Keeping College Students from Voting

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

However, I too believe that people should have legal photo IDs to vote and have trouble believing that there isn't some sort of assistance program for those who want/need an ID. If someone is motivated to vote, then they should follow the necessary steps. Sometimes rights involve due process.

Ditto!

Plus, if folks want to talk about dirty campaign tactics... what about bussing "poor people" to the polling stations in exchange for a vote for a particular candidate? "Aw, how sweet, they gave me free transportation so I could vote, but I have to vote for their candidate." Yeah, because THAT's fair.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Ditto!

Plus, if folks want to talk about dirty campaign tactics... what about bussing "poor people" to the polling stations in exchange for a vote for a particular candidate? "Aw, how sweet, they gave me free transportation so I could vote, but I have to vote for their candidate." Yeah, because THAT's fair.

There are a lot of dirty campaign tactics. This discussion is not about competing discriminatory practices. There is plenty of discrimination to share.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Ditto!

Plus, if folks want to talk about dirty campaign tactics... what about bussing "poor people" to the polling stations in exchange for a vote for a particular candidate? "Aw, how sweet, they gave me free transportation so I could vote, but I have to vote for their candidate." Yeah, because THAT's fair.

I hope you realize that dirty campaigning happens on both sides of the aisle and across socioeconomic groups.

ETA: DrPhil beat me to the punch.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

Ditto!

Plus, if folks want to talk about dirty campaign tactics... what about bussing "poor people" to the polling stations in exchange for a vote for a particular candidate? "Aw, how sweet, they gave me free transportation so I could vote, but I have to vote for their candidate." Yeah, because THAT's fair.

What about bussing "old people" (I'm trying to figure out why you put "poor people" in quotes) to the polling stations in exchange for a vote?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by amanda6035

LOL. That is EXACTLY why I posted it. Don't YOU see the irony? So the liberals can bus folks in to vote to stack the odds for their candidate, but the conservatives can't propose fair voting practice? Riiiiight.

It makes sense to me. "Fine, you want to bus in those people to vote, then make them have an ID to prove their citizenship and prevent fraud."

Can you address this:

Originally Posted by agzg

What about bussing "old people" (I'm trying to figure out why you put "poor people" in quotes) to the polling stations in exchange for a vote?

And why is this an issue during an election year? Why wasn't this proposed earlier?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by agzg

What about bussing "old people" (I'm trying to figure out why you put "poor people" in quotes) to the polling stations in exchange for a vote?

She probably put it in quotes because the idgits doing this are shortsighted enough to assume ALL blacks, or latinos, or seniors, or whatever group they're targeting, are poor.

[33girl]

So after reading 8 pages of this...what I take away is that this dipshit writing the article for the NYTimes made an issue that really has nothing to do with students, all about students.

Dumb.

[groovypq]

Originally Posted by 33girl

So after reading 8 pages of this...what I take away is that this dipshit writing the article for the NYTimes made an issue that really has nothing to do with students, all about students.

Dumb.

And yet, my former roommate (who is admittedly quite left-leaning and loathes all things Republican) keeps posting EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE he finds about this, while giving us all dire warning that the Republicans are out to get us.