How are you going to coerce the voter turnout rate quaker?

Never said I would. You made that up.

do you mean to seriously suggest that voter turnout is due to the fact that we don t have 24/7 voting booths?

I mean that voter turnout would be higher if polling places were open longer. That’s not too hard for you to understand, is it?

How do they vote in these third world countries you refer to? Are those poor people BETTER at voting than OUR poor people?

Uh, they actually vote. It’s a freaking embarrassment that a “big turnout” in our country is 50 percent. Rich people, poor people, middle class people in some countries are way better at voting.

whats your point?

My point is that both parties should want more participation from voters. Why is it that one party seems to think it will do better if it can prevent people from voting?

Please show me some evidence that Republicans believe in taking responsibility for their actions.

As a counter-example, I give you George W. Bush.

And DrDoper, again, you take advantage of early voting, now you are saying others shouldn’t be allowed? I wonder what one word description fits that. Hypoc-something or other.

Glad to see you admit that more people voting = more democrats in office

But pay attention, Pedro! This thread started with Maryland, and in Maryland democrats already win most elections. Still, all us “lefties” want expanded voting opportunity in Maryland. We want more people to be able to vote regardless of who wins.

How are you going to coerce the voter turnout rate quaker?

do you mean to seriously suggest that voter turnout is due to the fact that we don’t have 24/7 voting booths?

How do they vote in these third world countries you refer to? Are those poor people BETTER at voting than OUR poor people?

whats your point?

Awesome.

Hmm, what would the founding fathers think of that?

so it will  mandatory voting

Who said that?

When do we stop  making it easier ? How  easy does it need to be?

What? What happened to your mantra of “responsibility”? Surely those early elections should have been held on Monday. “Responsible” citizens would have found a way to get into town to vote. Why should anyone have to “make it easy” for them?

What made voting easy in 1806 doesn’t necessarily apply today, peed’. Can you guess why?

I will suggest what you lefties think is an endpoint& .

A voter turnout equal to that in third-world countries?

hehe

I will suggest what you lefties think is an endpoint….when the democrats start winning elections. My guess is at that point you’ll all crow in one loud voice “Finally a fair election!”

LOL

The reason we traditionally vote on Tuesdays is to make it easier for poor people to vote!

In the early days of the country, some people–mostly poor, rural folks–lived a day’s travel away from the nearest county seat or other polling place. Many people couldn’t or wouldn’t travel on a Sunday, so Monday was allowed as a travel day for voting on Tuesday.

So you see, Peedro, the practice of making it easier for people to vote is a very, very old tradition in this country.

You don’t believe me? Let me help.

What, so we should make it harder to vote? Would that be more fair? Maybe we could set up an obstacle course in front of the polling place. If Grandma can’t navigate the tires or climb over the cargo netting, too bad, she can’t vote.
Or maybe an alligator pit you have to cross. Or snakes!

My favorite though is the constant refrain of “poor people don’t have time”….

Seems to me, most “poor people” don’t have jobs, so should have plenty of time to get around to voting, if they are interested in it……

The problem with making it “easier” to vote really comes down to this: The further you bend over backwards to make things easier, the more the lefties will screech about the next level of perceived inequity. If you make it a week, why not a month? If you allow absentee ballots for everyone, why not a hand delivered ballot and someone to pick it up….I mean what if you are disabled? It has already begun with the various challenges so far…I mean, you can’t properly punch a hole in a card? WTF…?