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I hear it's hard to get a photo ID. Better not burden people and require them to prove who they are.
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I hear it's hard to get a photo ID. Better not burden people and require them to prove who they are. -
All of these "anti-fraud" laws are such a load of crap, guys-- they're an "answer" to a problem that nobody has ever shown to exist on anything like a meaningful level. They're just press hits, nothing more.Originally posted by Roto Rooter View Post"There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed. I say this in order to impress upon you, if you are not already so impressed, that no small matter should divert us from our great purpose. "
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Even if all this is true, what relevance? It is a common sense approach to a potential issue, and it is hardly a burden. You have to show a photo ID to rent videos.Originally posted by Bob Kohm View Post
JAd Astra per Aspera
Oh. In that case, never mind.
- Wonderboy
GITH fails logic 101. - bryanbutler
Bah...OJH caught me. - Pogues
I don't know if you guys are being willfully ignorant, but... - Judge JudeComment
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But it seems that the only reason they are putting the law is place is because research has shown that a third of the minorities don't have an ID and history has shown that minorities will vote Democratic. So this has nothing to do with anything other than trying to block minorities (Democrates) from voting. That's unbelievably un-American if you ask me, which is odd cause I thought Republicans were always all about the American way. Perhaps it's their American way that they care about.Originally posted by onejayhawk View PostI'm unconsoled I'm lonely, I am so much better than I used to be.
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Here is what you have to do in FL now to get a license:
Govt Issued birth certificate, passport, or naturalization card. Puerto Rican certificates must be issued after 7/1/10.
Social Security Card or a W-2 form or a paycheck, or a SSA-1099, or non-SSA-1099 showing your complete SS#. No photocopies accepted
Your government-issued marriage certificate or court-ordered name change
Two documents showing your residential address
Puerto Ricans voted strongly Democratic in the last 3 elections so getting #1 on the law was rather convenient here in FL by the GOP-controlled legislature. They send you this post-card outlining these rules 90 days before your license expires.Comment
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Who rents videos? I don't provide my license to sign up for NetflixOriginally posted by onejayhawk View Post
The only thing I have to provide an ID for is to get on an airplane, but flying is a privilege, not a right. I've talked to people here in Florida that want it so that only people that OWN homes or property can vote because they're the ones directly affected, not the renters.
Is voting taken too lightly by many? Yes
Should backdoor poll taxes be put into place? Hell noComment
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This kind of crap is why I just can't stomach being a Republican any more."Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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So are you still a Republican?Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View Post"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."Comment
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No, I don't know what I am, but I can't bring myself to associate with the Republican party since Bush/Cheney.Originally posted by Mithrandir View Post"Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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I am a registered Democrat, but like you i don't really know what i am as far as political parties go.Originally posted by Kevin Seitzer View Post"I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."Comment
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In Texas, you are "registered" which with whatever party's ballot you chose to vote in the preceding primary election. Since I voted in the Democratic presidential primary, until the next election, I'm "registered" as a Democrat. This time around I'm thinking about voting the Republican primary ballot. Neither choice particularly expresses an allegiance or has any impact beyond that, other than putting me on a different list for fundraising calls and letters.Originally posted by Mithrandir View Post"Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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Florida functions like Texas in that manner. Registered independents cannot vote for Presidential candidates in the primaries.Comment
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Well, this is gonna get mighty, mighty interesting. AG Holder has denied preclearance of the SC Voter ID law, claiming it's discriminatory. SC is apparently going to not merely challenge Holder's ruling to a three-judge DC panel and request expedited SCOTUS review if turned down - not merely on the ID law, but on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.I'm just here for the baseball.
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"Florida functions like Texas in that manner. Registered independents cannot vote for Presidential candidates in the primaries."
It's not the end of the world.
Signed,
lifelong independent who has never gotten to vote in a primaryfinished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
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SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
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1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
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Texas doesn't have registered independents. You can vote in whatever primary you want. You just can't vote in more than one party's primary in a given election season."Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"Comment
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