I have seen absolutely zero evidence that this is an actual issue. But if you are concerned about a specific person, you can try to get a court to declare them unfit to vote. You don't disenfranchise whole groups of people because there may be individuals who could be deemed ineligible. That's obvious. Also it's crackerjacks bonkers for Rs of all people to challenge old people's right to vote, since where do they think their votes are coming from? |
I worked at a nursing home and this was a common occurrence. People would take elderly family members with them to vote that did not remember their kids names. |
Vulnerable people have more at stake in elections than anyone else, that’s why privileged a-holes always want to disenfranchise them. |
Then they will write in Nixon or McCarthy or something. Either way, they have a right to vote. |
Generally good news. I realize Larry Hogan is generally very popular in MD, but I think he has big problems ahead. Die hard MAGA won't support him if he's not lockstep with Trump and anti-choice, and I think by November women are going to be very fired up to vote pro-choice. If we were in a normal timeline he'd probably be a lock. |
I disagree, pp ^^. I think die-hard MAGA will support Hogan because they want a GOP-controlled Senate. But the abortion issue overall is bad news for the GOP, including Hogan. |
This may be your subjective opinion based on ?????, but to make such statements, you usually need facts. Here's a fact from MY experience: I know three people in their 90s who walked to the polls and voted in the last election. In your world, they wouldn't be allowed to vote simply because of their age. So, please, prove that older, demented people voting "is becoming a bigger problem." Use facts, please. |
Yeah, right. Aren't you still in high school? |
I can understand senators/families not living in the states they represent, at least from a logistical standpoint. If the work is in DC, it makes sense to live in/near DC. Which is a whole different thing from being REGISTERED TO VOTE in a whole different state than the one you (hope to) represent. |
Hawley's case is a very typical issue for Senators and Congressmen who spend the majority of their time in the Washington DC metro area due to their work in Congress. There are many who have homes in MD/DC/VA and also one at home which they rarely use. But if you are requiring them to spend the 181 days in the house that the government requires for establishing the home as their primary resident, then you will make Congress even more dysfunctional and less productive than they already are. They are already one of the least productive Congresses ever, and you'll make it worse. And like immediate PP said, having two homes one at home and one local to DC, is very different from being registered to vote in a jurisdiction other than the one you represent. |
Most people with dementia are not easy to take places, much less take somewhere with lines to vote, filling out anything. I call bullshit. |
I worked at the same nursing home as you and that never happened. |