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walker | 1 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +26 
 If you’re against voter ID you don’t get to claim that people need to vote for your party’s candidate to “save democracy.”

Anyway, hope everyone is having a nice Saturday.
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willheim | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Was just talking about this with the rest of my dual citizen family.  We're Canadian & American.  We vote in both.  We have experience with both.  It is astounding how weird the US elections are handled.  In Canada ALL elections are run by Elections Canada, an independent organization. From municipal right up to federal it's all the same. 1 day, with some early voting days. Paper ballots. Pencil markings. ID required. You can register onsite on day with proof and another party that will acknowledge your right and sign for it. Never waited more than 15mins to vote. Easy peasy.  Results that night. The US needs to get their shit together.
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markonite | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 you are bigot and a cad sir
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2aperks | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Tip toe around a little more; don’t want to hurt feelings!
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AZhodl | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There should not even be a conversation about this.
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Hawk | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 To vote at all is simply to endorse the system. And never forget that the president represents the government and not the people.
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Michael | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Elections mean nothing in a kleptocratic it’s just wasting time and giving the enemy the time to consolidate more its position. What needs to happen is the parallel economy but we must remove the power system as well or it’ll come after us as we’re witnessing right now.