Our Republican friends and neighbors fail to see that voting is not a privilege in the USA, it’s a right for all citizens. Whether that right is exercised by voting in person, by mail or ballot drop off boxes, with adequate controls and security, it doesn’t matter how one votes. Perhaps that’s why they lost the Senate, lost the WH and could easily lose the House. And they still whine.
@taz @kthoward I wonder about "informed." The goal of a representative democracy is that we elect a group of people who will dedicate their professional lives to being informed. In the ideal we should elect honest, dedicated and moral people who know how law works and can do the thorough investigation that I cannot.
The unfortunate reality is that US politics has devolved into party platforms. We will elect incompetent jerks because they promise to vote the way our team votes. (looks longingly at my ranked choice voting soapbox)
As an example, I was asked to vote on a proposition about how Dialysis clinics are run. If the pandemic has taught me anything it is that I am not a medical expert. Even if I were to spend hours researching the issue, I would not be as competent to make the call as the state medical board who already decided that the proposed change was not necessary.
@taz Sorry friend, the document says right. End of discussion.
@kthoward I think the problem is the Republicans have convinced themselves that their way is The Only Path, and anyone who doesn’t agree is an idiot or an Evil Commie who is out to get them. So they think they are saving people when they try to take away their right to vote. I don’t know how you break people out of that mindset, but in the meantime it’s import to strongly enshrine the right to vote.
@kthoward Agree about the whining/election denial, but disagree that it's just Republicans.