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  • Obama

    Votes: 4 1.1%
  • Romney

    Votes: 172 48.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 46 13.1%
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    Votes: 130 36.9%

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“Another trip”, maybe but not really. If people do not have a drivers license they have probably never been. If they lost or had it stolen most states allow you to get another online. In the event they need to go into an office to get an ID, like ABC eluded to… we are in a country that has been fought and died for… get a damn ID. Inconvenience is laughable. Incompetence shouldn’t really be tolerated or catered to. A lot of reasons aren’t really good enough.
I was just using the DMV as a pejorative for an annoying task. No one wants to go sit in the DMV or go to the post office to get a state ID.

Have you never had to go to the DMV? Idk what else you could classify it as other than an inconvenience.
Suppressed because they don’t feel like getting an ID? Again… voting is important and adding a step is infringing their right to vote? You guys are starting to sound like the NRA.
An unnecessary step. Any restriction you impose is going to lower the number of people who vote. So the question becomes, is whatever imposition you're trying to enact worth the security to adds to the election process? In this case with no evidence of ANY illegals casting illegitimate votes I would say no.
This might be a surprise and I don’t really brag or talk about it but I work in counterintelligence for the DOD. We do tons of investigations. We talk to a ton of people and we weigh certain testimony more than others. One day someone with a bright idea said, these are pretty big decisions we are making and we making them based on testimony for a large part, are we verifying who these people are? Since then we have obtained ID for anyone we talk to. Someone asked the question why are we capturing ID now? Have people not been who they say they are… the answer will always be, who the fuck knows? So that’s my answer, who knows? It’s impossible to know. Stop carding for alcohol and tobacco, stop carding for everything. Then go back and try to prove if someone at Louie and Kelly’s purchased alcohol when shouldn’t have. There is no “proof” because there is no means to prove it.
This is a very long winded way of admitting you have no evidence of any illegals voting. Just because you feel like it must be happening doesn't mean it is. And without 1 single case of it having happened, it obviously isn't.
Welcome to politics, nothing new here.


I was born into poverty. I lived in the ghetto for 18 years. I had no heat, no hot water and really no running water except for one bath tub. I had to heat a bucket of water to clean myself. No phone, no Internet. I got my ass kicked for the being the white kid in the neighborhood. My garage was burned down because the dude in the projects I lived by wanted us white folk out of his neighborhood. But my best friends were from this neighborhood, my mom’s best friend was a hooker. I grew up with brown, yellow and all sort of other colors. I had sex with and eat at the tables of brown, yellow and all the colors. I’m still friends with some today. I know these people because I was one of these people. I know why they cant or don’t get an ID and it’s not because they are working 14 hours per day. Lol. Talking about some “behavioral economics”, lol. It’s stupid and lazy…. But Toronto has white hillbilly friends and family so he’s the expert on white hillbilly’s. Lol. You guys are a trip with your keyboard knowledge.
Ok? Sorry your childhood sucked?

Yeah some people are lazy. I don't know why that means you think that we should put an extra barrier in their way so that they have to earn it. If we had 10,000 illegals voting, if we had 1,000, hell if you could even point me to a single case I would understand. We don't

Is there any evidence of our elections being more secure in states that require voter ID vs those that don't? Georgia and Arizona both require ID yet those are two of the states Trump told his base were stolen in 2020? How?
 
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Voter turnout as the gold standard to measure the validity of the process.... I'm missing the word to describe matching this metric to this goal? Would 105% turnout be a success?
 

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It's not that they can't - it's that they have less flexibility in their days to go wait in line at a government center to get an appropriate ID.

It's behavioral economics - if a person is working 14 hours a day, taking the chance that the DMV is going to take longer than the time they allocated for it they will tend to not do it.

Exact same principle as to why the older you are the more likely you are to vote in an election. It's not because they "care more" or "voting is hard" but because they have more spare utility to spend on voting that working class people do not.
I would disagree on the flexibility. Today's worker is really interested in flexibility with their job. Many won't accept a job if there isn't flexibility to work from home some days or flex their hours. Companies are still struggling to fill positions to the point they are willing to be flexible whether it's fast food a professional position or something in between.
 

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I was just using the DMV as a pejorative for an annoying task. No one wants to go sit in the DMV or go to the post office to get a state ID.

