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Days Of Future Passed

Minnesota, 2024: The DFL says 46 days of early voting and “no excuses needed” mail in voting doesn’t make voting (for the DFL) easy enough; demands more:

Given that young adults are least likely to own a car, and many 18- and 19-year-olds do not even have a driver’s license, it can be very difficult for them to reach early voting and Election Day voting sites,” Pursell said as she explained the parameters of the legislation, which is being backed by Secretary of State Steve Simon.

The House Elections Committee voted to place the bill on the general register on a party-line voice vote. The bill has no companion in the Senate. No Republicans in the hearing expressed support for the bill, which one member said amounts to a fiscally irresponsible “unfunded mandate” for counties.

Minnesota, 2030: The Minnesota DFL, claiming early voting and polls that come to you if you’re a prog kid at Gustavus is still not easy enough, proposes to simply enter votes for all newborns for the rest of their lives, on birth (or when they would have been born, if the mother “reproductive freedomed” the baby).

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7 responses to “Days Of Future Passed”

  1. John "Bigman" Jones Avatar
    John “Bigman” Jones

    Babies will be registered at birth to automatically vote Democrat but you can opt out when you reach age 25.

    Simply report to the nearest law enforcement detention center for processing as a “domestic terrorist.”

  2. John "Bigman" Jones Avatar
    John “Bigman” Jones

    The logic behind the legislation is sound, but this bill doesn’t go far enough.

    It’s fundamental that people who will live under the laws should have a voice in making the laws. That’s ordinary democracy. It’d be cumbersome to have everyone vote on everything so we elect representatives to vote for us. That’s representative democracy, the American system.

    Adult Minnesota residents will live under the laws made by the legislature, so they should get to pick the legislators who will make those laws. Makes sense. But what about minors? They live under the law. Why don’t they get a voice? What about convicted felons like the ones who elected Al Franken? What about illegal immigrants who just arrived claiming asylum? They live here, they live under the laws, why don’t they get a voice?

    For that matter, why does it matter where people live? Grandma lives in Florida eight months of the year but spends summers at the cabin Up North. She has an interest in the laws governing cabin use, nearby mining operations, lake conservation, property tax rates. Why shouldn’t her voice be heard?

    And not just in the US, people living elsewhere are affected by American policies.
    Young Pedro may have come across the border claiming asylum, but his extended family in Guatemala depends on the money he sends home from his roofing job. They have a concern about the laws which affect their financial well-being. Why should they be forced to make a long and dangerous trek to have a voice, why can’t their voices be heard by absentee ballot? Or avoid the mailing delay and have Pedro cast their ballots by proxy. Or better still, have a native English speaker cast the proxy ballots, perhaps an intern with the DFL, who can then bundle up bags of harvested ballots to dump off at the ballot drop box. But only until we get rid of paper ballots (to save the planet) and go all-electric with voting machines. Then we only need one programmer to determine the outcome of the election and everyone else can get on with their lives secure in the knowledge that their best interests are being looked after.

    This legislation is a good start on eliminating the bother of exercising ones rights as a citizen but there’s still a long way to go.

  3. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    John, I believe what you’re talking about with having dependants in other countries vote is called “Stake Holder Democracy.” But don’t forget that the people that rely on things like foreign aide also have a stake in things, so we need to allow the residents of Hamasistan vote.
    Do I even need to go on about foreign policy and letting the Ukrainians and Russians vote?

  4. John "Bigman" Jones Avatar
    John “Bigman” Jones

    Closer to home, Smith, how many people live across the river in Wisconsin but commute to work in Minnesota? Shouldn’t they have a say in whether the Minnesota governor arbitrarily locks down their place of employment over the flu, while Wisconsin businesses remain wide open?

    How many Trump employees living in New Jersey will be affected by New York Judge Engoron’s decision to shut down the Trump businesses? He’s an elected judge – think the soon-to-be-laid-off employees would like to vote on his re-election?

    We won’t let people affected by political decisions vote on the politicians even if they want to, but we’re worried about hand-holding people who don’t care enough to bother to vote when they’re entitled to? Something is wrong with that picture.

  5. John "Bigman" Jones Avatar
    John “Bigman” Jones

    Speaking of Russians and Ukraine, did you see Tucker in the grocery store? He’s impressed with the carts. Never been to Aldi, buddy?

    Tucker’s gotten a lot of heat from the Right for being naive. Russian stores are full and prices are 25% of American prices. Yes, but Russians make 20% of Americans, you idiot. Quit being such a Duranty, visiting a Potempkin Village and proclaiming the Russian way is better.

    Except that wasn’t his point. His point was we were PROMISED economic sanctions on Russia would impoverish the Russian people to the point they would rise up and demand Putin withdraw from Ukraine. But the stores are full, the shoppers are healthy, nobody is rioting for regime change. What went wrong? Why didn’t the promised result obtain?

    Reminds me of Covid. Two weeks to flatten the curve. Okay, two months. Two years? Hey we have a vaccine. Well, not really, more of a virtue signal, won’t stop you from getting Covid, won’t stop you from spreading Covid, but it’s absolutely essential you get your fifth booster right away.

    Could it be that all the promises Democrats make are . . . lies?

    And shouldn’t somebody with a microphone and an audience investigate and report on those lies?

  6. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy…”
    Alexander Fraser Tytler

    We’re currently in that collapse through the effects of “Stakeholder [fill in the noun here].”

  7. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    I still think that it was very telling that Putin preferred Pedo Pete as POTUS, because “he’s predictable”. I read in that, a weak push over. A message has clearly been sent to Vlad; if there is a DemoCommie president, he can do what he wants.

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