Re: SCOTUS 10: Pack the Court!
I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that we need to have a basic registration process to vote, correct? I mean a state does have an interest in making sure you at least claim to be a resident of that state before you vote. Everyone dutifully follows that requirement because we know its the law.
If a state wanted, it could require everyone to re-register before every single election, again to satisfy itself that you claim to be a resident in that voting location. States don't do that because of the endless time and expense involved. So, they let the registrations stand.
But at some point we need to de-list some people. Should Ohio still have President James Garfield on its voter registration lists, even though he's been dead for 150 years? People move. People die. If the lists are to make any sense they should be relatively current.
I've had to re-register a few times, every time that I've moved. Again, I understood that was the law and I followed it. My right to vote wasn't taken away even though I was de-registered. The same with name changes.
You're right. People who are lazy, stupid and uninformed (intentionally or otherwise) are going to get caught by this law. But they're also going to get caught by the general voter registration laws that already exist and that we all abide by.
Besides, if I'm to believe the screeds posted on this Board, it's the Republican electorate that is lazy, stupid and uninformed, so the Democrats should be fine.
As a postscript, I find it funny that some of our Minnesota posters are the ones up in arms over this decision. Did you know that in Minneapolis they de-register you if you haven't voted in the last four years?
http://vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/register
Originally posted by alfablue
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If a state wanted, it could require everyone to re-register before every single election, again to satisfy itself that you claim to be a resident in that voting location. States don't do that because of the endless time and expense involved. So, they let the registrations stand.
But at some point we need to de-list some people. Should Ohio still have President James Garfield on its voter registration lists, even though he's been dead for 150 years? People move. People die. If the lists are to make any sense they should be relatively current.
I've had to re-register a few times, every time that I've moved. Again, I understood that was the law and I followed it. My right to vote wasn't taken away even though I was de-registered. The same with name changes.
Originally posted by trixR4kids
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Besides, if I'm to believe the screeds posted on this Board, it's the Republican electorate that is lazy, stupid and uninformed, so the Democrats should be fine.
As a postscript, I find it funny that some of our Minnesota posters are the ones up in arms over this decision. Did you know that in Minneapolis they de-register you if you haven't voted in the last four years?
http://vote.minneapolismn.gov/voters/register
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