pbeverly wrote:

I have been voting absentee for a few years now and would never go back to in person. I get my ballot a few weeks in a advance and take the time to research everyone on the ballot and others items that I may be voting on.

wnjj wrote:



We are also a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

bucky wrote:

With the clowns, crooks, and liars in office at all levels we may just as well have a dart throwing election.

pbeverly wrote:

I have been voting absentee for a few years now and would never go back to in person. I get my ballot a few weeks in a advance and take the time to research everyone on the ballot and others items that I may be voting on. It allows me the opportunity to truly be an INFORMED voter. In the past I would know who/what I was going to vote for on the major things but now I can really research down the the school board level. I can check to see when my ballot was mailed to, see when they get it back and see when it is actually counted.

Walaby wrote:

I think in order to vote in local and state elections (including Senator/Congressmen), then one should have a stick and brick residence in the state and community. Why should someone who only cares about not paying state income tax and pay for cheap motor vehicle registration get to help decide local and state issues and vote for representatives?

As retired military, I agree military members should always have the opportunity to vote absentee. I also feel there are probably other legitimate reasons for someone to need to vote absentee. If you're a full timer, Im fairly certain you can plan ahead to return to your state of residence and cast a vote every couple of years. But if someone is too lazy to vote in person every two years, then they are probably too lazy to research the issues.

There's also no real rationale in my opinion, for not being able to have a state issued license. Sorry, but a state college ID is issued by the college, not the state. And maybe Im wrong, but I don't think there's a citizenship check to issue a college ID. At least my granddaughter never had to prove citizenship to get her state college issued ID. It's really not too much to ask that we have provisions to ensure only US citizens get to vote in our elections.

I also love how, when there is a case of voter fraud, dead people voting etc, one of the first comments that are always uttered is "it wasn't enough to change the election". That's not the point. The only way to protect against voter fraud is to publicize it when it happens, punish those who commit it, and take steps to help keep it from happening again.

Mike

wnjj wrote:


You’re reading way too much into what Walaby wrote. Residence does not equal land owner and is also a perfectly common sense requirement for voting. How else do you attach one person to one vote? Seems very democratic to me.

We are also a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

Walaby wrote:


Thanks wnjj - as you pointed out, nowhere did I say one has to own land to vote. As members of this site, we are simply a microcosm of society as a whole. So, it stands to reason that the same sort of over-reaction to differing opinions occurs here.

If I were a local resident, I would not appreciate people influencing the decisions made at a local level, simply because they have a PO Box within the precinct, town, municipality, or whatever. It can happen regardless of your political affiliation. It should be something we all care about.

That said, there should be some way for full timers in this position to be able to vote for President. Not sure how to pull that off though.

Mike

cptqueeg wrote:


Who votes is important and I don't quite know why SD makes/made it so easy to become residents, but the money flowing around the country that's virtually uncontrolled (super pacs) is where the real out of town/state/country power lies.

stickdog wrote:

Strange so many against democracy and the right to vote. Hell, Walaby wants only land owners to be able to vote. Do I see any hands for a poll tax? Hey we tried that allowing women to vote how is that working? Glad this bunch isn't writing the voting laws.

Walaby wrote:

I think in order to vote in local and state elections (including Senator/Congressmen), then one should have a stick and brick residence in the state and community.