MLB Moves All-Star Game to 80% WHITE city with voter ID laws

[volsrock]

Try again. Stop making shit up. I do support that. That's not your claim. You are a liar as well as a scumbag traitor I guess.

So u do support KKK. NRA, National Right to Life handing out free food wrapped in slogans to voters in line

U just said u supported handing out food and water


The Ga law addresses this by not allowing the KKK. NRA, National Right to Life or Planned Parenthood handing out free food and water to voters in line

And u are against that law

 

[Damocles]

The law does not make it illegal to give folks food, it makes it illegal for a campaign or political entity to give them stuff. It is called electioneering and it really is a bad thing. In the past folks would say that is what they were doing when they were twisting folks arms to intimidate them.

Seriously, this is relatively normal to not let campaigns harass folks at the polls.

 

[Concart]

The law does not make it illegal to give folks food, it makes it illegal for a campaign or political entity to give them stuff. It is called electioneering and it really is a bad thing. In the past folks would say that is what they were doing when they were twisting folks arms to intimidate them.

Seriously, this is relatively normal to not let campaigns harass folks at the polls.

Simple thought exercise here. Why would someone need water when they are in line to vote? Answer: Because the line is hours long. Lines are longer when polling places are removed. Polling places have been removed in black communities. You do the math.

 

[volsrock]

Simple thought exercise here. Why would someone need water when they are in line to vote? .

They can have water in GA voting lines, just the KKK. NRA, National Right to Life or Planned Parenthood etc can not be the ones providing it!



Lines are longer when polling places are removed.????

And, the dearth of places to vote was far worse in some big cities. Election administrators in Chicago’s Cook County closed or moved 95 polling places; Los Angeles County closed 88 sites, and Houston’s Harris County eliminated 27. California alone accounts for almost half of national polling location cuts.

 

[Concart]

They can have water in GA voting lines, just the KKK. NRA, National Right to Life or Planned Parenthood etc can not be the ones providing it!

So what? You aren't even trying to pretend you aren't a racist scumbag any more. Congrats.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Let's look at the CO law for identification when it comes to in person voting -
http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2018-title-01.pdf

(19.5) (a) "Identification" meansI) A valid Colorado driver's license, except a license issued under part 5 of article 2oftitle 42, C.R.S.;
(II)A valid identification card issued by the department of revenue in accordance with the requirements of part 3 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.;
(III) A valid United States passport;
(IV) A valid employee identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government or of this state, or by any county, municipality, board, authority, or other political subdivision of this state;
(V) A valid pilot's license issued by the federal aviation administration or other authorized agency of the United States;
(VI) A valid United States military identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector;
(VII) A copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck,or other government document that shows the name and address of the elector;
(VIII) A valid medicare or medicaid card issued by the United States health care financing administration;
(IX) A certified copy of a birth certificate for the elector issued in the United States;
(X) Certified documentation of naturalization;
(XI) A valid student identification card with a photograph of the eligible elector issued by an institution of higher education in Colorado, as defined in section 23-3.1-102 (5), C.R.S.;
(XII) A valid veteran identification card issued by the United States department of veterans affairs veterans health administration with a photograph of the eligible elector; or
(XIII) A valid identification card issued by a federally recognized tribal government certifying tribal membership

Does GA allow the use of all the IDs that CO does for in person voting? If not then GA has stricter laws.

Georgia requires any identification used to have a photo so they are stricter.


Then let's look at the ID requirements for mail in voting in CO -

(I) In the case of an elector who has been issued a current and valid Colorado driver's license or a current and valid identification card issued by the department of revenue in accordance with part 3 of article 2 of title 42,C.R.S., the number of the elector's Colorado driver's license or identification card; or
(II)In the case of an elector who has not been issued a current and valid Colorado driver's license or a current and valid identification card issued by the department of revenue in accordance with part 3 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S., the last four digits of the person's social security number.
(a.5) If an applicant has not been issued a current and valid Colorado driver's license, has not been issued a current and valid identification card by the department of revenue in accordance with part 3 of article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.,and does not have a social security number,Page 64 of 488Colorado Revised Statutes 2018Uncertified Printout
the secretary of state shall assign the applicant a number for voter registration purposes in accordance with section 1-2-204 (2.5)

Does Georgia allow to just give the number of the DL or the last 4 digits of SS? If not than GA has stricter laws.
Georgie requires that the voter include a photocopy of their identification so they are stricter.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Cool u support the Proud Boys, KKK. NRA, National Right to Life handing out free food wrapped in slogans to voters in line

Maybe Colt and Winchester can hand out food wrapped in guns and ammo coupons

When you include a slogan, then it violates the law about handing out literature. Food doesn't need slogans nor does food have to be political.

