of this rotten legislation that may or may not be upheld by the rank judges that McConnell got installed. Forget t****. We have all found out that civic engagement is the only way out of this morass we are finding ourselves in currently. Judd, you help mightily by keeping the spotlight aimed at the dark corners where this stuff is hatched. We cannot give up now. Keep the pedal to the metal.
Okay, so that's what the Republicans are doing. This is what they do because they are smart enough to know that they can't win an election based on policies. So, the question then becomes, what (if anything) are the Democrats doing to fight back?????
I would love to have a call list or email list of the other companies that have not committed to supporting democracy and the certified election.
Hey Judd. Check out the Lincoln Project’s latest video, “BRANDED”.