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Should Florida extend voter registration deadline?

Should Florida extend voter registration deadline?

  • I am a Republican- Yes -Why

    Votes: 1 4.0%

  • I am a Republican- No- Why

    Votes: 2 8.0%

  • I am a Democrat- Yes- Why

    Votes: 11 44.0%

  • I am a Democrat- No- Why

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I am an Independent/Other- Yes- Why

    Votes: 8 32.0%

  • I am an Independent/Other- No- Why

    Votes: 3 12.0%
  • Total voters
    25
Sparky2 said:
I don't quote or reference any politician, good sir.

My suggestion to extend the deadline to the 22nd was my idea, and mine alone.

Why, did some rat bastard steal my idea, and not give me credit for it?
Why I oughta.........
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Because good ideas come from the ground up
 
Sherman123 said:
I'm a Republican voting for Clinton and I say no. I'm very skeptical of people who a month before election day haven't even bothered to register, nor am I particularly sympathetic.
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This just proves my opinion that Republican are just liberals who spend stolen tax money for war instead of giving it to freeloaders.
Libertarians are the only real conservatives. Every one else are liberal posers.
 
Sherman123 said:
I'm a Republican voting for Clinton and I say no. I'm very skeptical of people who a month before election day haven't even bothered to register, nor am I particularly sympathetic.
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As mentioned, circumstances change. The Govt is unable to perform its task of registering voters, so it should be extended.
 
JANFU said:
As mentioned, circumstances change. The Govt is unable to perform its task of registering voters, so it should be extended.
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It isn't going to be. Unless the gov changes his mind.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
No evidence that we the people are allowed to know about.

This subject is TABOO.
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Sounds like something that should be discussed in conspiracy theories.
 
jdog said:
This just proves my opinion that Republican are just liberals who spend stolen tax money for war instead of giving it to freeloaders.
Libertarians are the only real conservatives. Every one else are liberal posers.
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I'm emphatically not a libertarian so this isn't an insult.
 
Cephus said:
If you haven't registered to vote until the last minute, you aren't serious about voting. I just moved and I registered the day I moved. Stupid people are just stupid.
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Just as this stupid post is stupid.
 
haymarket said:
Sounds like something that should be discussed in conspiracy theories.
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Feel free to go look for some good science on this, I doubt you find more than I do. Then you need to ask yourself why is there so little science on fraud in modern voting methods, and to my mind the only good answer is that it is in no ones best interest for this matter to be explored, so no one is willing to fund the science to check.
 
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manise said:
I certainly hope The Donald publicly and forcefully opposes extending the voting deadline for victims of the impending hurricane in Florida. We'll see how Floridians view that decision on Election Day.
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Maybe he will do one of his 3:00 AM stream of tweets where he fat shames anyone that couldnt get registered.
 
It's settled as far as the governor's decision. No! Great decision Mr. Governor.

Rick Scott won’t extend voter registration deadline

“I’m not going to extend it,” Scott told reporters at a Hurricane Matthew briefing in the state’s Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee.

“Everybody has had a lot of time to register,” he said. “On top of that, we’ve got lots of opportunities to vote: Early voting, absentee voting and Election Day. So I don’t intend to make any changes.”
Rick Scott won't extend voter registration deadline - SaintPetersBlog


Now he will have to be prepared for all the hysterics, moaning and groaning and people wondering why he is being so hateful. But all the complaints are going to come from the same group who thinks it's terrible to have to show ID to vote!
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Feel free to go look for some good science on this, I doubt you find more than I do. Then you need to ask yourself why is there so little science on fraud in modern voting methods, and to my mind the only good answer is that it is in no ones best interest for this matter to be explored, so no one is willing to fund the science to check.
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I deal with reality. And reality says voter fraud is far far far more of a just one more in an endless line of right wing dog whistles than it is any real problem.
 
haymarket said:
I deal with reality. And reality says voter fraud is far far far more of a just one more in an endless line of right wing dog whistles than it is any real problem.
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Ok, but it will not be fact till science says it is fact, and I claim that to date science has not studied the matter much at all.

If you think this matter is concluded we can argue about it.

Though I am a bit busy till Sunday.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Your point is irrelavant, anyone who goes to the office and finds it closed should know what to do...... put it in an envelope, write the correct address on it, place a stamp in the right corner, and drop it in a mailbox. Anyone who cant manage that does not need to vote, I am done treating people like invalids unless they have a diagnosis and agree to get the appropriate help.

And if people are not willing to pay for the price of a stamp so that they can vote then for sure ****em, they dont need to vote, we will be better off without them.
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Sounds like a poll tax. ;)
 
Chomsky said:
Judging a voter's perceived *seriousness* has nothing to do with it.

This is about the legally agreed upon voter registration period.

If I move into the affected area today, and the local DMV or County Clerk's office is closed for the week, am I just out-of-luck?

If this was about some insignificant municipal service that could be provided anytime in the future, it would be no biggie. But we're talking about a Constitutional Right here (perhaps one of our most important), and the bar is set extremely high to deny or infringe upon a Constitutional Right (as it should be).
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That would be a rather poor choice. ;)
 
Chomsky said:
That's your personal choice.

And if I chose to register the last day, that's my personal choice. Our personal choices shouldn't have any bearing on the legally agreed-upon registration period. But if those legally agreed upon days are withdrawn by the government, then it would seem the government has a responsibility to make the citizenry whole.
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Exactly, both your posts. The reason why anyone waited, is immaterial.
 
Cephus said:
If you haven't registered to vote until the last minute, you aren't serious about voting.
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In Canada you can register on the day of and vote, that's the way it should be :shrug:

Why the **** not?
 
Jetboogieman said:
In Canada you can register on the day of and vote, that's the way it should be :shrug:

Why the **** not?
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ANSWER:
Many Canadians are heading to the polls in 2015 worried about the potential for the “illegal manipulation” of their votes, and showing as little trust in elections as people in some Latin American countries.

A survey of 26 countries in the Americas found that Canadians’ trust in elections is relatively weak, with only one in five (21 per cent) expressing “strong trust” in elections. An equal proportion (22 per cent) have little or no trust, with 57 per cent in the middle, showing “some” trust.

But the more startling finding is that nearly 70 per cent are concerned that political parties may try to “manipulate the outcome of future elections through illegal activities.”
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Majority of Canadians worried about potential voter fraud, study finds | Ottawa Citizen
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Ok, but it will not be fact till science says it is fact, and I claim that to date science has not studied the matter much at all.

If you think this matter is concluded we can argue about it.

Though I am a bit busy till Sunday.
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If you are not using evidence - what in the world are you using to claim voter fraud?
 
Fla. judge extends voter registration deadline after hurricane | TheHill

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) last Thursday refused to extend the state's voting registration deadline in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

The Florida Democratic Party sued Scott after he refused to extended the Oct. 11 deadline.

The court order issued Monday sets a hearing for Wednesday morning to discuss the possibility of extending it even further.
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Well Wednesday is nor far away. I wager he will extend the deadline.
 
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