tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437319.post3658341425260106672..comments2023-10-14T06:04:12.915-05:00Comments on Polly and the Mooch!: The Last Straw?Pollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04512342406089557249noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437319.post-54216822820837562052007-07-18T05:19:00.000-05:002007-07-18T05:19:00.000-05:00Did you see the New York Times on this today?Did you see the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/us/18south.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th" REL="nofollow">New York Times</A> on this today?brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437319.post-64464988612168440562007-06-16T06:15:00.000-05:002007-06-16T06:15:00.000-05:00So it sounds like your concerns are multi-leveled....So it sounds like your concerns are multi-leveled.<BR/>1. No matter what political affiliation, individuals affected by poverty are less likely to be able to meet these new voter requirements.<BR/>2. The requirement to register by party might negatively affect the voters who, it appears, are very comfortable flip-flopping parties, voting D locally and R nationally.<BR/><BR/>Does your state, Mississippi right, implement what we call here in TN, <A HREF="http://www.sworps.utk.edu/induction/motorvoter" REL="nofollow"><EM>Moter Voter registration</EM></A> based on the 1993 voter registration act, and could those implementations become a basis for guaranteeing that the poor are not inequitably affected by this action? Tennessee is also among some states trying to implement a provision of picture IDs for homeless, non-drivers through a <A HREF="http://www.sworps.utk.edu/eportfolio/html/news.html" REL="nofollow">Homeless Management Information System (1/2 way down the page)</A>. That kind of thing is really important for providing tools for voting for that segment of society. Sorry, I'm going on and on and I won't even mention finger-print ID, but this subject is near and dear to me.brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437319.post-63068020465865143992007-06-14T16:18:00.000-05:002007-06-14T16:18:00.000-05:00no, voter id tends to effect poorer voters (who te...no, voter id tends to effect poorer voters (who tend to be democratic) MUCH more so, bc such a voter is much more likely not to have ID and not to be able to return with ID. it can shave the dem numbers down in a race by 4-7%. which can make a world of difference.<BR/><BR/>as for party affiliation, it depends. our house and senate are Maj. Dem. the local elections are Dems by a WIDE margin. we rarely vote for a Dem president, but have come reasonably close with Clinton 1.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512342406089557249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437319.post-46299765923191956402007-06-14T08:49:00.000-05:002007-06-14T08:49:00.000-05:00Will the process not suppress Republican turnout e...Will the process not suppress Republican turnout equally? Is this something that is peculiar to your state?<BR/><BR/>What is the party voting percentage there Dem v Rep?brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437319.post-68348075104974751622007-06-10T21:57:00.000-05:002007-06-10T21:57:00.000-05:00Well, my meaning was that the supposed 'voter frau...Well, my meaning was that the supposed 'voter fraud' is a bogus problem the GOP has used to introduce their 'fix' of voter ID (among other fixes). as that article i linked mentioned, voter ID is a way to shave points off democratic vote totals in the name of fixing a fake problem.<BR/><BR/>so, the fraud protection is a non issue. However we now get the suppression portion of the picture along with this new registration process which will also deplete democratic primary turnout...just great.<BR/><BR/>I'm angry over this...nearly beyond repair. I'm hopeful that my insight here is completely wrong because being right just makes me bitter.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512342406089557249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5437319.post-53164975492645511092007-06-10T16:14:00.000-05:002007-06-10T16:14:00.000-05:00This is interesting. How will this action negative...This is interesting. How will this action negatively affect the process though if in actuality it is a non-issue? I read that article, but couldn't quite understand the inuendos of it all. Could you summarize it in 3 points and a poem?brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.com