Time-U-1 t1_is2kz9s wrote
Reply to comment by Dr_Worm88 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Supreme Court just undid a key ruling for counting undated Pennsylvania mail ballots by oldschoolskater
Really? It’s patriotic to throw out a ballot that has been received before Election Day because it’s not dated?
Dr_Worm88 t1_is2lzdi wrote
That’s not the stance anyone is taking. The ruling was correct. If you want to make changes you have to do so through the proper avenues.
Time-U-1 t1_is2w74c wrote
Uhm. That’s EXACTLY the stance. The ruling is unAmerican.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is2wznw wrote
How exactly?
Explain in detail how this is wrong.
Time-U-1 t1_is30bwg wrote
The Republicans want to throw out mailed ballots even though they were received prior to Election Day for a reason that does not have anything to do with ballot integrity. And that is unAmerican. Its a desperate attempt to silence fellow Americans and take away their right to vote. A right that was fought for and our beloved died for. But Republicans want to piss on it.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is30iwk wrote
Cool speech but that isn’t what was ruled on…
Time-U-1 t1_is33ytc wrote
Yeah it was.
“Republicans have sought to throw out undated mail ballots that arrive on time but without a handwritten date on their outer envelopes as required by state law.”
Dr_Worm88 t1_is34184 wrote
>as required by state law
Time-U-1 t1_is3cmo0 wrote
Right. A law with no purpose but to disenfranchise fellow Americans was passed by our Republican general assembly. Republicans want to nullify the votes of citizens for no other purpose (not to strengthen the integrity of the vote, not to deter fraud, etc) than to disenfranchise those who vote via mail. And that is unAmerican.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is3dc2k wrote
Okay.
So address the issue the right way.
Time-U-1 t1_is3e7xn wrote
What do you mean?
Dr_Worm88 t1_is3h856 wrote
Follow the legislative process to changing a law. The crux of the issue at hand. The process was against standing laws. Change the law through the appropriate governing body and it can’t be challenged.
Time-U-1 t1_is3ia0h wrote
But the persons with the power to change the law (Republicans are in majority in the general assembly) are more interested in seeing it enforced than changed!
I plan to vote straight Democrat to get laws like this one corrected.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is3lp6y wrote
But that is how our government functions.
Time-U-1 t1_is3m8ni wrote
Republicans appealed the ruling to the US Supreme Court. They didn’t have to do that. They chose to enforce an unfair law.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is3mxg2 wrote
They chose to enforce laws as they are written. This isn’t how you correct an unjust law.
Time-U-1 t1_is3pci1 wrote
They chose to enforce an unjust law instead of change it. Period.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is3pkht wrote
Correct. But they aren’t under any obligation by their constituents to do so. You can’t just change laws without following the proper procedures.
It creates a very dangerous precedence.
Time-U-1 t1_is3skpa wrote
So if their constituents were of a higher integrity, and demanded the change on moral grounds (since no one is arguing that the law is rooted in any basis of common good), Republicans would then (and only then)have reason to change the unjust law?
Dr_Worm88 t1_is3xlhv wrote
I’m saying if you piss of your constituents you face losing re-election. That’s what drives most politicians.
Arguably a conservative going against this risks upsetting their base and losing votes.
Not sure why this seems weird it’s the root of politics.
Time-U-1 t1_is40wbn wrote
I understand what you are saying. I just find it sad that common decency isn’t a value amongst Republicans. You would know better than I.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is40y8c wrote
Why would I know better than you?
Time-U-1 t1_is41dbs wrote
Since you are a constituent of these Republican lawmakers.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is41jn5 wrote
Damn. Here I thought we had made real progress in your ability to not make baseless assumptions.
You know nothing of me or how I vote.
Time-U-1 t1_is58mzn wrote
Cool. Cool.
So you are planning to vote against all Republicans members of the general assembly?
Dr_Worm88 t1_is5903n wrote
Already voted. I also don’t party vote or vote against a candidate. I evaluate each one and determine how they would best represent me and vote accordingly.
Time-U-1 t1_is5znzk wrote
You are hilarious. I will continue to assume that you are voting for Republicans in our general assembly even though you know that they are acting unjustly, and unpatriotically. How sad.
But go ahead and clutch your pearls about my making assumptions.
Dr_Worm88 t1_is69oo1 wrote
Conclude all you want. You have nothing to support it and it matters not to me. The best part is you are just running on emotions at this point and no logic, not a good look.
I already voted so now it’s just time to wait and see how things go.
Time-U-1 t1_is6fr76 wrote
One question. Why would you trust the Republicans to improve our economy when it’s in their interest to trash it while Biden is in office?
Dr_Worm88 t1_is6g803 wrote
It doesn’t take trust. Just look historically. They bungle the economy pretty much every time they are in power.
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