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stickdog wrote:The question is why now?
Because a local election pitted the small group of physically residing residents against another group that was made up of RV registered mail drop residents. The Judge did not take kindly to the failure of the election officials to challenge those non residing voter registrations since the law clearly states you can only vote if you swear you actually physically reside at that address. But when 2,500 registered voters names were given to the Judge all using the same little building as where they "reside", well you can imagine how well that went over.
Of course the election officials weren't going to take the blame, they basically said the state legislature is more interested in the revenue from this scheme than election and voter integrity. That pretty much hung the hypocrite banner over the state. So as with every time this has been made public, a bill is introduced to deal with it.
What is a bit different is this time a Judge actually got admission from people at one RV location to admit on the record they really don't live at the address, just came back to vote. This time the RV registration users were the one that turned the spotlight on themselves.
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Grit dog wrote:Find something constructive to do rather than sit around and gripe about politics. It’s a sign that you’re old and feeble.
If you think it is only the "old and feeble" who "sit around and gripe about politics," then you haven't been following the news reports about the social media crowd.
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Grit dog
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Bobbo wrote:Grit dog wrote:Find something constructive to do rather than sit around and gripe about politics. It’s a sign that you’re old and feeble.
If you think it is only the "old and feeble" who "sit around and gripe about politics," then you haven't been following the news reports about the social media crowd.
Sounds like you’re mKing excuses for being one of them! Lol
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How would you like it if you had 2000 residents wanting something and 2500 non resident RV owners voted against it? You are paying for everything in local taxes and they are escaping that yet coming in to vote---or using a mail in ballot.
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way2roll
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ferndaleflyer wrote:How would you like it if you had 2000 residents wanting something and 2500 non resident RV owners voted against it? You are paying for everything in local taxes and they are escaping that yet coming in to vote---or using a mail in ballot.
Wouldn't be ironic if the non residents got to vote on this bill?
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ferndaleflyer
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And who says they don't?
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cptqueeg
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stickdog wrote:The question is why now?
Restricting the votes of absentees and mail voters is now in style around the country. The supporters of these bills don't like the way absentee voters vote so this in an attempt at disenfranchising them.
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ronharmless
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Gee, I can’t imagine how dead people and their imaginary friends could be disenfranchised. That’s all anyone is trying to stop from voting.
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Grit dog wrote:Bobbo wrote:Grit dog wrote:Find something constructive to do rather than sit around and gripe about politics. It’s a sign that you’re old and feeble.
If you think it is only the "old and feeble" who "sit around and gripe about politics," then you haven't been following the news reports about the social media crowd.
Sounds like you’re mKing excuses for being one of them! Lol
At age 18, when got my draft notice, I figured out that politics and politicians could drastically change my life. Served my time, was discharged before I was old enough to vote.
I have never understood how somebody that could tell me who got homeruns in the last 3 super bowls but can tell me who represents then in congress, and how they voted on any issue.
ronharmless wrote:Gee, I can’t imagine how dead people and their imaginary friends could be disenfranchised. That’s all anyone is trying to stop from voting.
If that was the case, sounds good. But I have worked as Election Judge since I retired. For in person voting, a concealed carry permit is a valid ID, but ID issued by the state collage is not. Both are alive. A student, and workers on many jobs may not be home on a day near the middle of week. Mail in is best way for them to vote. Do you think US could respond to a threat if all troops went home first part of Nov?
BTW, many years of my life, I could not be sure where I would be on election day. And now I don't work at the polling place my address must vote, so I still vote early
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In Montana small towns have the ability to enact a local resort tax. The money stays in the community and can be used for a variety of local projects. A town where I owned a park put such a tax on the ballot. The town was a major tourist town with over 700,000 vehicles visitors each season. The tax is assessed on lodging, including RV stays less than 30 days. The community population is less than 800 and the eligible voter count less than 400. Those visitors put a huge strain on water, sewer, roadways and other visitor services. Heck, over $30,000 a year was spent keeping a public restroom facility clean and supplied using mostly volunteer labor. Prior to the vote it was discovered a local non profit entity that was opposed to the tax was encouraging out of town members to change their address to that non profits location which they could then use to register to vote against the proposal. In the end it was revealed that address had 48 registered voters even though it had no lodging facilities at all. The tax ultimately passed, but the vote was much closer than projected, likely due to those extra 48 votes. The county registrar office subsequently put out guidance that falsely claiming residency to vote is fraud and a crime.
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