Have you never had to go to the DMV? Idk what else you could classify it as other than an inconvenience.
Not sure where you're at Gat, but in Indy, I can go into a number of BMV offices in the Indy area and get my drivers license or plates in 30 minutes or less. That's with 25 - 30 in line ahead of me. If someone really wants to vote, they will put up with a minor inconvenience. We all deal with inconveniences on a regular basis. It's part of life.
 

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It's not that they can't - it's that they have less flexibility in their days to go wait in line at a government center to get an appropriate ID.

It's behavioral economics - if a person is working 14 hours a day, taking the chance that the DMV is going to take longer than the time they allocated for it they will tend to not do it.

Exact same principle as to why the older you are the more likely you are to vote in an election. It's not because they "care more" or "voting is hard" but because they have more spare utility to spend on voting that working class people do not.



So you're just taking issue with my response because of prior disagreements, not that you agree with Blazers, just that I'm wrong.

It is the best measure of intelligence that's available given available information. I am more than open to another measure, but you and Blazers aren't offering any measurable alternatives. I would agree with you that Howard Gardner's theory is a much better measure but I can't find any data to say that Dems/Repubs score better on that than the other. Which brings us back to the point that Blazers point is one made on emotion and vibez.
I took issue with one statement you made which is not tied to any previous discussions. Yes, anyone is flat wrong by assuming everyone who went to college is smarter than those who didn't. There's thousands of examples to support my position and you've chosen to ignore or dismiss them which is fine.

I don't have to offer any measurable alternatives by pointing out that the fact that your statement was garbage. It would be comparable to person A calling a demographic of people "cheap" but not having statistics in an Excel spreadsheet for an accountant to obsess over.
 

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Not sure where you're at Gat, but in Indy, I can go into a number of BMV offices in the Indy area and get my drivers license or plates in 30 minutes or less. That's with 25 - 30 in line ahead of me. If someone really wants to vote, they will put up with a minor inconvenience. We all deal with inconveniences on a regular basis. It's part of life.
That Indiana BMV is slick. Quick and easy.
 

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I was just using the DMV as a pejorative for an annoying task. No one wants to go sit in the DMV or go to the post office to get a state ID.

Have you never had to go to the DMV? Idk what else you could classify it as other than an inconvenience.
Work is inconvenient, paying bills are inconvenient… I could go on. But necessary.
An unnecessary step. Any restriction you impose is going to lower the number of people who vote. So the question becomes, is whatever imposition you're trying to enact worth the security to adds to the election process? In this case with no evidence of ANY illegals casting illegitimate votes I would say no.
And I’m fine with that. On both sides.
This is a very long winded way of admitting you have no evidence of any illegals voting. Just because you feel like it must be happening doesn't mean it is. And without 1 single case of it having happened, it obviously isn't.
This isnt the court of law. I don’t need evidence and I don’t need voter fraud to decide to make a law. I just want to verify people that vote are who they say they are, what’s wrong with being proactive?
Ok? Sorry your childhood sucked?
Here is my point. The likes of you and Toronto (and even myself) are as smart as your keyboards allow you unless you lived or experienced it. The very people you are thinking are disenfranchised are the people I was once and the very people I lived with my whole entire childhood and I still associate with to this day. It’s laughable how little you guys think you know but you have a link written by another guy that knows just as little. It’s a sad conedy.
Yeah some people are lazy. I don't know why that means you think that we should put an extra barrier in their way so that they have to earn it. If we had 10,000 illegals voting, if we had 1,000, hell if you could even point me to a single case I would understand. We don't
And I really don’t care. I just want people to verify people are voting that are supposed to be.
Is there any evidence of our elections being more secure in states that require voter ID vs those that don't? Georgia and Arizona both require ID yet those are two of the states Trump told his base were stolen in 2020? How?
Again, dont really care.
 

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I took issue with one statement you made which is not tied to any previous discussions. Yes, anyone is flat wrong by assuming everyone who went to college is smarter than those who didn't. There's thousands of examples to support my position and you've chosen to ignore or dismiss them which is fine.

I don't have to offer any measurable alternatives by pointing out that the fact that your statement was garbage. It would be comparable to person A calling a demographic of people "cheap" but not having statistics in an Excel spreadsheet for an accountant to obsess over.
Define garbage?

Do you have a link for garbage?

Did you know that republicans produce more garbage than democrats? (Link)

Did you know democrats recycle more? (Link)

Global warming is killing the black bear… (link)

Fact: Bears eat beats… (link)
 

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I would disagree on the flexibility. Today's worker is really interested in flexibility with their job. Many won't accept a job if there isn't flexibility to work from home some days or flex their hours. Companies are still struggling to fill positions to the point they are willing to be flexible whether it's fast food a professional position or something in between.
For sure, but the demographic of people who are working 2/3 jobs aren't really getting much flexibility.

