- Contrary to what President Biden said, the law will not "close a polling place
at 5 o'clock when working people just get off." In fact, the new law allows counties
to extend weekend voting, which was previously set to end at 5:00 PM, to 7:00 PM.
Ending time for weekday voting remains at 7:00 PM. President Biden is either
misinformed or deliberately lying.
- Food/Water restrictions. No one (like someone wearing an NRA t-shirt or one
that reads "vote for me") may offer food, water, gifts, etc. to those standing
in line to vote, even if they are beyond the electioneering distance. If you're in line,
you are to be left alone, which suits me fine. However, polling staff may make
self-service water available.
I point out that any and all voters may bring their own food/water. I've been voting since 1976 (45 years) and I do not recall ever taking any food/beverages with me while waiting in line to vote. I could have, but I've chosen to leave my Gatorade in the car where it's available when I return. So, all this concern about not allowing or prohibiting people from having water while in line to vote is misleading at best, lying and fear-mongering at worst, and is really much ado about nothing. - If you attend Woca-Cola's annual shareholders' meeting, care to guess what's required before you enter? Yep, you guessed it -- a photo ID.
- If you find yourself in Atlanta and want to board a Delta flight, care to guess what's required? Yep, you guessed it -- a photo ID.
- MLB plans to move their All-Star game out of GA in opposition to GA's voter ID law.
Regardless of where they decide to hold this event, care to guess what's required
if fans pick up their tickets? Yep, you guessed it -- a photo ID.
This hypocrisy is just too easy to point out -- and I am fed up with their self-righteous hand-wringing and faux outrage when they are just as guilty of "disenfranchisement" as GA's voting law. It's the old: Do as I say, not as I do. Specifically, ID requirements are OK for us -- NOT OK for voting.
While I'm at it, MLB is planning to move the All Star game from Atlanta, which is 51% black , to Denver, which is only 10% black . Nothing combats racism and helps the black community in Atlanta like pulling an event that pumps about $100 million dollars into the local economy and moving that $100 million to a white community. The KKK couldn't have pulled off something this outrageous but social justice warriors are standing and applauding. Brilliant.
It gets even better.- To vote in Colorado, a person must show ID. To be clear, forms of ID include non-photo ID like a birth certificate or recent utility bill.
- Colorado, like 37 other states, also prevents campaign workers from handing out water, food, etc. to voters near a polling place.
What exactly is being accomplished by moving the All Star Game to Denver? I'll tell you what. It's to make white liberals and race-baiting black politicians and activists think they're doing something to combat racism. The reality is quite different. I'd say you can't make this stuff up -- but here we are.
There's been quite a stir about Georgia's voting law, SB 202. I don't recommend clicking the link unless you really enjoy legalese. However, CNN has a fairly concise article on the subject that might be worth a read. The article points out:
Showing ID seems to be the most controversial aspect of this law. I find that difficult to understand since showing ID is a very common occurrence in modern-day society. Here are just a few examples when showing a government-issued ID like a driver's license or passport is required:
| adopting a child | applying: to attend college, for professional licenses, for almost any job including federal jobs | buying a firearm, hunting/fishing licenses |
| buying a house and applying for a mortgage | buying liquor, cigarettes | certain OTC cold medications |
| doctor's and emergency room visits | driving | entering federal buildings including the White House |
| getting married | going to court | joining the military |
| most transactions with banks including opening an account, loans, cashing checks, etc. | obtaining a passport | picking up mail from the Post Office, UPS, FedEx, etc. |
| picking up a prescription | renting almost anything (hotel room, car, boat, tools, etc.) | travel: purchasing a car, getting on an airplane, boarding a boat (taking a cruise) |
Care to guess what blood donors are asked to show? Yep, you guessed it -- a photo ID.
The argument against voter ID I hear most often is that minorities are more likely to be "disenfranchised" from voting. However, have you ever heard any concern about disenfranchisement of minorities from any of the items listed in the table above? I haven't. There's something fishy about folks being all worked up about blacks being disenfranchised when it comes to voting -- but nothing else that requires ID verification.
In the 19th century, democrats argued that the slaves should not be set free because they were incapable of surviving on their own. Fast-forward 200 years, and democrats are implying that minorities (especially blacks) are incapable of figuring out how to get a government-issued ID in order to vote (or buy a house, rent an apartment, open a bank account, check into a hotel, etc., etc., etc.). This soft bigotry of low expectations has not gone unnoticed in the black community. If you don't like the idea of a white male writing this, check out this black female (see 0:44) and black male (see 0:18) saying it. Here's one more (31 seconds) for good measure.
I've seen where Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines and Major League Baseball (MLB) have come out against Georgia's voter ID law.
The pictures to the right represent millions of black voters who actually figured out how to get registered, when and where voting was to take place and show up to vote. To suggest that blacks are somehow less capable of getting IDs than whites is what Tyrus calls "polite racism."
As citizens, the right to vote might be our most important. As for me, I'd be happy to show ID when I go vote. I not only think it reasonable but prudent. As I'm sure you are aware, identity theft and scams of all sorts are very common occurrences. Likewise, voter fraud is no more difficult. Anyone thinking otherwise is naive. Voter ID laws are not designed to inhibit blacks or anyone else from voting. To the contrary, voter ID helps protect everyone's vote equally.
