I have mentioned in previous posts that the Democrats tend to use diversion as a means of diverting attention from what they are doing, by accusing others of doing it. The current voter suppression claim is a perfect example of it, with an additional twist. Voting is a right given to all of us American citizens in the Constitution and by our state constitutions. There are limitations who can vote. One needs to be a living citizen of the United States, of a certain age (currently 18), in some states not have a criminal record and be registered. States are required to maintain a roll of registered voters and glean it periodically of those who have died or moved. In Florida, those who want an absentee ballot to vote by mail need to apply and renew their application periodically. Sending out mail in ballots pellmell makes it ripe for voter fraud and that is exactly what the Democrats want to do and have done.
In America each qualifying citizen is allowed one vote. Extra votes reduce that vote to less than one. This is where the suppression exists. During the last Presidential election, many votes were suppressed. Whether that would have made for a different result, I can't say, but I can say how to protect the system from voter fraud and suppression. The first and simplest thing is to clean up the rolls and eliminate people who have died. This can be done on a daily or weekly basis depending on population. Requiring people to reregister periodically, every 5 years or so by sending out a mailer with a free return envelope to be delivered to the address on record or returned would help. When I moved, I had to fill out a new voter registration listing my current and previous address. No one should be against this. Voter registration should be free and available even on weekends, especially around election time. Paying people to register or paying people to sign up people to register or merely up those who or dead or don't exist or fail to meet other voter criteria is a criminal act and people who do so should go to prison. Get out the vote organizations are fine as long as those rules apply. A free voter ID is necessary with a signature and bar code, to be checked at the polls. One's registration number should be listed on all mail in ballots and both signature and bar code should match.
Penalties for voter fraud should be severe and not only include fines, but also prison. One who participates in voter fraud should also loose their right to vote.
What about the homeless. Homeless peolple would have to register and vote in person. A post office box cannot serve as an address. They would have to vote where they are registered. Because they have no address they could not be contacted by mail and would need to remember to reregister. I do think that criminals who have served their time including years on parole and made restitution (a requirement to vote) should be allowed to vote in many cases. Those convicted of murder, rape, kidnapping and other very violent crimes should not.
Gerrymandering is another problem when it comes to state and congressional elections. In general, the party that is in the majority at the state legislature gets to draw up the congressional and state office boundaries. Some years ago, districts were gerrymandered to prevent minorities from gaining office, by dividing an area in a state that was majority minority into a part of non minority districts, thus diluting the chance for representation by one of their own race. That has changed drastically in the last three or four decades and now districts are gerrymandered to allow majority minority districts clearly resulting in minority representation. (Sadly this has not helped as minority congress people often side with the party and not their race and so items like school vouchers that can only help a community are not encouraged or voted for and welfare seems more acceptable than job creation in the community). I am certain that if congressional districts were determined by an independent computer program some of these minority districts would be wiped out. Under current rules a candidate and/or rep need not actually live in the district, but near by, whatever that means as the district boundaries often change from census to census.
The Democrats have successfully coerced many corporations to actually think that a great voter law in Georgia suppresses the votes of minorities. It does not and instead ihelps ensure a legal vote diminishing the chances of suppression due to fraud. Every legal voter canc benefit from this law, the only vote it suppresses is the illegal votes.
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