I took issue with one statement you made which is not tied to any previous discussions. Yes, anyone is flat wrong by assuming everyone who went to college is smarter than those who didn't. There's thousands of examples to support my position and you've chosen to ignore or dismiss them which is fine.

I don't have to offer any measurable alternatives by pointing out that the fact that your statement was garbage. It would be comparable to person A calling a demographic of people "cheap" but not having statistics in an Excel spreadsheet for an accountant to obsess over.

On average, people who go to college are smarter than the group of people who don't. Of course there are edge cases, but to disagree with that is moronic.

Cool, I'm glad we can now move forward with just calling posts garbage based on our own anecdotal thoughts. I look forward to spamming "You're so fucking stupid" for each panic post.
 

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Make the voting day a holiday, or move voting to a weekend day as less people work on the weekend.

I think Sea Turtle mentioned before that some states offer dedicated time to go vote, we have that up here too but I'm not sure how effective that is.
The poors work weekends, Friday voting holiday sounds great.
 

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Quick google search concluded most of the planet that votes uses voter ID…


Our friends in Mexico and Canada vote with ID. Canada even calls it “easy”. Yikes!! Lol.

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For sure, but the demographic of people who are working 2/3 jobs aren't really getting much flexibility.



On average, people who go to college are smarter than the group of people who don't. Of course there are edge cases, but to disagree with that is moronic.

Cool, I'm glad we can now move forward with just calling posts garbage based on our own anecdotal thoughts. I look forward to spamming "You're so fucking stupid" for each panic post.

Glad you could at least acknowledge your original argument was dumb and pull back. Is the chemist in the lab coat smarter than the diesel mechanic? Yes. Is the art history college grad who's making latte's for $15 an hour smarter than my wife's hairdresser who gets $200 a cut? Hell no.

These aren't anecdotal thoughts, they're realities of our society. Your attempts to paint a picture that more smart people vote blue than red is just inaccurate and can't be proven.
 

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Glad you could at least acknowledge your original argument was dumb and pull back. Is the chemist in the lab coat smarter than the diesel mechanic? Yes. Is the art history college grad who's making latte's for $15 an hour smarter than my wife's hairdresser who gets $200 a cut? Hell no.

These aren't anecdotal thoughts, they're realities of our society. Your attempts to paint a picture that more smart people vote blue than red is just inaccurate and can't be proven.
Who's to say the art history college grad isn't smart than a hairdresser?

I used one available metric vs no metrics. You're more than welcome to provide a relevant metric. Until then, it will remain anecdotes and personal beliefs.
 

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Who's to say the art history college grad isn't smart than a hairdresser?

I used one available metric vs no metrics. You're more than welcome to provide a relevant metric. Until then, it will remain anecdotes and personal beliefs.
Do you believe this anecdote and personal belief?

 

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For sure, but the demographic of people who are working 2/3 jobs aren't really getting much flexibility.
And we know this because?

5% of the work force hold two jobs. Of that 5%, only 5% hold two full time jobs. For some who work multiple jobs, finding time to get an ID might be a little trickier, but it's doable. It just depends on how important they feel it is to vote.

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No I don't? I think she's fucking moronic for saying that. I guess her distaste for black kids makes her more appealing to you though.
I'm just pointing out how liberals have absurdly low expectations for minorities and how that is linked to voter ID disdain.
 

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I used one available metric vs no metrics. You're more than welcome to provide a relevant metric. Until then, it will remain anecdotes and personal beliefs.
Not true. The context of conversation was capacity to obtain and use ID. I called dems dumb because the assumption is it’s too hard. People on the board kept saying it so no link needed. I don’t care about how college educated you are, if you don’t have the capacity to use or obtain ID you are stupid. I know you live life one link at a time but you are lying dog faced pony soldier.

Your link and post served no purpose as it related to the discussion.
 

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I'm just pointing out how liberals have absurdly low expectations for minorities and how that is linked to voter ID disdain.
You don’t need links for that.

Gattica admits people are lazy and apathetic but thinks they need to be catered to.

Toronto thinks minorities work 16 hour days as slaves apparently.
 

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Who's to say the art history college grad isn't smart than a hairdresser?

