So why is President Trump and the right so against voting my mail?

Discussion in 'Coronavirus Pandemic Discussions' started by archives, Apr 9, 2020.

PF does not allow misinformation. However, please note that posts could occasionally contain content in violation of our policies prior to our staff intervening. We urge you to seek reliable alternate sources to verify information you read in this forum.

  1. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    4,947
    Likes Received:
    3,711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    "Trump urges Republicans to 'fight very hard' against voting by mail"
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/08/trump-mail-in-voting-2020-election#maincontent

    Contrary to President Trump's undocumented statements, there exists no study nor statistics that prove voting by mail leads to mass voting fraud. Currently five states vote entirely by mail, including Republican Utah, and the vast majority of States have no excuse absentee ballots.

    President Trump himself votes by mail, and the only recent case of fraud involving mail in voting came from Republicans in North Carolina.

    So, to prepare for what might be an election challenged by the coronavirus, why would President Trump and the GOP be so against funding now as a precaution to establish procedures and guidelines for a voting by mail in November?
     
    XploreR likes this.
  2. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 24, 2010
    Messages:
    46,383
    Likes Received:
    15,488
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Prone to fraud on a mass scale.
     
    Last edited: Apr 9, 2020
  3. Bondo

    Bondo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 13, 2010
    Messages:
    2,768
    Likes Received:
    251
    Trophy Points:
    83
    I donno,..... Why is the left so against voter Id,..??
     
  4. Phyxius

    Phyxius Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 24, 2015
    Messages:
    15,965
    Likes Received:
    21,593
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Let's just say the quiet part out loud:

    [​IMG]


     
    Sallyally and JET3534 like this.
  5. Kranes56

    Kranes56 Banned

    Joined:
    Feb 23, 2011
    Messages:
    29,311
    Likes Received:
    4,187
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    Republicans know their base that will vote can get access to or has access to photo ids. So if you can suppress anyone else from being able to get it, then you basically have the election in the bag. Which then begs the question, why are they so against changing their policies for the changing times? I wonder if it has something to do with the structure of the GOP that means they have to?
     
    Sallyally and Phyxius like this.
  6. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    4,947
    Likes Received:
    3,711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    If it has never happening, and we have six months to prepare, why would you want to take the chance of putting Americans in a potentially dangerous situation when it can be avoided?
     
    Phyxius likes this.
  7. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    4,947
    Likes Received:
    3,711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Cause it isn't necessary, multiple studies have shown voter ID fraud to negligible, this could be a real situation
     
    Phyxius likes this.
  8. Ericb760

    Ericb760 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2015
    Messages:
    5,165
    Likes Received:
    2,549
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Citation needed.
     
  9. Creasy Tvedt

    Creasy Tvedt Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2019
    Messages:
    10,291
    Likes Received:
    13,163
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Remember the Democrat's Iowa caucus debacle? Now picture that on a national scale.

    Does that look good to you?
     
    Last edited: Apr 9, 2020
  10. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    4,947
    Likes Received:
    3,711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    No way comparable, apples and oranges, national election isn't a caucus
     
    Sallyally and Marcotic like this.
  11. Steve N

    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jan 4, 2015
    Messages:
    70,217
    Likes Received:
    89,726
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    mail is lost all the time, delivered to the wrong address, or accidentally destroyed during transport. This is the unseen voter disenfranchisement the left would holler about when they lose elections.

    That, and it's just perfect for voter fraud, the kind of voter fraud the left excels in.

    And how does voting by mail secure elections? I think the Russians would find that easier and more certain to not just influence elections, but to literally vote in them.

    The best way for the left to drop this insane idea is for republicans to come out in favor of it. it will be then that the left will no longer be in favor of it and describe all the ways a person can cheat by mail - and being the experts on cheating, they would know.
     
  12. Texan

    Texan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 7, 2014
    Messages:
    9,126
    Likes Received:
    4,696
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Do welfare, food stamp, WIC, and Social Security recipients need IDs? It sounds like the poor have no problem getting IDs either.
     
