Well in your answer to your question...no.
I simply posted an article relating to corporate reaction to the law as a consequence.
What else would you like to know? I’m an open book and I’m here to help.
Well in your answer to your question...no.
And yes I know there are claims that the law contains provision that will diminish wait times. Obviously, voting rights groups are not convinced.The law applies within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter at a polling place. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor.
But some observers see the provision as an attempt to curb voting by urban voters and people of color who lean Democratic and whose precincts often have long waits to cast ballots.
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Of course there is nothing to see here. There is not one provision in this law that isn't already on the books in many or most states. Donks are just pissed because loopholes they have been taking advantage of have now been closed, and practices that are already illegal in other states are now illegal in Georgia.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:58 pm This is kind of interesting:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... t-longer1/
It's a report on a study from 2019 that uses smart phone data to infer that voters in Black neighborhoods have to wait longer in line to vote. That relates to concern over the passing out water restriction. One expression of it is at https://www.kadn.com/content/news/Its-n ... 81301.html. A quote:
And yes I know there are claims that the law contains provision that will diminish wait times. Obviously, voting rights groups are not convinced.The law applies within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter at a polling place. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor.
But some observers see the provision as an attempt to curb voting by urban voters and people of color who lean Democratic and whose precincts often have long waits to cast ballots.
To me this whole deal of acting like there is nothing to see here is ridiculous. We have a situation in which there was an election in Georgia. The Republican candidate for President and two Republican candidates for the Senate lost by narrow margins in what is considered to be a red State. There was intense vetting of the process. It ended up in about as well documented as it can be documented that the election went fine. But all of a sudden Republican legislators and a Republican Governor in the State feel that it's just ABSOLUTELY necessary to significantly change voting laws to do things that will obviously make voting more difficult in places like Fulton County. I mean come on. Seriously people. You know what is going on.
There is no problem passing out water, but within 150 feet, it needs to be donated to the polling staff, so they can disseminate.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:58 pm This is kind of interesting:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... t-longer1/
It's a report on a study from 2019 that uses smart phone data to infer that voters in Black neighborhoods have to wait longer in line to vote. That relates to concern over the passing out water restriction. One expression of it is at https://www.kadn.com/content/news/Its-n ... 81301.html. A quote:
And yes I know there are claims that the law contains provision that will diminish wait times. Obviously, voting rights groups are not convinced.The law applies within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter at a polling place. Violators are guilty of a misdemeanor.
But some observers see the provision as an attempt to curb voting by urban voters and people of color who lean Democratic and whose precincts often have long waits to cast ballots.
To me this whole deal of acting like there is nothing to see here is ridiculous. We have a situation in which there was an election in Georgia. The Republican candidate for President and two Republican candidates for the Senate lost by narrow margins in what is considered to be a red State. There was intense vetting of the process. It ended up in about as well documented as it can be documented that the election went fine. But all of a sudden Republican legislators and a Republican Governor in the State feel that it's just ABSOLUTELY necessary to significantly change voting laws to do things that will obviously make voting more difficult in places like Fulton County. I mean come on. Seriously people. You know what is going on.
Haven't read it but it sounds on the news shows like the beef is with who is going to control the election boards and certification of elections.CID1990 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:52 pmThere is certainly some truth to thatJohnStOnge wrote:And look, we all know what this is. The 2020 Georgia election went fine. There were no significant fraud problems. There were no significant irregularity problems. This is a solution to something that is not a problem. It's happening because the national election results weren't what the Republicans wanted them to be. So they are trying to repress voting among constituencies that do not favor them to make it less likely that such will happen again. It's obvious.
But we have a plurality of Americans who cast a raised eyebrow at various states’ election systems and verification methods
I have no issue with trying to shore up that issue - because in most states voting regs ARE lax. And when this law goes through and Magatards want to claim endemic fraud in the next election in GA they will have an even bigger uphill climb
I see zero harm in this election bill. I also do not regards black people as imbeciles the way progressives do
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If Republicans had won the Senate seats none of this would be happening.Baldy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:21 pmOf course there is nothing to see here. There is not one provision in this law that isn't already on the books in many or most states. Donks are just pissed because loopholes they have been taking advantage of have now been closed, and practices that are already illegal in other states are now illegal in Georgia.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:58 pm This is kind of interesting:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... t-longer1/
It's a report on a study from 2019 that uses smart phone data to infer that voters in Black neighborhoods have to wait longer in line to vote. That relates to concern over the passing out water restriction. One expression of it is at https://www.kadn.com/content/news/Its-n ... 81301.html. A quote:
And yes I know there are claims that the law contains provision that will diminish wait times. Obviously, voting rights groups are not convinced.
