Today we have a quiz on voting. Its purpose is to help find the best ways to make voting easily accessible to every citizen. Who could argue against such a goal? The choices are labeled A and B. Keep a mental record of your answers.
A. Drop boxes, supervised or not, should be eliminated.
B. The number of drop boxes, supervised by human or camera, should be expanded.
A. The number of early voting days should be reduced.
B. The number of early voting days should not be reduced.
A. The number of hours set aside on any given day for early voting should be reduced.
B. The number of hours set aside on any given day for early voting should be expanded.
A. Voting by mail should be limited only to those who can document infirmity or who will be out of town on election day.
B. Voting by mail should be an option for everyone.
A. A voter wishing to employ vote by mail should reapply for every election.
B. A voter wishing to employ vote by mail should be allowed to keep the request on file for four years (two national election cycles).
A. A voter who does not vote in a single general election should be removed from the voter rolls.
B. A voter’s name should be removed only if several consecutive elections are missed and then only if the elections office makes an effort to contact the voter.
A. It should be illegal to provide food or water to anyone standing in a voter line during either early voting or on election day.
B. Eliminating such kindness is ridiculous.
A. Police should be stationed at all polling locations.
B. Police should be required to maintain a specified distance from such locations.
A. Early voting should be prohibited on Sundays.
B. Early voting should be allowed on Sundays to enable easier voting for working citizens and also permit Souls to the Polls to continue a long-standing tradition.
A. Only a family member can return a vote by mail ballot.
B. Election officials and other designated individuals such as long-term care representatives should be allowed to pick up and deliver completed ballots.
Well, how did you do? I answered B ten times and A never. In fact, some of the A possibilities sound downright ludicrous, so much so they would never be considered.
Except they are.
Across the nation, states with Republican controlled legislatures and governors are proposing the changes listed in Parts A. Not all of them in all the states, but each of them in one or more states. It’s disgusting!
What would be the purpose of such restrictions? To make elections more secure, they say. Nonsense! The recent election was amazingly secure. No, the purpose is to remove the option of voting from those who vote the “wrong” way. From those who have to work two or more jobs. From those who are poor. From those who are Black.
The people leading this restriction effort do not care about democracy. They care about power.
And we should be scared, because the road to dictatorship is hidden in the moves.
We must not allow them to do it.
A. Drop boxes, supervised or not, should be eliminated.
B. The number of drop boxes, supervised by human or camera, should be expanded.
A. The number of early voting days should be reduced.
B. The number of early voting days should not be reduced.
A. The number of hours set aside on any given day for early voting should be reduced.
B. The number of hours set aside on any given day for early voting should be expanded.
A. Voting by mail should be limited only to those who can document infirmity or who will be out of town on election day.
B. Voting by mail should be an option for everyone.
A. A voter wishing to employ vote by mail should reapply for every election.
B. A voter wishing to employ vote by mail should be allowed to keep the request on file for four years (two national election cycles).
A. A voter who does not vote in a single general election should be removed from the voter rolls.
B. A voter’s name should be removed only if several consecutive elections are missed and then only if the elections office makes an effort to contact the voter.
A. It should be illegal to provide food or water to anyone standing in a voter line during either early voting or on election day.
B. Eliminating such kindness is ridiculous.
A. Police should be stationed at all polling locations.
B. Police should be required to maintain a specified distance from such locations.
A. Early voting should be prohibited on Sundays.
B. Early voting should be allowed on Sundays to enable easier voting for working citizens and also permit Souls to the Polls to continue a long-standing tradition.
A. Only a family member can return a vote by mail ballot.
B. Election officials and other designated individuals such as long-term care representatives should be allowed to pick up and deliver completed ballots.
Well, how did you do? I answered B ten times and A never. In fact, some of the A possibilities sound downright ludicrous, so much so they would never be considered.
Except they are.
Across the nation, states with Republican controlled legislatures and governors are proposing the changes listed in Parts A. Not all of them in all the states, but each of them in one or more states. It’s disgusting!
What would be the purpose of such restrictions? To make elections more secure, they say. Nonsense! The recent election was amazingly secure. No, the purpose is to remove the option of voting from those who vote the “wrong” way. From those who have to work two or more jobs. From those who are poor. From those who are Black.
The people leading this restriction effort do not care about democracy. They care about power.
And we should be scared, because the road to dictatorship is hidden in the moves.
We must not allow them to do it.
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