I've voted in 8 states, never miss an election. Never have needed to present ID so you can save the argument.
If we had Voter ID laws we could run an entire audit of all 150 million ballots in a few hours and no doubt from anyone reasonable would exist.
You still need to read. Obove are ALL the states listed, that dont need you to show ID, before voting. All of them and the measures they employ to ensure you are allowed to vote regardless.
Now cross reference those with the states that are challenged for 'vote having been fraudulent' by the Trump team this time arroud, and bring me concrete cases, where those provisions have lead to massive coordinated fraud.
Dont bring me 'a feeling'.
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President video:
At: 03:20 into the video:
"Voting ballots were sent to millions unknown recipients, with virtually no safegards of any kind."
Virtually is a qualifier in this case - which means, there were safeguards in place.
At 04:00 into the video
"Mail-in ballot laws were brought into action without going through the legislative body. Those were unconstitutional."
Thats what some of the Trump lawsuits are about. The ones where he is 40:1 on losses:wins:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...me-court-block-pa-election-result/3785564001/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/20...fight-includes-over-30-lawsuits-it-s-n1248289
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/us/politics/trump-election-lawsuits.html
So his interpretation of constitutional law, certainly isnt the courts interpretation.
At 04:30 - California sent out millions of ballots to people who didnt even request them (and some dead people within that as well - probably).
Yes - but safety measures were in place:
https://www.capradio.org/articles/2...in-california-amid-covid-19-attacks-by-trump/
and Trump isn't challenging the voting results in california. So this is pure FUD.
At 05:00: "It is widely know, that sending out voting ballots to people that havent requested them leads to widespread fraud, as those lists are filled with people who - dont live in the state anymore, are dead, or illegal migrants.
If you dont maintain an active address - because you a. left the state, or b. died - there are checks in place to suss that out:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-ta...unted-in-past-u-s-elections-but-many-did-not/
Why would they be partisan?
If you are on a voter registration list, you had to have to proof legal citizenship at one point.
At 05:15 Voter registration records are riddled with errors, duplicate entries, ... Yes, and that doesnt matter. Because you need a person, who 'has something, or knows something (signature)' in addition to one such record, (coming in - and/or requesting a mail in ballot to an address on the record) actually trying to fraudulently vote. To coordinate that for 18.000+ cased under risk of being sent to prison on part of ever single one of them - is close to literally impossible - and we have seen no evidence, that this is taking place.
At 05:30 Several of counties have more people on voter registers, than voting age citizens. Yes, voting registers arent well maintained. But to get onto one, you had to prove 'voting eligibility' at one point. And there are checks in place to catch if someone voted fraudulently, at least at some point in the voting chain.
At 05:50 100.000s of voters on several list couldnt be confirmed in terms of having their residency in that county, but officials refused to remove them from the lists. Yes - in case they are voting, which would trigger an identity check in those cases.
"They knew why (they did that), nobody else did. I knew why. They are illegal voters."
I'm sick of listening to this shit. And I'm only 6 minutes in - there is another 40+ to go. I cant bare it anymore - it is 'snowflakes quest ont sh*ting on every potential source of fraud, failing to prove any 'structural abuse potential'.
Its vicious attacker listing 20+ possible instances of minute abuse possibilities, without letting the other side speak (as to how they are dealt with), or actually showing that they were abused.
You have a loose canon at the helm, that if he cant be pronounced 'the winner' is destroying any believe in american democracy, without any poof - that would hold up in courts.
I hate to have to bring it down to a 'but courts say" argument, but seeing all the nafarious energy that is put into instilling fear and doubt in people - I have to, there is no recourse.
Many of the things he is addressing can be seen as issues. Many of them have mitigations in place, so they dont become a structural issue. Many of the issues the is addressing are mostly imagined. Most of the issues he is addressing arent possible to exploit 'for one political side only or mostly' (you can coordinate abuse).
Petes list of what is not perfect in democracy, is an impressive list - but thats all it is.
Wake me when you have something like -- republicans removed all black sounding names from a voting register in Florida.
So something where one persons actions really has the potential to impact 1000s of votes.
Or show me the massive collusion network with 18k+ actors that lives hidden within american democracy. That only votes against Trump - when exactly 18k votes are needed.