To me this whole deal of acting like there is nothing to see here is ridiculous. We have a situation in which there was an election in Georgia. The Republican candidate for President and two Republican candidates for the Senate lost by narrow margins in what is considered to be a red State. There was intense vetting of the process. It ended up in about as well documented as it can be documented that the election went fine. But all of a sudden Republican legislators and a Republican Governor in the State feel that it's just ABSOLUTELY necessary to significantly change voting laws to do things that will obviously make voting more difficult in places like Fulton County. I mean come on. Seriously people. You know what is going on.
Have you read the bill? It makes it so that poll workers and not anyone from the campaigns can hand out water. It closes a loophole.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 5:10 pmThe Georgia law makes it illegal to hand out water within 25 feet of anybody standing in line; not just within 150 feet of a polling place.CID1990 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:58 pm
Wronge
Electioneering within 150 or so feet from polling places is illegal in nearly every state
The whole water thing closes a loophole that was being exploited. AND the GA law requires polling places to provide water within those areas
AND - you are parsing out what the NYT actually wrote much in the same way a Trumper parses Trump’s tweets
You are the same as them
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See the whole Politifact discussion linked above.
Let's be clear about this - Actual human's aren't monitoring anything. It's scripts and algorithms that are searching for any anomaly. If someone steals your CC and starts buying things online that don't match your normal purchases or in a state you couldn't possibly be in due to other transactions, the alerts to you all are automated. When you call the customer service line to report it, that's usually the first time a human has looked at your account.LeadBolt wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 6:18 pm Federal banking regulations and laws require financial institutions to identify all account holders beyond any doubt and monitor their accounts for any and all suspicious activity.
Think about that in contrast with voter identification laws.
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Agreed. Amazing, for a party and its supporters like JSO who whined for the past 4 years for all of the falsehoods and hyperboles that Trump and his ilk uttered (and they uttered a tremendous amount of falsehoods and hyperboles), to then turn around and say things like this election rules bill is "Jim Crow 2.0" or "Jim Crow on steroids" is hypocrisy of the highest order and an insult to what people truly had to suffer through during the Jim Crow era.Ibanez wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:55 amHave you read the bill? It makes it so that poll workers and not anyone from the campaigns can hand out water. It closes a loophole.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 5:10 pm
The Georgia law makes it illegal to hand out water within 25 feet of anybody standing in line; not just within 150 feet of a polling place.
See the whole Politifact discussion linked above.
I think there's some merit that this is due to the SoS and State upholding the election for Biden. I would believe that any attempt to undermine the Voting Rights of Americans will be stopped by the courts and, to my knowledge, it's been crickets.
The one things that's a bit suspect is removing the SoS from the process - I think that's clearly b/c he refused to overturn the election for Trump. General Lee (see what I did there???), I'm not in favor of the State usurping the role of county officials however it's a bit stupid to NOT have some top down administration/oversight of a federally significant election.
But I'm not really seeing anything that's egregious. Expanding weekend voting?! Oh the horror! Forcing people to prove they meet the residency requirements to vote absentee? Oh, ma lawd! It's givin me the vapors!
How does it expand the ability to vote?GannonFan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:05 amAgreed. Amazing, for a party and its supporters like JSO who whined for the past 4 years for all of the falsehoods and hyperboles that Trump and his ilk uttered (and they uttered a tremendous amount of falsehoods and hyperboles), to then turn around and say things like this election rules bill is "Jim Crow 2.0" or "Jim Crow on steroids" is hypocrisy of the highest order and an insult to what people truly had to suffer through during the Jim Crow era.Ibanez wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:55 am
Have you read the bill? It makes it so that poll workers and not anyone from the campaigns can hand out water. It closes a loophole.
I think there's some merit that this is due to the SoS and State upholding the election for Biden. I would believe that any attempt to undermine the Voting Rights of Americans will be stopped by the courts and, to my knowledge, it's been crickets.
The one things that's a bit suspect is removing the SoS from the process - I think that's clearly b/c he refused to overturn the election for Trump. General Lee (see what I did there???), I'm not in favor of the State usurping the role of county officials however it's a bit stupid to NOT have some top down administration/oversight of a federally significant election.
