Posted on Jan 17, 2022
Despite progress, advocates and lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri say voting rights are under...
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Martin Luther King Jr. spent years before his assassination working to expand access to the ballot box. Today, advocates and lawmakers say they are fighting many of the same fights.
For the King family this year, a celebration of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy isn’t likely to happen on the national holiday reserved for him.
Instead, members of King’s family plan to lead a march across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., demanding action on federal voting rights legislation.
“My family is calling for ‘no celebration without legislation,’” Martin Luther King III tweeted on Thursday.
For the King family this year, a celebration of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy isn’t likely to happen on the national holiday reserved for him.
Instead, members of King’s family plan to lead a march across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., demanding action on federal voting rights legislation.
“My family is calling for ‘no celebration without legislation,’” Martin Luther King III tweeted on Thursday.
Despite progress, advocates and lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri say voting rights are under...
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Lets take these one at a time.
1 laws that limit who can send advanced voting ballot applications to voters - Should only be the local clerks office...no one else to insure integrity in who they go to and how many. Example...my mother and father in law both got three each advanced mail in ballots...6 votes plus them voting in person which totals 8 votes 6 of which shouldn't be counted. They threw away the other mail ins due to their integrity but how many of those were out there and counted? It needs to be limited to who can track update, and send to ensure only one goes out and is counted.
2. Restrict assistance in returning a mail ballot...only the individual voting should be able to return it in a prepaid addressed envelope...not just dropped off by anyone.
3. Impose stricter signature requirements for mail ballots...why not. If you want to vote, sign for it. You have to sign for your pay, make a deposit or a withdrawal, buy a car, buy a gun, use a credit card so why not sign for the most sacred right we have in this nation...to vote.
4. Absentee voters must provide a reason why they can’t vote in person...why not? You have to provide a reason why you aren't at work?
5. Voter ID...you have to show you ID for almost damn near everything in this world. Why not for the most sacred thing we hold dear to our republic...voting. You know why folks are against this...they can claim any name on that roll and vote...with an ID you have to match up to make it happen.
1 laws that limit who can send advanced voting ballot applications to voters - Should only be the local clerks office...no one else to insure integrity in who they go to and how many. Example...my mother and father in law both got three each advanced mail in ballots...6 votes plus them voting in person which totals 8 votes 6 of which shouldn't be counted. They threw away the other mail ins due to their integrity but how many of those were out there and counted? It needs to be limited to who can track update, and send to ensure only one goes out and is counted.
2. Restrict assistance in returning a mail ballot...only the individual voting should be able to return it in a prepaid addressed envelope...not just dropped off by anyone.
3. Impose stricter signature requirements for mail ballots...why not. If you want to vote, sign for it. You have to sign for your pay, make a deposit or a withdrawal, buy a car, buy a gun, use a credit card so why not sign for the most sacred right we have in this nation...to vote.
4. Absentee voters must provide a reason why they can’t vote in person...why not? You have to provide a reason why you aren't at work?
5. Voter ID...you have to show you ID for almost damn near everything in this world. Why not for the most sacred thing we hold dear to our republic...voting. You know why folks are against this...they can claim any name on that roll and vote...with an ID you have to match up to make it happen.
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Whole lotta lies and misrepresentations here. Whole lot of them.
NPR should be embarrassed by this story.
NPR should be embarrassed by this story.
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