A gun and ammo coupon would violate the law that prevents voters in line from being gifts.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

The law does not make it illegal to give folks food, it makes it illegal for a campaign or political entity to give them stuff. It is called electioneering and it really is a bad thing. In the past folks would say that is what they were doing when they were twisting folks arms to intimidate them.

Seriously, this is relatively normal to not let campaigns harass folks at the polls.

In GA, the law makes it illegal to give folks food or water even if it has nothing to do with a campaign. A neighbor near the polling place can't provide water to people they see in line who are fainting from the heat without violating the law.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Should the NRA or a Pro Life group be handing out free food and water to voters in line?

As long as they are doing it in a non partisan fashion, then I have no problem with it. If they are promoting a candidate or an issue on the ballot then it would be illegal electioneering.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Colateral damage clearly the fault of racist Georgia Republicans.

Stacey Abrams is actually a racist republican???????

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

Fact: Voter ID Laws Are Found In More Than Half Of U.S. States

Residents can receive a free ID Card from the state at any county registrar’s office with proper proof of residency and other documentation.

Out of Georgia’s near 11 million population, approximately 200,000 Georgian’s lack a drivers license or state identification card, according to CNN. That is less than 2% of the state’s population. AJC reports 97% of registered Georgia voters have an official driver’s license or state ID.

For the some 200,000 residents who don’t have identification, Georgia residents can receive a free Georgia ID card which has no age restriction.

And you have run away from your initial argument that voting laws in Colorado are more restrictive than the ones in GA. Why should we believe anything you say at this point as you have been caught in so many lies?

Just so you know, in an election where the vote difference was less than 10,000 preventing 200,000 people from voting could clearly make a difference in the outcome.

 

[Damocles]

In GA, the law makes it illegal to give folks food or water even if it has nothing to do with a campaign. A neighbor near the polling place can't provide water to people they see in line who are fainting from the heat without violating the law.

It does not. That is simply not true.

Holmes replied: "No, I'm not. What I'm suggesting is wrong is to suggest that the law does that." He later said, "It very specifically says that it can't be provided by political entities seeking to one way or another influence an outcome of a vote."

It is electioneering that is illegal within a certain distance of the polls, and this is very normal. I'd bet that you have a similar law that makes it so that political entities seeking to change the outcome of votes cannot electioneer within a certain distance of the polls.

this is what the law says:

"(a) No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any

person distribute or display any campaign material, nor shall any person give, offer to give,

or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and

drink, to an elector, nor shall any person solicit signatures for any petition, nor shall any

person, other than election officials discharging their duties, establish or set up any tables

or booths on any day in which ballots are being cast

(1) Within 150 feet of the outer edge of any building within which a polling place is

The bold is the important bit... You should read the law and not just listen to your favorite leftist pundit.

So, if you are in line 151 feet from the polling place even the electioneers can give you water. If you are within that 150 feet they cannot, but your family member can so long as they don't work for a campaign.

 

[volsrock]

fainting from the heat

it was 66 in Atlanta on Nov 3rd

 

[Concart]

When you include a slogan, then it violates the law about handing out literature. Food doesn't need slogans nor does food have to be political.

A gun and ammo coupon would violate the law that prevents voters in line from being gifts.

Yep, it's a classic strawman.

 

[archives]

According to a report, Major League Baseball (MLB) is expected to announce that they have decided to relocate the All-Star Game from Atlanta, Georgia, to Denver, Colorado.

A person familiar with the situation revealed the decision to the Associated Press Monday night.

