tbubster
Seasoned Expediter
So what do you all think is this a good thing or a bad thing?
GOP-led states change voting rules ahead of 2012 - Yahoo! News
GOP-led states change voting rules ahead of 2012 - Yahoo! News
Good bad or just plain wrong???
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It probably wouldn't hurt to trim down the number of early voting days, but it would be wrong to eliminate them altogether. It should do nothing but increase voter turnout to allow a period of perhaps seven days for voters to cast their ballots. However, the photo ID laws are long overdue. Of course these laws discriminate against the dead, the illegal immigrants, and those enthusiastic voters who like to do so early and often in places like Chicago and Philadelphia. Of course the Democrats squeal loud and long about this stuff, but so long as the laws apply equally to everyone there's no basis for their complaints.
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
Voting = first Tuesday in November. Can't make it? Do an absentee ballot. Otherwise, not my problem.
"Democrats claim their GOP counterparts are using midterm election wins to enforce changes favorable to Republicans ahead of the 2012 presidential election." - I have a solution for Democrats here... if you don't like it, WIN.
It's not like they haven't changed the rules to benefit them when they were in charge.
"Democrats claim their GOP counterparts are using midterm election wins to enforce changes favorable to Republicans ahead of the 2012 presidential election." - I have a solution for Democrats here... if you don't like it, WIN.
It's not like they haven't changed the rules to benefit them when they were in charge.
ron
Expert Expediter
It doesn't effect me. I have never voted in 63 years. so last year I finally became a registered voter,and guess what? Because of getting a "misdemeanor" in Ohio in 2005. I am denied the right to vote in Michigan. No big loss there I guess. The government is running everyone lives by the laws they have passed. Ya gotta play by the rules the government says.
LisaLouHoo
Expert Expediter
My late husband had two misdemeanors in his past (that whacky motorcycle gang!) and never had them questioned when it came to voting. Lived in Michigan, misdemeanors occurred in Flint.
"Bruises fade and bones will mend-but a psyche can be ruined FOREVER" : LisaLouHoo, c. 2008
mcavoy33
Seasoned Expediter
Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread.
Now back to our regular scheduled complaints.
lol
sometimes hijackings are necessary.
was gonna say, I spent the weekend in Michigan and I seen some pretty whacked **** by gov't over there but I think what is more important is the backround that you mentioned, I know what you are talking about and if you didn't mention it, I wouldn't have made the connection.
ron
Expert Expediter
That's fine if you aren't getting the whole story. I'm not getting the whole whole story,and the reason behind it either. It all regulations the government has to go by. It's way over my head anyway. I'm just to doing what is expected of me,and playing by the rules.
tbubster
Seasoned Expediter
Ohio
Today, nearly every state has some form of felon disenfranchisement law, although there has never been a national policy with regard to felon voting rights. Indeed, there is a wide spectrum of (still evolving) laws regarding felons' voting eligibility. Over a dozen states - mostly in the south and west - have chosen to permanently bar some or all felons from voting (though ex-offenders may sometimes be able to regain their voting rights through a restoration process). Two states - Vermont and Maine - permit even incarcerated felons to vote. Other states, including Ohio, have disenfranchisement laws that fall between these extremes.
The Ohio Constitution expressly authorizes the Ohio General Assembly "to exclude from the privilege of voting, or of being eligible to office, any person convicted of a felony." 1 But the General Assembly has chosen to prohibit only incarcerated felons from voting; offenders on probation, paroled felons, and all ex-felons are permitted to vote, and the restoration of the franchise occurs automatically once a felon is paroled, pardoned, or granted judicial release. 2 By disenfranchising felons only while they are imprisoned, Ohio maintains one of the least restrictive felon disenfranchisement policies in the nation. Thirty-five states prohibit felons from voting while they are on parole, and 31 of these states exclude felony probationers as well. 3
Significant attention and grassroots advocacy has recently been focused on the law and impact of felon disenfranchisement. This activity has prompted a number of states to change their felon disenfranchisement laws in the last decade; most recent reforms have allowed more ex-offenders to vote, though a few states have made their voting eligibility rules for felons more restrictive
Michigan
CRIMINAL STATUS AND VOTING IN MICHIGAN
You can vote if you want to its that simple.You said you registered so who told you,you could not vote.
Today, nearly every state has some form of felon disenfranchisement law, although there has never been a national policy with regard to felon voting rights. Indeed, there is a wide spectrum of (still evolving) laws regarding felons' voting eligibility. Over a dozen states - mostly in the south and west - have chosen to permanently bar some or all felons from voting (though ex-offenders may sometimes be able to regain their voting rights through a restoration process). Two states - Vermont and Maine - permit even incarcerated felons to vote. Other states, including Ohio, have disenfranchisement laws that fall between these extremes.
The Ohio Constitution expressly authorizes the Ohio General Assembly "to exclude from the privilege of voting, or of being eligible to office, any person convicted of a felony." 1 But the General Assembly has chosen to prohibit only incarcerated felons from voting; offenders on probation, paroled felons, and all ex-felons are permitted to vote, and the restoration of the franchise occurs automatically once a felon is paroled, pardoned, or granted judicial release. 2 By disenfranchising felons only while they are imprisoned, Ohio maintains one of the least restrictive felon disenfranchisement policies in the nation. Thirty-five states prohibit felons from voting while they are on parole, and 31 of these states exclude felony probationers as well. 3
Significant attention and grassroots advocacy has recently been focused on the law and impact of felon disenfranchisement. This activity has prompted a number of states to change their felon disenfranchisement laws in the last decade; most recent reforms have allowed more ex-offenders to vote, though a few states have made their voting eligibility rules for felons more restrictive
Michigan
CRIMINAL STATUS AND VOTING IN MICHIGAN
You can vote if you want to its that simple.You said you registered so who told you,you could not vote.