Saturday, January 22, 2022

Rules Vs. Rights

Rules Vs. Rights

The Voting Rights Bill that Biden so viciously supported in Georgia is really a voting 'rules' bill; it addresses how voting is held, not who is eligible. Who is eligible is written in the Constitution and it would be illegal to deprive those people qualifying of the right to vote. Those people do not need clarification. The question of voting process, as to whether voting is held on a day or a month or with ID or not, seems reasonable to ask. 
As always, the debate's underlying component is sincerity.

There are problems here. The Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) passed a staggering $419.5 million of Zuckerberg’s money into local government elections offices, and it came with strings attached. Every CTCL and CEIR grant spelled out in great detail the conditions under which the grant money was to be used. Those are non-partisan election positions flooded with partisan money and ideologues.

What is good for a political party may not be good for the country.

In his presser this week Biden was asked about the Democrats’ new election bill. He said if it was not passed, the 2022 midterm elections “easily could be illegitimate.” This again shows how Trump was not the outlier many claim. This is identical to the disruptive, divisive, undermining that Trump was accused of in the last election. You can count on these politicians to be similar. They are all the same species regardless of appearance or protective coloring. They are all the same.


Do you get the feeling that the concern that the public wants to skewer elections is exactly the obverse and it's the government that wants to? Which is to say, do you think that the government is trying to protect itself from the democratic process?

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