Voting in America or GOP the party that lies & cheats to win

Just following GA!

Although it seems FL is allowing 'gifts' outside the listed limits.

When I was a poll clerk we got so many snacks/pizzas/drinks from the different candidates representatives  we offered them to the voting public.

Meidas Touch.......................

No, just NO!

More lie and cheat!

How Mitch McConnell beat Democrats in Kentucky (again)
Chris Cillizza
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

(CNN)Mitch McConnell may not be in control of the Senate anymore, but he's still making moves -- and winning political fights -- that prove he remains a major power player in his home state of Kentucky.

limits the power of the state's governor to fill vacancies that might arise in the US Senate.

Known as Senate Bill 228, the measure forces the governor to pick a successor of the same party as the departing senator -- and to choose that person from a list of three names, supplied by the executive committee of the party to which the departing senator belongs. That is a major change from past Kentucky law, which allowed the governor to pick any person of any party to fill a Senate vacancy. The legislation also would force a special election to be held unless the Senate vacancy occurs within three months of a previously scheduled election.

It is lost on exactly no one that the current governor of the Commonwealth -- Andy Beshear -- is a Democrat. And that McConnell himself endorsed the measure.

"I have watched over my years in the Senate the way different states fill vacancies when they occur," McConnell told a local TV station earlier this week. "And I thought the way we did it gave the governor whoever that may be, whether it's a Democrat or Republican, too much power to put an interim appointment in there for the longest period of time." (He also noted that he had suggested to the state legislature that they take a look at changing the law.)
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www.cnn.com/2021/03/31/politics/mitch-mcconnell-steve-beshear-special-election/index.html

Georgia voter here. The misinformation being spread nationally about our election laws is mind boggling.

Just one example is the NBC News tweet posted above, where NJ governor Murphy is proud that NJ has just now started allowing early voting and it lasts for 9 days while he condemns Georgia for "restrictions". Georgia implemented early voting years ago and we have 17 days! I saw in the article where Gov. Kemp tweeted to Gov. Murphy congratulating him on finally legalizing early voting for a whole whopping 9 days.  I don't see that Gov. Murphy had any response.

It's also not a crime to give voters waiting in line some water.

The *misinformation* is more mind boggling to you, than the actual fact the laws were enacted in the first place? 🤔

It's also not true that Republicans are responsible for long lines at polling places in minority precincts. Absolutely not true. Each county in Georgia has its own election board that oversees elections. Each county is responsible for setting up its locations and staffing them. There are really long lines to vote in Fulton and DeKalb, for sure there are, but that is completely the responsibility of those two counties, both of which are completely run by Democrats.

The idea that there are white conservative Republicans in Cobb county somehow forcing DeKalb to close voting locations against their will, as I have heard, is ludicrous.

In that NPR article you linked above there is also this:

   'Raffensperger's office blames Democrats and county elections officials for opposing his efforts to improve access. "As Secretary of State,
   Brad Raffensperger pushed legislation that would force counties to expand polling locations and directly address these issues,"
   Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs said in an email.

   "Unfortunately, every single Democratic Senator and Representative voted against this proposal saying that it would cause
   'confusion.' Georgia voters deserve to know who is actually holding back progress and it isn't the Secretary of State's Office." '

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My daughter volunteered on election day in DeKalb county. She was one of the people who worked the line, handing out water and snacks. They did absolutely no electioneering -- they were there to answer any questions about the voting process. She saw long lines and lots of happy people willing to stand in them.


So the answer to groups who clearly were electioneering is to ban handing out food and water to people in line? How about enforcing the laws on electioneering. Training would seem to be the better action, rather than enacting more restrictive laws.

Those laws are completely and solely to restrict voting, and the Republicans in Georgia government know it. What a bunch of bullshit.

The answer to giving faith to people about the legitimacy of the elections is to stop lying about rigged elections, not passing bullshit laws that restrict voting.

It is not right. But that is why Warren and Sanders did not get cabinet posts.

If your daughter did not witness any electioneering, that's great.  That doesn't mean it doesn't happen.  Georgia doesn't allow electioneering and people are doing it anyway, under the guise of handing out food and water. In fact, it happens so much, and so many people were complaining about it, that the state had to do something about it, so they did.  Now, no one can give out food and drink except actual poll workers.  Don't blame the state, blame the campaigns that skirted the law and now have brought about this result.

You mentioned "training"  as a better action.  Training of who, exactly, and for what?  Are you suggesting that Georgia should somehow 
train every campaign worker in every election in every county as to what the laws are?  That seems like the responsibility of the campaigns themselves.    

 

Electioneering is already prohibited. It's already illegal in Georgia to intimidate or harass voters and election officials already had the power to remove them from the premises. My daughter was trained as a nonpartisan poll monitor. The ONLY reason this law passed is voter intimidation. By refusing to allow trained poll monitors to hand out snacks and water in hours long lines in the majority black precincts, they've shown their hand. Voting should be easy and quick. Georgia is trying to do the opposite. Like I said, if they want to prove that the elections were secure all they have to do is refute the lies.

sorry for my bluntness, but that is a STUPID question and tells me that you just don't put yourself in other's shoes to think about what could happen.

If someone goes to vote, they may assume the line will be short and move quickly.  Like they would expect from previous experience.  But with less polling places (because they're taking some of them away, aren't they?) and/or a larger turnout like happened in 2020, the line may be HOURS longer than the person originally expected.  Would YOU bring a drink or a snack with you just "in case" you had to wait for 6 hours in line to vote?  I wouldn't.   If I decided to vote on my lunch hour, expecting to get in and out, but found out I'd have to stay there for 4-6 hours or more, that would be a BIG deal...   And it might be sunny / hotter than expected which would make a long wait uncomfortable without a drink.  I get lightheaded and headaches if I don't eat.  (not to mention I'd need to get back to work.)

So a long line and a potential wait of HOURS, combined with lunchtime, afternoon, dinnertime, etc. could possibly discourage some voters from staying in that line, and might end up leaving.  Which would mean they are not exercising their right to vote because of the conditions put into place by the more restrictive law.

Why is that so difficult for some people to comprehend? (unless, like I said, you can't put yourself into other's shoes, or see past your own privilege.)