  13. Creasy Tvedt

    Creasy Tvedt Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2019
    Messages:
    10,291
    Likes Received:
    13,163
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Exactly. It'd be an exponentially-larger debacle. The Iowa caucus was a molehill of a debacle, national voting by mail would be a mountain of a debacle.
     
    Bondo likes this.
  14. 61falcon

    61falcon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2018
    Messages:
    21,436
    Likes Received:
    12,227
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Dirty Donald knows that the more Americans who vote lessens the chance of a GOP win. This is why GOP is constantly trying to minimize voting in the states they control.
     
    Sallyally, Phyxius and Ericb760 like this.
  15. Ericb760

    Ericb760 Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2015
    Messages:
    5,165
    Likes Received:
    2,549
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Why is the Right so against using the federally issued ID called the Social Security Card?
     
    Sallyally and Phyxius like this.
  16. Moolk

    Moolk Banned

    Joined:
    Apr 4, 2020
    Messages:
    19,283
    Likes Received:
    14,619
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Everyone has access to voter ID’s. It’s racist to believe otherwise.
     
    yabberefugee, myview, Texan and 2 others like this.
  17. david gullikson

    david gullikson Banned

    Joined:
    Mar 24, 2020
    Messages:
    1,272
    Likes Received:
    404
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Gender:
    Male
    All of these right wingers KNOW that too, and they lie thru their teeth, and say WHATEVER will stop the vote. Whether gerrymandering, caging, felon voting or any other category, they want less Democrats voting, by hook or by crook.
     
    Phyxius likes this.
  18. Kranes56

    Kranes56 Banned

    Joined:
    Feb 23, 2011
    Messages:
    29,311
    Likes Received:
    4,187
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Female
    Poor Harry Thomson can’t get a voter id because his social security says Harry Tomson, but his drivers license and all other documents say Harry Thomson. Not all ids require the same level of scrutiny, nor does that mean we should make sure they have to present that much documentation to vote.
     
    Marcotic likes this.
  19. lemmiwinx

    lemmiwinx Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Aug 29, 2016
    Messages:
    8,069
    Likes Received:
    5,428
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    To be able to vote by mail you have to have a valid address am I right? How are people who live in their trucks and do the jobs Americans won't do supposed to get their mail-in ballots?
     
    Last edited: Apr 9, 2020
  20. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2016
    Messages:
    28,023
    Likes Received:
    19,311
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Why bother thinking for ones self when there are memes? Both parties care about power. Not you, your health, your well being, your hard earned tax dollar, the environment, etc. If the idea comes from Republicans, assume it is in their interest. Same for dems.

    Those who care about the truth should be questioning why dems want vote by mail.
     
    TurnerAshby likes this.
  21. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    4,947
    Likes Received:
    3,711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Again, not comparable, but regardless, we got six months to prepare, no excuse
     
  22. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    4,947
    Likes Received:
    3,711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    That is easy, Democrats want to prepare for the potential health risk to voters
     
    Phyxius likes this.
  23. archives

    archives Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    4,947
    Likes Received:
    3,711
    Trophy Points:
    113
    You have to have an official residence to vote no mater how you vote, and ballots can be mailed to a post office box if you are on the road
     
    Marcotic and Phyxius like this.
  24. HereWeGoAgain

    HereWeGoAgain Banned

    Joined:
    Nov 11, 2016
    Messages:
    27,942
    Likes Received:
    19,979
    Trophy Points:
    113
    They don't want it to be easy to vote.

    I couldn't believe Republicans forced people in WI to choose between their health and safety, and their right to vote.

    Republicans - Not the Party of Reagan, we want a very tiny white tent filled with bibles and guns.
     
    Sallyally and Phyxius like this.
  25. ButterBalls

    ButterBalls Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 2, 2016
    Messages:
    51,205
    Likes Received:
    37,552
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Funny how they can determine this without factoring in 45 other states :) The left is amazing at convincing themselves of things with just a fraction of the relevant data :wierdface:
     
    Last edited: Apr 9, 2020
    Dispondent and Dutch like this.

Share This Page