I travelled in the era before any airport security was introduced. More than once I got to the airport less than 10 minutes before departure time but still made my flight. I miss those days but some security is now needed.
Who’s Tucket?
the Carlson Tucker “interview”
Putin’s Little Bitch
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I know you think this is funny but have you looked at barriers to voting and how they can impact some races more than others? For example, I was surprised to learn that Native Americans on reservations face hurdles simply for having non-USPS recognized addresses. (There’s more, but that’s an example of something the average person might not know.)
I have zero clue how many illegal migrants attempt illegal voting. I would be interested to see a breakdown of illegal voting (legal non-citizen, illegal non-citizen, felon, voting in non-residence area, multiple registrations, filling on others’ ballots, etc).
tl;dr - is it actually funny or represent something that actually happens?
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Possibly he thinks that, but he put it in a “truths that aren’t funny” thread.
This is the thread for things that aren’t funny, even if a cartoon.
But I will make my semi-annual post that Colorado is a blue state with a voter id law that has bipartisan support. The problem that people have isn’t with voter id, it is with the implementation of it.
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Amend to “show the receipts for this being true.”
Quick google search:
Of note (emphasis mine):
To be clear, there have been cases of noncitizens casting ballots, but they are extremely rare. Those who have looked into these cases say they often involve legal immigrants who mistakenly believe they have the right to vote.
Federal law requires all voter registration forms to advise those signing up that they have to swear under penalty of perjury that they are a U.S. citizen. That has generally worked. Immigrants who aren’t citizens especially don’t want to violate the law because it could jeopardize their ability to remain in the country or become citizens.
The Brennan Center for Justice, a liberal group, surveyed 44 election officials in some of the most populous and immigrant-heavy jurisdictions in the country after 2016, including Arizona, California and Texas. It found only about 30 incidents of a possible noncitizen voting out of 23.5 million votes cast in those places.
From Racial disparities in voter turnout have grown since court ruling, study says : NPR
The gap can be wide: In three elections from 2018 to 2022, 43% of eligible white voters cast their ballots every time, while that figure for Black voters was 27%, 21% for Asian American voters and 19% for Hispanic voters, according to the Pew Research Center.
Interesting that there’s a fear of voting of illegal migrants, a large proportion of whom are Latino, but only a small percentage of Latinos who can legally vote do so.
[red] They must be unAmerican. [/red]
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Stop ruining such a good talking point with you facts!
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My sister-in-law is an immigrant married to an American citizen. She’s had to travel back to her home country in another continent just to renew her visa and she’s still waiting to become an official citizen.
The thought that she’d risk years of work and all that money, not to mention probably her marriage, to add one vote to millions is just laughable.
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Almost correct this time:
“Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.”
Neither my “legal” noncitizen daughter-in-law nor my “nonlegal” son-in-law would ever think of trying to vote as citizens. They avoid trouble.
They’re probably the ones that, I assume, are good people.
So… are you agreeing with Snik then?
My own opinion is that every post-9/11 anirport security change other than banning knives is a joke.
Check for guns and knives, ok. The shoes & the liquid bans are theater as is patting people down.
Reinforcing cockpit doors, adding federal air marshals & flight deck officers, and changing pilots’ procedures if there are terrorists on board are also meaningful changes, but not under the “airport security” umbrella.