Sat Apr 4, 2020, 08:19 PM

I would like to see all national elections put under complete Federal control.

I believe that the races for President/VP and Senators and Reps should all be taken from the hands of the States.

There should be one nation wide voting system for those offices. Mail-in voting would be ideal for this.

The GOP would hate this idea, as larger voter turnout never works for them. That's their problem that they caused.

Let the States handle their own offices.

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I would like to see all national elections put under complete Federal control. (Original post)	Progressive Jones	Apr 2020	OP
I'm still hopping to have mail-invoting in Nov. but after DT did his little tirade on it yesterday,	napi21	Apr 2020	#1
Trump says what he's told to say by his masters.	Progressive Jones	Apr 2020	#3
It would require a Constitutional Amendment.	TwilightZone	Apr 2020	#2
Not gonna happen. The Constitution gives that power to the states.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Apr 2020	#4
With someone as unscrupulous as trDump I am not sure if you would want the federal government to ...	magicarpet	Apr 2020	#5
No thanks...	stillcool	Apr 2020	#6
I wasn't suuggesting that the Fedss get involved, but that each Staate would opt for mail-in voting,	napi21	Apr 2020	#7
With Trump in control? No thanks. NT	enough	Apr 2020	#8
Because they've been doing such a great job	jmg257	Apr 2020	#9
So, you'd put those elections in the hands of the Trump administration?	MineralMan	Apr 2020	#10
This is an absolutely terrible idea.	dawg	Apr 2020	#11

Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 08:23 PM

napi21 (45,761 posts)

1. I'm still hopping to have mail-invoting in Nov. but after DT did his little tirade on it yesterday,

I'm thinking it's going to be a tough struggle to get it to happen. I couldnot believe he said there's a lot of cheating with mail0in voting and he thinks everyone should appear in person with their ID and them proudly cast your vote!

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Response to napi21 (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 08:38 PM

Progressive Jones (6,011 posts)

3. Trump says what he's told to say by his masters.

Trump says what the right wing cabal tells him to say. He's a fucking puppet.
Cut off the hands of those pulling the strings he dangles from.

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 08:37 PM

TwilightZone (21,570 posts)

2. It would require a Constitutional Amendment.

Which in the current political environment (and that of the foreseeable future) has zero chance of happening.

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 08:40 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (105,765 posts)

4. Not gonna happen. The Constitution gives that power to the states.

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 08:45 PM

magicarpet (12,859 posts)

5. With someone as unscrupulous as trDump I am not sure if you would want the federal government to ...

... have total control over election. Look how the EPA was neutered to the benefit of corps and industry.

If trDump had total control over elections American elections would look like Russian "elections." Putin always wins. And those who run against Putin get poisoned, shot, or flying lessons from the fourth floor up minus the parachute

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 09:43 PM

stillcool (32,620 posts)

6. No thanks...

The "Help America Vote Act", was enough for me. I don't want my state government being told how to run our elections by people I have never, and will never vote for.

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Response to stillcool (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 10:00 PM

napi21 (45,761 posts)

7. I wasn't suuggesting that the Fedss get involved, but that each Staate would opt for mail-in voting,

I already received an email from the State of Ga. that all registered voters would be getting an application for an absentee ballot in the mail & that the June primary would be a mail-in ballot only, I'm suggesting all States opt for that for Nov.

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 05:32 AM

enough (12,873 posts)

8. With Trump in control? No thanks. NT

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 05:49 AM

jmg257 (11,996 posts)

9. Because they've been doing such a great job

Controlling everything else?

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 08:58 AM

MineralMan (144,949 posts)

10. So, you'd put those elections in the hands of the Trump administration?

What could go wrong with that, do you think?

Please think longer about your ideas before proposing them, OK?

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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2020, 09:08 AM

dawg (10,481 posts)

11. This is an absolutely terrible idea.

Our patchwork electoral system allows plenty of opportunities for localized fraud and tampering, sometimes in key states or districts. But a federalized system would open the door for system-wide manipulation by a despot, an anti-democratic cabal, or foreign interlopers.

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