Comments on: New voters storm into the system

By: runasim

runasim — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:53:16 +0000

The only concern I have about voter ID is that it does put a burden on the elderly and the disabled, etc. It's sort of like an unfunded mandate.

The Supreme Court pooh-poohed this concern, but that's like pooh-poohing a wrongful conviction. It matters a wholle lot to those affected.

If it really affects as few people as the proponents of ID claim, then there must be some rational way to deal with this.
Through a voter registration fund?
As part of SS benefits?
Something?

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:12:17 +0000

Paul,

For political parties to be relevant, they have to be able to win enough elections to affect policy. Given the changing Demographics of the U.S., the open borders, and the push increase voter fraud on the part of the Democrats, the Republicans stand no chance of long term survival.

So, then the idea is who will split off from the Democratic Party to support a second party. Do you really think that blacks, hispanics, and immigrants will really split off from the Democratic Party. A progressive party to the left of the Democratic Party would be as white as the Republican Party is today and just as irrelevant.

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:59:23 +0000

Superdestroyer, just wait until the lefties like Nader get their victory and additional children (of still younger ages) are able to vote Democratic: lowering the voting age to sixteen has long been an extreme leftist objective, complete with emotive BS attached as baggage — “If you're old enough to work, you're old enough to vote [Democratic or Green or otherwise dupe-leftist]!” I could see the radical “children's rights” crowd demanding a reduction in the voting age to thirteen (if not younger).

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:57:02 +0000

Fingerprint scanner = Voter ID check = “disenfrancisement!” [sic] “blocking the vote!” [sic].

By: PaulSilver

PaulSilver — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:45:55 +0000

Thanks for this post. It never occurred to me to consider bypassing voter registration all together and the contentious baggage that comes with it.
Just show up to vote using a fingerprint scanner to avoid duplication.

I have never been convinced by superdestroyers concerns that we are heading towards a one party system. None of us agree on everything and no matter how effective we were are purifying the members of a group we would find some powerful issues to define our differences. Such is the Christian religion – One theme with myriad formats.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:24:31 +0000

Making sure everyone is register and everyone votes will just ensure that the Democratic Party becomes the one, dominant party faster. Why not ask the 20 somethings what they would think of politics with only one political party. We already know that blacks are very comfortable in a one party system with few real choices. Is that what the left is promising for everyone else.

The real question is whether a system where the Democratic primary is the only real election and the election is over special interest pandering will be the best for the U.S?