Current laws that are being discussed and are going into effect in some states (like Georgia) are restricting access to the polls and to the vote.
It’s mostly people who have two or three jobs, who don’t have a car and aren't very informed or motivated to vote, that are being disadvantaged by these laws. Limiting the time for the polls to be open, limiting mail votes and early voting and opening less polls in these people’s neighbourhoods means that if you want to vote you have to queue for hours and some people cannot afford to do that. It has been proven by decades that this disadvantages mainly black and poor people.On the other hand some of these laws might also prevent voter fraud, which is the reason why many people are pushing for these new election laws that make voting more controlled.
There’s a strong contrast between the way Republicans see this and how Democrats do. Since 1988 Republicans have won the popular vote for the President election just once with Bush in 2004. The current balance in the senate shows something similar, in 2021 Democratic senators represent 42 million people more than Republican senators (50 Democrats represent 185m people and 50 Republicans represent 143m). Every year the American population gets less white, right now it's especially among young people.The same will happen in the next decades even in the older generations. This change has political consequences since currently (it hasn’t always been like this) non-white people vote mainly for Democratic candidates. This doesn’t mean that African-American are all left leaning but 88% of them are. This means that Republicans are a minority of the American population and it will become even harder for them to win the election in the future by keeping the same policies. Which is why many Democrats think that this is just a way for Republicans to disadvantage the parts of the population that votes Democratic. Republicans think that the new law is needed to address unresolved questions about whether the 2020 election was conducted fairly.
Do you think voter fraud is a widespread problem in American elections?
Since voting is your right, do you think it should be easier or harder to do that?
Do you think these laws will do more to suppress the vote of a part of the population or to prevent voter fraud?
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Great topic choice and well done overall Chirara!
I didn't think voter fraud was a big problem until this election. While I don't think there was enough fraud to change the outcome of the election, there was definitely enough fraud for it to open people's eyes to the problem. I think there should be more done to prevent voter fraud in the future. I don't think the laws will do much.
I don't think voter fraud is a widespread problem because I think whenever we have a major vote in the U.S. it's looked at carefully and it takes time for people to look them over. What ever it is now because you should be 18 before you can vote because if not then there would be alot of little kids voting and causing more people to be mad. To prevent voter fraud.
I don't think it's a widespread problem, but more of a contained issue in certain areas around the country. I think it would be harder to commit voter fraud or anything illegal in an election. Because it's a right, why would you want to ruin it for yourselves? I think these bills would do more to suppress it, but I don't think voter fraud is a huge issue in the U.S. election system.
I agree, since voting is a right and not a privilege it should easily accessible.
I don't know if voter fraud is a big problem in America, but some people definitely think it is. I don't think the voter fraud with this election would have been big enough to turn the tide of the election, so I think Trump made a big deal out of something that wouldn't have made a big difference. I think it would be fine if it is harder to vote, if it removes any possibility of voter fraud.
I do think that voter fraud is a big problem in elections, because of how easy it would be for it to happen. I don't think that voting needs to necessarily be made easier or harder to do, I just think that we need to develope a safe system in which it's next to impossible for voter fraud to happen. I don't think these laws will do more to suppress any specific group of voters.
Like you, I think that the system should be safe so that is very difficult to committ voter fraud, but I also believe that the current system works pretty well.
We have a massive voter fraud problem in American elections. I thought this before the last election, although it was the one that proved it all. There are literal photos, videos, and witnesses that prove certain ones have been tampered with or destroyed. The sickening part is that our government is doing nothing to stop it, nor disprove the evidence. If they could prove that the evidence was fraud, I wouldn't care. We vote so The People can choose, rather than The People ruining others' choice. I think that being varified to vote should be harder because of everything we saw last year. People were voting for their dead relatives!! Although, we should have the registration process start sooner in the year so that it's quicker and easier for those less available during voting season.
Maybe starting the registration process earlier could be beneficial I am not sure it could work though.
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