anitram said:
Oh please.
Nobody's equal until everybody's equal. The dirt poor Americans living in the ghetto should be given the exact same amount of latitude as the service people.
Why are some people more equal than others, except perhaps that their votes swing your way?
anitram-
u missed something here along w diemen.
you're correct in implying that all votes should be treated equally.
all voters sometimes shouldn't be however.
here's why:
the reason that the military may need latitude is for logistical reasons.
a person stationed over seas may have moved several times over before receiving his or her ballot. he may mail his ballot weeks before election day and it may hit the states after election day
would that be fair to that person?
is it the same as:
if a person in the inner city 2 blocks away from a polling place blows off voting until 7:30 pm after the polls have been closed because they were busy having tatties during happy hour..is that the same as the disenfranchised milltary person over seas?
in florida 2000 the democrats tried to do this. they attempted to block 2500 military votes that were mailed days before the election but were eagar to count ex felon votes first.
diemen-
the state of Penn is in a state of contoversy over this issue right now. Gov. Ed Rendell (a Dem.) was just embarrassed into extending the deadline for count of the military vote once it became public he was trying to supress their vote-ala Florida 2000.
Historically the military vote is about 70 per cent GOP, regardless of who you say your military pals may be.
sharky-
i think youre correct, everybody should gladly show their ID.
Regardless of political party/gender/race/creed/religion, IDs should be shown, this eliminates all fraud.
My brother Deep suggested that the General Election Ballot should be simplified and federalized.
You should have to color in w a number 2 pencil your choice.
It should be a stanardized form for all 50 states
No chads, no machines, no sexy f#ckups. just color in your choice after having been properly IDed and I think this would take away alot of the aniexty and nail-biting thru out the voting process.
Hope I made sense to some of u folks tonight.
Have to run as my fiance'e is calling for me
Ciao,
db9