I used one available metric vs no metrics. You're more than welcome to provide a relevant metric. Until then, it will remain anecdotes and personal beliefs.
Your metric is garbage (as is your statement) because it's subjective. In that scenario, what is objective is that the art history grad paid six figures and went into debt for a useless degree and is making coffee for $15/ hr. The hairdresser paid a few thousand dollars to learn her craft and makes much better money. The fact that you can't acknowledge this is really strange.

Who's smarter? Again I go back to Gardner and multiple intelligence, but most would agree the hairdresser made a smarter career choice.
 

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Your metric is garbage (as is your statement) because it's subjective. In that scenario, what is objective is that the art history grad paid six figures and went into debt for a useless degree and is making coffee for $15/ hr. The hairdresser paid a few thousand dollars to learn her craft and makes much better money. The fact that you can't acknowledge this is really strange.

Who's smarter? Again I go back to Gardner and multiple intelligence, but most would agree the hairdresser made a smarter career choice.
We could just use common sense. Republicans seems to be able to and are fine with an extra step in voting while the dems can’t figure out how minorities can obtain free voter IDs… because it’s a hassle.
 

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Your metric is garbage (as is your statement) because it's subjective. In that scenario, what is objective is that the art history grad paid six figures and went into debt for a useless degree and is making coffee for $15/ hr. The hairdresser paid a few thousand dollars to learn her craft and makes much better money. The fact that you can't acknowledge this is really strange.

Who's smarter? Again I go back to Gardner and multiple intelligence, but most would agree the hairdresser made a smarter career choice.
Using Gardner's multiple intelligence theory - I think we agree that the hair dresser who's making more money would be smarter in 1/8 intelligences (logic smart). But, plenty of examples of higher educated people who are smart people that don't make as much as others who did not have the same level of education. If the presumption is that in a vacuum all barista's with college degrees aren't as smart as hairdressers who make $100k a year then yes you are correct.

But if we're looking on aggregate of the whole population - the more educational attainment you have you are going to be earning more money, which is what you based the success on, no?

Why you haven't just said "people who earn the most more tend to vote conservative" yet, is insane to me. The natural progression from "hairdresser more money therefore smarter" would be to make that argument, but I would guess you don't believe wealth to be a measure of intelligence. Maybe you do? I'm not sure.

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And we know this because?

5% of the work force hold two jobs. Of that 5%, only 5% hold two full time jobs. For some who work multiple jobs, finding time to get an ID might be a little trickier, but it's doable. It just depends on how important they feel it is to vote.

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If you work 2/3 jobs you're going to have less free time than someone who has one job. Commuting time + working.
 

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You don’t need links for that.

Gattica admits people are lazy and apathetic but thinks they need to be catered to.

Toronto thinks minorities work 16 hour days as slaves apparently.
No, I think without any evidence that our elections are being influenced by illegal votes there's no reason to add more steps to the process that will have a negative effect on ANY voters. If somethings not broke don't fix it.

You don't care because you think the group that would be impacted are lazy morons that should have to prove they care enough about voting to earn that right. You acknowledge that your desire to require ID's isn't based on any confirmed or even alleged fraud. You also acknowledged that there is no indication that states that already require voter are any "safer" than those that don't, and ignored the fact that the two biggest states Trump wined about being stolen already required voter ID.

You're also okay with attacking mail in voters because "that's just politics".

I'm assuming it's just a coincidence that these restrictions you're either fine with or actively arguing in favor of just happen to overwhelmingly effect democratic voters.
 

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No, I think without any evidence that our elections are being influenced by illegal votes there's no reason to add more steps to the process that will have a negative effect on ANY voters. If somethings not broke don't fix it.

You don't care because you think the group that would be impacted are lazy morons that should have to prove they care enough about voting to earn that right. You acknowledge that your desire to require ID's isn't based on any confirmed or even alleged fraud. You also acknowledged that there is no indication that states that already require voter are any "safer" than those that don't, and ignored the fact that the two biggest states Trump wined about being stolen already required voter ID.

You're also okay with attacking mail in voters because "that's just politics".

I'm assuming it's just a coincidence that these restrictions you're either fine with or actively arguing in favor of just happen to overwhelmingly effect democratic voters.
But, have your considered the vibez?
 

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If you work 2/3 jobs you're going to have less free time than someone who has one job. Commuting time + working.
In theory, yes. What we don't know, are the variables. How many more days/hours those people work? Do they drive by or close by the BMV where they could stop in between both jobs? Is the second job on weekends when the BMV is closed? Is the BMV open on Saturdays?
 
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