MLB removed the All-Star Game from Atlanta after Georgia passed a series of voter reforms aimed at safeguarding the integrity of their elections. MLB and other corporations claimed that the new law acted as a “voter suppression” measure by shortening early voting periods and requiring ID.

Putting the falseness of those claims aside, for a moment, one would think that if MLB were so appalled by those measures, they would move their All-Star game to a place that fewer voting restrictions, not more.

However, that is not the case.

Not only does the state of Colorado require proof of identification when casting a ballot to vote, but it also has fewer early voting days than Georgia.

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/20...voter-id-and-fewer-early-voting-days-than-ga/

Colorado Has Voter ID, Fewer Early Voting Days than GA

Majority Black Atlanta Estimated to Lose Over $100 Million

Majority white Denver Estimated to Gain Over $100 Million

But Colorado elections are overseen by an elected Secretary of State, not controlled locally by appointed party partisans, small revision in the Georgia election reforms the right seems to overlook

 

[LV426]

I've said it before and I'll re-state it here for clarity:

I absolutely do not agree with this action by MLB.

It is counterproductive and only harms the people who oppose the dumb vote suppression law.

If you wanted to boycott anything over this, boycott the state of West Virginia until Joe Manchin joins the other 49 Senate Democrats and supports HR1, HR 4, and HR 51.

Both of GA's Senators support those voting rights bills...it's Manchin who doesn't.

So the boycotts and pressure should be put on him and his state, not the people of Atlanta who voted to elect two Democrats to the Senate.

What MLB should have done was turn All Star Weekend in Atlanta into a massive Voter Registration Drive and Voter Rights Event. Blanket the whole area with voter registrations, free cups of water and food, and really reach out to all the voting rights organizations in the state to sponsor all of it. That would have been the correct response to the GOP here. Had MLB leaned into it, the GOP would have had nothing to make hay about, and a few thousand more Democrats could have been registered to vote. MLB could have had Stacey Abrams throw out the first pitch!

 

[archives]

It does not. That is simply not true.

Holmes replied: "No, I'm not. What I'm suggesting is wrong is to suggest that the law does that." He later said, "It very specifically says that it can't be provided by political entities seeking to one way or another influence an outcome of a vote."

It is electioneering that is illegal within a certain distance of the polls, and this is very normal. I'd bet that you have a similar law that makes it so that political entities seeking to change the outcome of votes cannot electioneer within a certain distance of the polls.

this is what the law says:

"(a) No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any

person distribute or display any campaign material, nor shall any person give, offer to give,

or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and

drink, to an elector, nor shall any person solicit signatures for any petition, nor shall any

person, other than election officials discharging their duties, establish or set up any tables

or booths on any day in which ballots are being cast

(1) Within 150 feet of the outer edge of any building within which a polling place is

The bold is the important bit... You should read the law and not just listen to your favorite leftist pundit.

So, if you are in line 151 feet from the polling place even the electioneers can give you water. If you are within that 150 feet they cannot, but your family member can so long as they don't work for a campaign.

Nearly every State has distance markers, however, they are aimed at direct political interference, a local church group or nonpartisan entity handing out water on a hot day to people waiting hours to vote doesn’t automatically mean political interference.

And, ever see the lines that are common in certain districts on election days in Georgia, and we all know where those certain districts are largely located

 

[LV426]

So, if you are in line 151 feet from the polling place even the electioneers can give you water. If you are within that 150 feet they cannot, but your family member can so long as they don't work for a campaign.

So, how is someone giving water to someone else 149 feet from the polling place electioneering, but giving them water 151 feet from the polling place isn't?

Seems wholly arbitrary.

It makes no sense.

It's not supported by anything.

 

[TOP]

DUMB move, MLB.... even worse, the support from Biden for it....who wouldn't be in the position he's in now without Georgia...and more than likely everyone losing $$ with the move....
Unreal, but not unexpected....

 

[archives]

DUMB move, MLB.... even worse, the support from Biden for it....who wouldn't be in the position he's in now without Georgia...and more than likely everyone losing $$ with the move....
Unreal, but not unexpected....

Do you think Biden or the Democrats are going to now lose those votes to the party that passed the “reforms” that created the issue?