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larsIU
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Posted by: @bar-down

@larsiu the delay that attends posting is getting out of hand.  Can you explore what’s causing and report back. Thank you.  

Thankfully I was not conscripted into mod duties. Probably the nips issues. 

 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 1:34 pm
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Posted by: @bar-down

@big-ryan reality is only part of the issue.  perception is important.  

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/05/how-confident-are-americans-in-the-midterm-elections-fairness-and-accuracy/

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/tarrant-county-texas-votes-slash-polling-sites-midterms-rcna595338

 

Perception.   Pubs want to make it harder for people to vote.  Whether right or wrong, that's how it looks.

 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 1:35 pm
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@boogie for sure.  dems rely on derelicts and pubs dont want them.  


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Posted : 09/02/2026 1:37 pm
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Posted by: @boogie

Posted by: @bar-down

@big-ryan reality is only part of the issue.  perception is important.  

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/08/05/how-confident-are-americans-in-the-midterm-elections-fairness-and-accuracy/

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/tarrant-county-texas-votes-slash-polling-sites-midterms-rcna595338

 

Perception.   Pubs want to make it harder for people to vote.  Whether right or wrong, that's how it looks.

 

Tarrant County's decision will, in fact, make it harder for people to vote.  

 


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Topic starter Posted : 09/02/2026 2:08 pm
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Posted by: @aloha-hoosier

Posted by: @snarlcakes

Posted by: @mrhighlife

Posted by: @bar-down

@ohio-guy you think we’re catching every single illegal vote?  

why are Dems against voter id etc?

the majority of Dems aren't against voter IDs. What we are against is the country being railroaded into some half baked project 2025 scheme to disenfranchise a shit load of people. 

If the sane and reasonable arm of the GOP, if that exist anymore, would put together a bill that was well thought out, has some compromise for the left(voter ID are free and election Day being made a national holiday), easy and clear to implement, and doesn't infringe on anyone's rights then people would listen. But "fuck.you guys. It's my way or the highway and you hate America" isn't going to cut it.

 

There are 20+ states that require at least a photo ID to vote.  Are there any studies that show they're being disenfranchised?  And no subjective b#llshit data about people's feelings.

 

36 states. We're winning that battle.

Voter identification laws by state - Ballotpedia

 

Are any of those STATE voter ID laws Federally mandated haphazardly and in haste just months before an election? 

 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 2:52 pm
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Posted by: @mrhighlife

Are any of those STATE voter ID laws Federally mandated haphazardly and in haste just months before an election? 

It didn't have to be haphazard; it could have been done a long time ago based on common sense. But Democrats are intentionally dragging their feet and making claims because it is more likely to negatively impact their voting base. We need an ID to pick up packages, get a Library Card, and obtain pharmaceuticals, but voting is where disenfranchisement starts, apparently.


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Posted : 09/02/2026 3:13 pm
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Posted by: @big-ryan

Elections in the US are secure. In 2020, Trump’s director of CISA said the just-concluded election was the most secure in American history (and he was promptly fired by losing candidate Trump for saying so).  There was no ruckus about election security following the 2024 election - - - because Trump won.

Could our already secure elections be made even more secure?  Sure, but at a significant cost.  Proposed changes would make it more difficult to vote, and even lead to disenfranchisement, for millions of American citizens. The proposals are flawed solutions in search of a problem.

Widespread voter fraud is a myth.  Outcome-determinative voter fraud in statewide and federal elections is non-existent. Noncitizen voting is exceedingly rare. The Heritage Foundation’s database of voter fraud reflects that cases of noncitizen voting are exceptionally rare to the point of being a statistical nullity.    But the voter fraud boogeyman is a compelling (for some) political talking point in a year when a party led by a failing president who is also the biggest con man in American history is poised to take an ass-whooping in November.

I'm sure that your date with Aloha tonight, isn't your first. You are now approved to slobber all over one another.   

 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 3:37 pm
Joe_Hoopsier
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Posted by: @mrhighlife

Posted by: @bar-down

@ohio-guy you think we’re catching every single illegal vote?  

why are Dems against voter id etc?

the majority of Dems aren't against voter IDs. What we are against is the country being railroaded into some half baked project 2025 scheme to disenfranchise a shit load of people. 