But I'm not really seeing anything that's egregious. Expanding weekend voting?! Oh the horror! Forcing people to prove they meet the residency requirements to vote absentee? Oh, ma lawd! It's givin me the vapors!
Our politics today doesn't work because political parties and hacks like JSO will scream the loudest while playing fast and loose with the truth. The fact this this election law in Georgia actually expands the ability to vote as compared to existing law, and yet is portrayed as an anti-black law, akin to segregation, is appalling. For shame, JSO, you're basically Trump with likely different colored hair.
Paraphrasing from the WaPo as I don't have access past the pay wall, it expands voting by:kalm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:08 amHow does it expand the ability to vote?GannonFan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:05 am
Agreed. Amazing, for a party and its supporters like JSO who whined for the past 4 years for all of the falsehoods and hyperboles that Trump and his ilk uttered (and they uttered a tremendous amount of falsehoods and hyperboles), to then turn around and say things like this election rules bill is "Jim Crow 2.0" or "Jim Crow on steroids" is hypocrisy of the highest order and an insult to what people truly had to suffer through during the Jim Crow era.
Our politics today doesn't work because political parties and hacks like JSO will scream the loudest while playing fast and loose with the truth. The fact this this election law in Georgia actually expands the ability to vote as compared to existing law, and yet is portrayed as an anti-black law, akin to segregation, is appalling. For shame, JSO, you're basically Trump with likely different colored hair.
Fair enough.GannonFan wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:24 amParaphrasing from the WaPo as I don't have access past the pay wall, it expands voting by:
- establishing a minimum of how many drop boxes for early voting are required in each county. Prior law had no minimum and some counties had none.
- allows an additional day of early voting by mandating that at least two Saturdays for early voting are required in each primary and general election where prior law only mandated one Saturday - this would be more Saturdays.
- the law requires the state to monitor lines at all polling places and to respond if lines have more than an hour wait or if there are still voters in line more than an hour after polls were to close, and it requires the state to open up new polling places or to beef up resources at those polling places to alleviate these lines.
Listen, I get it, you certainly have to question the intent of Georgia GOP legislators, in the wake of a disappointing election loss, and what they're up to. But at the same time, when you have supposedly mature leaders like Biden or Obama calling this law a return to Jim Crow laws, you have to also question their intent too. The law does some good things, and the law, it can be argued, unnecessarily tightens things. But at least let's argue it on its actual content rather than social media clickbait.
No surprise here, but you're wrong.houndawg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:16 pmIf Republicans had won the Senate seats none of this would be happening.Baldy wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:21 pm
Of course there is nothing to see here. There is not one provision in this law that isn't already on the books in many or most states. Donks are just pissed because loopholes they have been taking advantage of have now been closed, and practices that are already illegal in other states are now illegal in Georgia.
Somebody is pissed...... but it ain't the donks.
The SoS wasn't taken out of the process. The SoS still oversees elections, and the Secretary still has to certify all elections. The only thing the law really did was demote the Secretary to non-voting ex-officio status on the Georgia Board of Elections.Ibanez wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:55 amHave you read the bill? It makes it so that poll workers and not anyone from the campaigns can hand out water. It closes a loophole.JohnStOnge wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 5:10 pm
The Georgia law makes it illegal to hand out water within 25 feet of anybody standing in line; not just within 150 feet of a polling place.
See the whole Politifact discussion linked above.
I think there's some merit that this is due to the SoS and State upholding the election for Biden. I would believe that any attempt to undermine the Voting Rights of Americans will be stopped by the courts and, to my knowledge, it's been crickets.
The one things that's a bit suspect is removing the SoS from the process - I think that's clearly b/c he refused to overturn the election for Trump. General Lee (see what I did there???), I'm not in favor of the State usurping the role of county officials however it's a bit stupid to NOT have some top down administration/oversight of a federally significant election.
But I'm not really seeing anything that's egregious. Expanding weekend voting?! Oh the horror! Forcing people to prove they meet the residency requirements to vote absentee? Oh, ma lawd! It's givin me the vapors!
If they were going to move it, why not to Milwaukee where Aaron started his career.Baldy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:44 pm MLB just announced that the All-Star game has been moved to Denver.
A recap...Rob Manfred moved the All-Star game from a majority black city to a majority white city in a state that has more restrictive voting laws than Georgia.
Chances are that if Manfred isn't already, he will be in the great state of Georgia this very week enjoying the privileges that come with being a member of the extremely white and very conservative Augusta National Golf Club.
The optics of this fiasco are utterly amazing.
Joe Biden tells him what to think.