Tag: voter laws

In the Meme Time

We are having a two-for-one special today in the idiot department. These two memes against the SAVE Act are full of false information that a fifth grader could spot after reading the SAVE Act.

Hitting the first one, not only is the information false and misleading, it has been said over and over again. Hallmarks of the Left. Use the useful idiots to spread false information since they actually wont read the SAVE Act itself. And repeat a lie over and over again until it is believed.

No, the Left is not fine with voter ID in any way shape or form. Several states have already passed Voter ID laws and it’s just your drivers license that is needed. And the Left calls it racist and challenges voter ID laws in court.

A drivers license is easy to get or if you don’t drive, just a state issued ID. It’s required to open a bank account, get a job, buy a home, rent an apartment, see a doctor, and so many other every day tasks. Just an ID in my state is only $8 and it’s good for 8 years. It’s not expensive at all. A free issued government ID is a socialists wet dream.

If you don’t want to vote or participate in society, you don’t need an ID. You can go live under a bridge with no job or any sort of meaningful life. It’s a free country.

All IDs are easy to update. I’ve lived in several states and never had any trouble updating my ID when moving or for any other reason. And already noted it’s already required to vote in some states.

Like many Leftist memes there are always some true statements. Here is an example from this first meme. “That’s not what the SAVE Act does.” This is a true statement. It doesn’t provide a free ID and the reason the currant Driver’s License isn’t the best idea is because anyone can get one. You don’t have to be a US Citizen to get a Driver’s License. And that is exactly what the SAVE Act fixes.

It creates an ID that does prove citizenship at a glance.

And now we are at the end of that first meme where it goes off into the deep end lie the Left keeps retelling hoping people will believe it. And of course some do because they are useful idiots or maybe they are just idiots.

To prove that you are a citizen you need some documentation. An Original Birth Certificate. This has the proper signatures and raised seal on them. Everyone has a copy of this somewhere. It was needed for that first job, first bank account, first drivers license. To show proof of age and citizenship on the good old I-9 form. It’s also needed if you decide to get a passport for the same reasons and it may be needed for the Real ID (the star on your Driver’s License.)

Now over time that birth certificate can get lost, destroyed, or misplaced. But it’s easy to get another copy from the the state or county of your birth. Yes there is a fee, research takes time and money as does reprinting the document and mailing it to you. No one works for free nor should they.

The SAVE Act does NOT require everyone to produce a US Passport. This is one acceptable document in place of others. Read the Act and it becomes abundantly clear. If you have one, that’s fantastic and will be helpful when registering to vote under the SAVE Act. If you don’t have one, it’s not a big deal, you just need other documentation.

Then we get to the “big scare”. Married women wont be able to register to vote because their name doesn’t match their birth certificate. Oh no!

Well no shit. They didn’t have their husband’s name before they married so of course it’s not going to be the same. But there is a marriage license that clearly shows their maiden name and married name being linked together. This establishes the chain and is an accepted document. Now the Left doesn’t think ahead when it comes up with these scare tactics. How many couples out there where the husband has also changed his name? Perhaps they both adopted a hyphenated name, or changed it completely to something else when they married. Or maybe he took her name instead. All of these things happen. What about a divorce name change or a court ordered name change?

So many different ways a name can be changed from one’s birth name. Yet the Left only pushes that married women wont be able to vote. It just goes to show the falseness of the logic.

Sure those documents exist. Yes, like your birth certificate, they can be lost, misplaced, or destroyed and need to be recreated. Again that takes time and a minor free from the state, county, or court system. But it’s completely do able.

Federal funding, ie taxpayer money, ie MY MONEY, wont be set aside for those irresponsible enough to loose important documents. Keep your records safe so there aren’t any issues in the future. You never know when you might need to dig them out again. But the process is easy to replace them. Especially in our AI driven information age.

And more lies. The SAVE Act is about Security. The security of our votes. Insuring than only living US Citizens are voting and on the voting rolls. It is plain and simple in that goal.

Lastly for this first meme. Another hint of truth. Yes it is about who votes and who doesn’t. US Citizens vote. No one else does.

Now we are on to the 2nd meme in our double header. It starts off with the familiar lies. Voting doesn’t require anyone to get a passport. Thus the whole “poll tax” nonsense deflates instantly. If you have lost all of your identity documents then yes you will have to replace those and you should. But that’s not a poll tax. That is stewardship of your identity.

Yes again we have some truth. The SAVE Act does indeed suppress the votes of non-citizens who slip through and vote in our elections. But it doesn’t suppress the vote of any US Citizen.

Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week

Election years can be wilder than a Motley Crue after party with Charlie Sheen, Willie Nelson, and Lindsay Lohan. This year’s election, though, makes that scenario look like a Mormon church picnic combined with an IBM leadership forum. From the Left cheering the legal process preventing presumed Republican candidate Donald Trump from campaigning (and having it backfire on them in ways they have yet to fathom) to telling people the flaming shitstorm of an economy brought to you by Bidenomics isn’t really that bad, we are seeing a lot of chicanery before the first ballot is cast.

