Cold War II: The United States vs Trump and Co. A Russian Affair

[John Reena]

Do some of y'all live in the real world? I know plenty of people that depend on public transportation, have disabilities, work and day care schedules, and whole range of normal day to day challenges that make it difficult for poor and working class adults to vote.

If there were laws on the books like say making Election Day a federal holiday with paid time off for workers, nationwide fare suspension for public transportation, and Republicans weren't doing everything under the sun to making voting harder on people, you'd have a point.

But until that happens people need to stop acting like all non-voters are one and the same. Laziness is just one of many reasons why voter turnout is so low, far from the only one.

Excuses excuses excuses

Everybody in this thread knows NUMEROUS ppl who sat on they ass n did not vote in the election in 2016. Those ppl deserve to be fined. It’s PLENTY of ways for anyone to cast a vote.

 

[the cac mamba]

"what a America is about" yeah cause the country of slavery, war, thievery, and genocide is a good role model of principles.

you're advocating fining people for not voting thats fukkin stupid. you know that it's fukkin stupid

 

[Dat Migo]

In my perfect America, everyone is auto registered to vote and for each federal, state, local election you're sent a ballot and required to mail it back. You can write in Mickey Mouse, return it blank, who gives a fukk. The point is that you participated. Tax penalty or ineligibility for government assistance for anyone who doesn't. The US requires you to have health insurance (or you're fined), requires you to fill out the census, requires you to file a tax return, requires you to sign up for selective services,etc.

 

[Leasy]

They about to get this gigs outta of here

 

[fact]

I understand being super frustrated at people not voting, it is in fact what got us Trump, but putting emotions aside for a second, America is lazy as fukk nowadays as a rule. Instead of fines for voting, we need to attack the heart of it. We need to, through benefits, have people want to be engaged, like special tax breaks for voting, or free movie passes for voting, etc..

 

[88m3]

Yo!!

it doesn't even seem real

 

[Wargames]

He say's he doesn't do drugs

Why am I alive in this era of human civilization?

 

[Ciggavelli]

Voting is a right, but so is not voting.

Plus, I don’t know why we’re assuming the 50% of the population that didn’t vote would automically have voted for Hillary. I need to see the data on that, because from my perspective, I don’t think we can assume they were voting for Hillary.

I want to have the CHOICE to vote or not. If you force me to or not to vote something is very wrong

 

[Json]

Do some of y'all live in the real world? I know plenty of people that depend on public transportation, have disabilities, work and day care schedules, and whole range of normal day to day challenges that make it difficult for poor and working class adults to vote.

If there were laws on the books like say making Election Day a federal holiday with paid time off for workers, nationwide fare suspension for public transportation, and Republicans weren't doing everything under the sun to making voting harder on people, you'd have a point.

But until that happens people need to stop acting like all non-voters are one and the same. Laziness is just one of many reasons why voter turnout is so low, far from the only one.

While I’m not in favor of forcing people, that transportation excuse doesn’t hold up in the world of early voting. Yeah, Republicans can steal your ballots like in NC but we can’t deny many states give people many days before November to find time to vote.

 

[Blackfyre]

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Why am I alive in this era of human civilization?

To witness history.

 

[John Reena]

My bad brehs for getting this thread off topic. I did a “He who shall not be named”.

 

[Blackfyre]

 

[jerniebert]

Auntie Maxine going in on Twitter right now. Their is more on her page.

 

[jerniebert]