If the sane and reasonable arm of the GOP, if that exist anymore, would put together a bill that was well thought out, has some compromise for the left(voter ID are free and election Day being made a national holiday), easy and clear to implement, and doesn't infringe on anyone's rights then people would listen. But "fuck.you guys. It's my way or the highway and you hate America" isn't going to cut it.

 

Give the left .001" and they turn those into miles. It should have been "fuck you him/her/she/he/it" a very long time ago. I present you DSA.  

 


Divorce BEFORE you make any money! Do it quickly, do it often!

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Posted : 09/02/2026 3:42 pm
Ohio Guy
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Posted by: @joe_hoopsier

I'm sure that your date with Aloha tonight, isn't your first. You are now approved to slobber all over one another.   

 

What is your problem? If you followed the rule of not posting if you didn't have anything nice or smart to say, we'd never hear from you. 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 3:46 pm
Joe_Hoopsier
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Posted by: @mrhighlife

Posted by: @aloha-hoosier

Posted by: @snarlcakes

Posted by: @mrhighlife

Posted by: @bar-down

@ohio-guy you think we’re catching every single illegal vote?  

why are Dems against voter id etc?

the majority of Dems aren't against voter IDs. What we are against is the country being railroaded into some half baked project 2025 scheme to disenfranchise a shit load of people. 

If the sane and reasonable arm of the GOP, if that exist anymore, would put together a bill that was well thought out, has some compromise for the left(voter ID are free and election Day being made a national holiday), easy and clear to implement, and doesn't infringe on anyone's rights then people would listen. But "fuck.you guys. It's my way or the highway and you hate America" isn't going to cut it.

 

There are 20+ states that require at least a photo ID to vote.  Are there any studies that show they're being disenfranchised?  And no subjective b#llshit data about people's feelings.

 

36 states. We're winning that battle.

Voter identification laws by state - Ballotpedia

 

Are any of those STATE voter ID laws Federally mandated haphazardly and in haste just months before an election? 

 

sudden new Covid Vote rules, enter the conversation.  

 


Divorce BEFORE you make any money! Do it quickly, do it often!

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Posted : 09/02/2026 3:49 pm
Joe_Hoopsier
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Posted by: @ohio-guy

Posted by: @joe_hoopsier

I'm sure that your date with Aloha tonight, isn't your first. You are now approved to slobber all over one another.   

 

What is your problem? If you followed the rule of not posting if you didn't have anything nice or smart to say, we'd never hear from you. 

I approved of ya'll slobbering together. That is like, approval man. You made the cut! 

 


Divorce BEFORE you make any money! Do it quickly, do it often!

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Posted : 09/02/2026 3:53 pm
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Posted : 09/02/2026 4:11 pm
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Posted by: @joe_hoopsier

Posted by: @ohio-guy

Posted by: @joe_hoopsier

I'm sure that your date with Aloha tonight, isn't your first. You are now approved to slobber all over one another.   

 

What is your problem? If you followed the rule of not posting if you didn't have anything nice or smart to say, we'd never hear from you. 

I approved of ya'll slobbering together. That is like, approval man. You made the cut! 

 

That's disgusting. I'm not gay. I like women - a lot. I really don't care if you're gay, but it's definitely not my thing.

 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 4:15 pm
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Posted by: @jdb

Posted by: @mrhighlife

Are any of those STATE voter ID laws Federally mandated haphazardly and in haste just months before an election? 

It didn't have to be haphazard; it could have been done a long time ago based on common sense. But Democrats are intentionally dragging their feet and making claims because it is more likely to negatively impact their voting base. We need an ID to pick up packages, get a Library Card, and obtain pharmaceuticals, but voting is where disenfranchisement starts, apparently.

I totally agree that Dems have used this as a political volleyball. But the GOP is just as guilty. They've only introduced legislation a handful of times, it's always rushed, they always want to add federal requirements but also slash federal election funding and they never want to compromise. 

 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 5:21 pm
SqueakyClean
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Posted by: @jdb

 

It didn't have to be haphazard; it could have been done a long time ago based on common sense. But Democrats are intentionally dragging their feet and making claims because it is more likely to negatively impact their voting base.

Remind me again who controls all three branches of the government at this time?  If this is such common-sense legislation, why can't the Republicans push it through?

 


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Posted : 09/02/2026 5:39 pm
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