Or before the first 5 billion ballots for Biden can be fabricated by Leftist groups, as the case may be.

In recent decades, there’s been a concern that non-residents are allowed to vot, a concern that’s been raised this year as well. And Leftists, using all the logic and knowledge at their disposal, have said “Nuh-uh!” So, what is the truth of the matter? Well, let’s just say the Left doth protest too much.

non-resident voting

What the Left thinks it means – a conspiracy theory dreamed up by Republicans to stir up anger and fear of immigrants

What it really means – something the Left has been allowing to happen because it helps them

There are a number of criteria that must be met in order to vote in most elections, as dictated by the federal government. And in case you don’t want to open the link yourself, the one at the very top is…you must be a citizen to vote. Of course, Leftists are quick to point out it’s already illegal for non-residents to vote in state and federal elections, so we don’t need more laws.

Remember these are the same assholes who believe more gun laws are needed to protect people after every shooting.

Anyway, I do have to give the Left credit. They are correct non-residents can’t vote in state or federal elections. However, they are allowed to vote in local elections in some places. So, if they’re only voting in local elections, what’s the harm?

Because it’s only a matter of time before Leftists start demanding non-residents be allowed to vote in state and federal elections because “they live here, too.” Normally, this might fall under the slippery slope fallacy (and, to be honest, it still might), but when you consider this sort of thing has happened more than a couple of times in my lifetime, I’m going to call bullshit on anyone saying it’s a fallacy in this case. Remember, it wasn’t that long ago Leftists went from gays just wanting to be treated like everyone else to gays being allowed to dictate how other people live under fear of public humiliation.

Because tolerance, you bigot!

The push to allow non-residents to vote is similar to another movement Leftists have tried to advance, that being allowing felons to vote once they’re out of prison. Most states have a restriction on felons voting until their sentences are complete or after a probation period, but in Maine, Vermont, and the District of Columbia, felons never lose their right to vote. Granted, the most hardened criminals in Vermont are maple syrup traffickers, but the point is still there. What was once a “no voting ever again” sentence has been turned into a “well, maybe we will let you vote again if you promise to be good boys and girls, m’kay.”

And we’re not supposed to think this will happen with non-residents why exactly? Oh, yeah, because we’re not supposed to notice this shit.

Just like we’re not supposed to notice how state and local agencies aren’t exactly following the laws on the books. Recently, a South Caroline Medicare office gave a non-resident a packet which included…a voter registration form. Leftists will be quick to point out getting the form doesn’t mean the non-resident was going to register to vote or even vote. Then, why would the packet include it automatically? Granted, it could be an oversight or the way the bureaucracy runs because Lord knows they can’t be allowed to make exceptions.

Then, there’s California’s “Motor Voter” Law. For those of you unfamiliar with it because you have lives outside the Interwebs, this law allows people to register to vote when they get a driver’s license. It’s super convenient…and also a good way to get non-residents registered to vote without so much as a first glance, let alone a second one. And with California being a sanctuary state (meaning they won’t check for citizenship if a non-resident is caught after a crime or in general), that means there is no check on whether non-residents are voting in more than local elections.

And if you think I’m picking on California, I am, but it’s not just a problem there. In our nation’s capitol, it’s estimated there are over 42,000 non-citizens eligible to vote in city elections as of 2021, thanks to a bill passed by the DC City Council. Granted, it’s unlikely these non-residents could sway the elections in a district where the choices are Democrat or other Democrat, but it has a symbolic significance.

After all, if the area where we house most of our degenerates, idiots, and psychopaths allows non-residents to vote (but enough about the DC Mayor’s office), it’s only a matter of time before Leftists make the case more communities should be open to the idea.

Sure, if you want to make Mos Eisley look like an Amish village.

It’s at this point I get to introduce a concept Leftists don’t get yet: a law is only as effective as its ability and/or desire to be enforced. When there’s a vested interest in a law not being enforced, it gets easier to overlook criminals, which makes it a lot easier to break the law with impunity. Just ask Californians. The good ones, not those who complain major companies are leaving California after being looted on the regular. And when no one’s enforcing the law…more people will be tempted to break the law.

Funny how that works, isn’t it?

There is an argument to be made for non-residents being allowed to vote in local and school board elections, but it will require a commitment to enforce the laws on the books. Since that’s not going to happen thanks to Leftists, that argument is a non-starter with me. Not because the Leftists are shitheads, but because it sullies the election process.

And because Leftists are shitheads.

Allowing non-residents to vote for anything more than what new Lays potato chip flavor should be produced is a recipe for disaster and many Donald Trump Truth Social posts about election interference. And the sad part is he’s right, albeit with a lot of exaggeration. When we can’t even verify the people casting votes in an election are eligible under federal law, it makes our elections less secure than a crack rock near Hunter Biden. When you consider the number of votes separating Donald Trump and President Brick Tamland in 2020 in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin, even 15,000 illegally cast votes can make the difference between a winner and a loser.

Or a decent economy and a flaming shitshow of an economy.

Unless you like having to take out a third mortgage to buy a carton of milk, maybe you might want to take non-residents voting a lot more seriously.