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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,153 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:00 PM Nov 2018

Donald Trump's theory on voter fraud sounds like it came straight from this Family Guy clip.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/trump-photo-id-is-needed-to-purchase-cereal-it-isnt.html



2. Voter impersonation is rampant, and often involves disguise. “The Republicans don’t win and that’s because of potentially illegal votes,” Trump asserted. “When people get in line that have absolutely no right to vote and they go around in circles. Sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again.”

It is not clear what role a change of appearance would play. If you wanted to vote under somebody else’s name, you could just go to a different precinct rather than hope your new shirt and hat would fool the workers in the precinct you just used. In any case, numerous studies have found that voter impersonation is virtually nonexistent.

3. Cereal cannot be purchased legally without a valid photo ID. “If you buy a box of cereal — you have a voter ID,” Trump continued. “They try to shame everybody by calling them racist, or calling them something, anything they can think of, when you say you want voter ID. But voter ID is a very important thing.”

There is no requirement to present identification to purchase cereal.




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Donald Trump's theory on voter fraud sounds like it came straight from this Family Guy clip. (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2018 OP
"See? Let people vote without photo ID and pretty soon they're buying cereal without photo ID! struggle4progress Nov 2018 #1
All I've ever needed to buy cereal is cash or an ATM card YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #2

struggle4progress

(118,224 posts)
1. "See? Let people vote without photo ID and pretty soon they're buying cereal without photo ID!
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:05 PM
Nov 2018

I'm sure everybody can see how things go downhill from there!"

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
2. All I've ever needed to buy cereal is cash or an ATM card
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 05:12 PM
Nov 2018

If numb nuts said beer or cigarettes, that would have been true.

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