I posted this just now on my fb. It was 8am local time with two cappucinos in my belly and a brain now connected to the system with all systems green.
I think most of us already have some semblance of knowledge regarding the Save America Act that is starting to move through Congress. It is championed by President Trump of course, as it fits his narrative that all of these states are rigging elections in the favor of Democrats.
I can see both sides of the aisle and respect both of their points and when we come to these kind of barrier walls, it is in these times that I wish we had some of the old school congressional leaders who would take the time to reach across the aisle and find a compromise.
I would love to see some semblance of this act being passed if only to shut up Maga from claiming everything is rigged. But you must know the reality that the requirements of this act make it very difficult for the average American and especially the economically challenged to retrieve such documents easily so that they have the right to vote.
It’s very clear why the right side of the aisle is sponsoring this legislation and that they hope to curtail the minority vote which hurts their election chances. That’s painfully obvious for anyone to see.
The fact is that the left side of the aisle outnumbers you and you find yourselves in positions of trying to create a voting system that heavily favors your side. We can talk about gerrymandering and who is more responsible for utilizing that tool where the politicians get to pick the voters instead of the other way around. This helps create entrenched, republican majority votes in the red states.
The Democrats actually introduced legislation to stop all gerrymandering, and the result was that every Republican congressman voted no.
So the Dems found themselves having to take their gloves off and get into the mud with the other side to try to somewhat even the score. Your bubble prevents you from acknowledging this though and you simply point at the left with an example of what happened in California recently , which was due to Trump telling the governor of Texas to do redistricting, during a period where these things arent done being a new census has not yet occurred. But that didnt stop him from his demand to the governor so that the Republican party could pick up five more Red districts.
Getting back to compromise, I would love to see a bill that becomes law that would require some sort of voter ID, whether it’s birth certificates, passports, etc., but since the federal government wants to dictate how these states go about their voting processes, they need to institute a national database of sorts that makes it a one click type of Amazon style process for any legal voter to simply login and retrieve the needed document to prove their ability to vote. I’m sure this will cost money, but I believe it’s money Well spent that would calm down the current outrage, that in my opinion, has been misplaced ever since Trump came into the picture.
