Getting the "story" straight....

[Barfly]

... No one should get a special break.

When it comes to providing proper ID verifying citizenship and registration before voting. So you got something somewhat right.

[callmeslick]

So the tradition of allowing overseas military personel to vote absentee ballot early, and postage free, to ensure they can vote and get it in early enough to be counted should be eliminated? Algore tried to do that in Florida.

And WTF do you know about military service? Drop some more acid, ya old hippy.

um, dude, I know enough to know that the military is subservient to the civilian in our system. And, no one has tried to eliminate absentee ballotting for anyone. Even though, by the way, that is the ONE method of voting with significant, proven fraud. GOP got caught on three instances signing up Altzheimers patients(Florida, if I recall) and then sending in absentee, straight party ballots for them. Hmmmm, maybe we should eliminate absentee ballots for all but active duty overseas servicepeople.

[Barfly]

Well then I wouldn't be able to vote, I travel for a living. I'm sure a good number of other people can't make it to the polls on election day for whatever reason, and also need to absentee vote.

[callmeslick]

Well then I wouldn't be able to vote, I travel for a living. I'm sure a good number of other people can't make it to the polls on election day for whatever reason, and also need to absentee vote.

I get you, and agree with you, but if the battle cry from the right wing is voter fraud, don't you think we ought to address the area where voter fraud has been proven, and prosecuted? Why, please tell me, is the GOP restricting longstanding early voting days(notably Sundays, when many black churches provide transportation to polls), purging voter rolls at the last minute(claiming
likely felony records or non-citizen status, with no time to actually check or appeal),elimination local polling places in poor districts with limited transportation, and of course, mandatory voter ID with little lead time for folks to get the documentation?
It fairly reeks of planned disenfranchisement of likely Democrat voters, and is, frankly, as Un-American as anything I've seen. In the long run, I suspect the GOP will pay VERY dearly, and as I said, it might even backfire in the short term.