After some discussion on how would this 'guarantee' improvement, a claim I never made, a very vocal opponent stated that voting for someone based off of liking what clothes they wear was, and I quote:
..as valid a reason as any other when you are exercising an absolute and unqualified right.
Barring the fact that voting is in no way an "absolute" nor an "unqualified" right (citizenship and not being insane or mentally retarded come to mind as just two 'qualifications' that are pretty universal) the idea that voting for someone because you think they're sexier than their opponent is equitable to understanding the issues and how they would affect society just plain scares the hell out of me.
Not that I'm really surprised that people think that way but that they'd announce and defend it.
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In a way, aren't the proving the anithesis of their argument?
I'd settle for voters having to show ID...
Well back 30 some years ago my Down Syndrome brother was offered the right to vote. My parents were told to register him ( FDR Democrat family) and to take him into the poll and help him vote. They refused, and to this day I still check to make sure he is not on the voter list in the county.
So mental retardation is NOT a disqualifying condition around Pittsburgh PA. But then again, you do not need a viable pulse to vote in Allegheny county either. My mother passed away three years ago and I still check her "residence" county and her birth county to see if she voted. I have a feeling that this election is important enough that she may somehow come back and vote, The One has that power over people!
If voting is a right just like my right to keep and bear arms (which shall not be infringed) then casting a vote should be no harder than purchasing a weapon. Show ID, fill out a form (remember to spell out your "yes" and "no" answers) and a quick call to the National Instant Voter Check to make sure you're not some sort of felon or prohibited person and you're all set to go.
Easy Peasy.
I'd actually settle for showing ID, and absentee ballots have to be picked up in person or if you're in a foreign country an embassy trip will do. Service members can work through their chain of command. I'd have to guess that there's a voting officer or petty officer/NCO at every command.
Indiana requires photo ID now and the ACLU took it all the way to the Supreme Court because it "discriminates against poor people" (they can get a free ID from the BMV). The Supreme Court upheld it. No more voting "early and often", just "early" now. Of course with ACORN submitting all those "valid" registrations lately....
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