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Trump’s plan to make voters older, wealthier and whiter
Reuters Commentary ^ | 7-12-2017 | Scott Lemieux

Posted on 07/13/2017 7:34:59 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

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1 posted on 07/13/2017 7:34:59 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
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“Democratic-leaning constituencies - people of color, the poor, young people and other morons ...


2 posted on 07/13/2017 7:36:52 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: Sir Napsalot

Yawn. Another bigoted anti-white attack article.


3 posted on 07/13/2017 7:37:32 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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Gee, how horrible to have to use voter ID! How rascist!

I mean, just because you need to use ID to do banking, rent property, get a library book, buy cigarettes, beer, book a hotel, fly on a plane, drive a vehicle, get treated at a hospital, donate blood, or ten gazillion other things, doesn’t mean it’s not rascist to require it for voting!

(do i need /sarc?)


4 posted on 07/13/2017 7:38:40 AM PDT by Ueriah
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“There already is evidence that merely asking for the data is stopping people from registering.”

If they are afraid to register knowing the data will be check, then they must be illegal voters. Good riddance.


5 posted on 07/13/2017 7:40:58 AM PDT by Boogieman
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[“Democratic-leaning constituencies - people of color, the poor, young people and other morons]

Don’t forget the felons, illegals, and the dead.


6 posted on 07/13/2017 7:41:28 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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Little Scotty sounds like a racist little b*tch. He has a problem with white people.


7 posted on 07/13/2017 7:42:16 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can't impeach the President of the United States because he makes you "sad".)
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And legal-er.


8 posted on 07/13/2017 7:47:30 AM PDT by IronJack
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HAHAHAHAHA! Translation, “They’re going to take away our young illegal alien Democrat voters!” HAHAHAHAHA!


9 posted on 07/13/2017 7:48:24 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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Another MSM snowflake carrying the water for the Democrats. Curtailing early voting and issuing voter ID cards is not a form of racism or voter intimidation. These are the best ways to keep Democrats from STEALING VOTES AND ELECTIONS!


10 posted on 07/13/2017 7:48:57 AM PDT by dowcaet
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Haha.. This probably started out as a straight news article. But even Rooters had to flag it as commentary.


11 posted on 07/13/2017 7:49:46 AM PDT by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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One thing that would help with regards to voters moving, etc is to issue a new
voter ID card every two years which is to be returned to the Registrar if not
deliverable as addressed. That name can then be removed from the voter list.


12 posted on 07/13/2017 7:50:30 AM PDT by deport
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Forcing people to be honest, is “racist”? Well, that proves our point, being dishonest must be their way of life.

I say, “No ID anywhere, for anything.”. Just give me your bank account information, and I’ll fill out a withdrawal slip from your account. No ID needed.

Need a picture ID to attend a liberal meeting about the unfairness of requiring ID’s...wow, that makes sense, not.

I think we should get rid of early voting, motor voting, and absentee voting (with the possible exception of military stationed overseas). We should adopt the purple finger dye, that lasts at least a week, to quell the double and triple voting.

Of course, wieners like this guy area against it, it thwarts their modus operandi. Me? I vote honestly, duly registered, with ID and I only vote once. That makes me all for ID voting, as there is no ulterior motive involved.

Those who a outraged by laws and rules, are the very ones wanting to break them.


13 posted on 07/13/2017 7:53:03 AM PDT by FrankR (Those who a outraged by laws and rules, are the very ones wanting to break them.)
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I read the whole piece. Did I miss the bit where they give a little bio on Mr. Lemieux? I didn’t find one. But if this dude is who I think he is, I can see why Rooters wouldn’t provide that info to their readers.


14 posted on 07/13/2017 7:53:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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In NYS you need ID to buy a decongestant. You need ID to get a freaking hunting/fishing license for the first time. A library card. To buy booze, cancer sticks. Heck, you can buy the bloody voter info. Wonder if you need ID?

This guy is so full of excrement, his choice of ride better be a honey wagon.


15 posted on 07/13/2017 7:56:35 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Sir Napsalot
Remember all the articles about how the Dems have spent 55 years remaking the electorate brown and poor? Neither do I. Author is Scott Lemieux, an instructor of political science at the University at Albany, SUNY. B.A., M.A., McGill University; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle (2009) (McGill is in Canada; his name is French Canadian).

He writes lots of lefty scribblings for New Republic. Here's a good one:

Don’t Overthink It: Donald Trump Will Probably Lose
Trump has defied expectations before, but he remains a singularly weak general election candidate.
BY SCOTT LEMIEUX
May 5, 2016

16 posted on 07/13/2017 8:09:44 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I choose the “wealthier” part, Mr. President! And the older isn’t too bad regardless of color; certain folks if a bit wealthier might kill one another less often.


17 posted on 07/13/2017 8:09:59 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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In Indiana, our driver’s licenses are smart IDs and serve as a voter ID as well. When I moved to Indiana and got my license and plates, I was asked if I wanted to register to vote. Proof of residency and citizenship were already provided for the license, so they also proved my eligibility to vote.

I notice tons of young people and people of color driving automobiles around here. I don’t see too many hoofing it, and public transportation is not available everywhere. Those driving supposedly have licenses. If they aren’t voting, why not? They didn’t register, perhaps. They are not legally eligible to vote, perhaps. If they are registered and legally eligible to vote, they have the same opportunity as I do. My age, my whiteness, and my supposed wealth are or should be irrelevant. All they have to do is show up and do their civic duty, the same as I do.

I read the entire article — and a stupid one it is— and it is basically an exercise in the writer’s frustration that the deck is stacked in other ways against the “popular” leftist agenda. He doesn’t like the Electoral College (unless, of course the results turn out his way.) He doesn’t like it that the smaller, rural, and supposedly whiter states are disproportionately represented in the Senate. So he essentially has an argument with the Constitution. This, from an instructor in political science. I’ll bet his classes are interesting.


18 posted on 07/13/2017 8:10:43 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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Better yet, wipe out the voter rolls every two years. Completely erased. EVERYBODY has to re-register, in person, with strict ID, at least three months before the next election.


19 posted on 07/13/2017 8:12:07 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Well, as you know, this gets in Reuters and the Lefts’ way of cramming the country with “immigrants” who will vote Democrat....


20 posted on 07/13/2017 8:14:06 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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