tuesday spent
$50 antiques
$30 gas
$30 jungle jim
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Why republicans should oppose voter ID.
1 After WWII, the Republican party under Eisenhower proposed what is now the 24th Amendment, so that troops returning to the South could vote with less interference from racist Democrats. The amendment prohibits charging a fee for voting.
Wisconsin's supreme court recently upheld voter ID, but required that the state stop charging for documents like a birth certificate, in order to avoid being an unconstitutional tax on voting.
Other states that still charge for such documents, such as Indiana, are acting unconstitutionally, if the Wisconsin court was right.
2 Voter ID has costs millions, funds that could have gone into detecting and prosecuting voter fraud with traditional law enforcement techniques, such as rewards, informants, search warrants, and more staff. So far voter ID has not detected any cases of voter fraud resulting in prosecution.
3 The millions spent on voter ID sends a message to voters that the Republican party is a wasteful tax and spend party, just like the Democrats.
4 When the GOP supports useless red tape in elections, it loses its credibility to fight other red tape.
5 When voter ID first surfaced in 2004, the Missouri Supreme Court found, correctly, that it interfered with the right to free and open elections under the state constitution. When GOP politicians fail to do their duty to uphold the constitution, they lose credibility with voters.
6 When the GOP tries to game to system to deter Democrats from voting, this is widely understood as corruption. At one time, the Republican party stood for good government, in opposition to corrupt Democratic machines. Voter ID tarnishes this legacy.
7 Voter ID is one small step to requiring citizens to carry papers at all times, as if this were South Africa or East Germany. The GOP should oppose rather than support such creeping authoritarianism.
8. In Kansas, ID's are being scanned by computer. The computer then decides who gets to vote and who doesn't. This has the potential to be abused. Voter ID isn't about the picture on the front, it''s about the magnetic strip on the back. This hasn't come to your state yet, but it will if we don't fight.
9 Voter ID has more impact on blacks, who are less likely to have driver's licenses or passports. This lets Democrats paint the GOP as racist. This perception loses votes among moderates.
10. The excuse used for voter ID is to prevent fraud, but voter ID results in far more voter fraud than it prevents. When a person votes twice, that is voter fraud, but when a person's one vote isn't counted, that is also voter fraud. In the old days, corrupt politicians could arrange to steal ballot boxes from certain precincts. Using voter ID as an excuse, 1000s of legitimate votes have gone uncounted.
So voter ID cannot be justified as an anti-fraud measure - it just doesn't work for that purpose.
To summarize, voter ID is unconstitutional, takes money away from real anti-fraud measures, undercuts the party's former reputation as fiscally responsible, is unneeded red tape and beaurocracy,
interferes with free elections, is corruption, is creeping authoritarianism, lets computers interfere with voting, leaves an impression that the GOP is racist, thus driving away moderate independents, and creates more fraud than it prevents.
In 2005, Indiana passed voter ID. Since 2006, I haven't been able to vote. Usually they let me cast a provisional ballot but then don't count it. When I ran as the GOP candidate for the legislature where I live, I was unable to vote for myself. I've lost a couple of lawsuits trying to get my vote counted, and have submitted a couple of amicus briefs letting the courts know why voter ID is unlawful, but so far no relief from the courts, yet. Voter ID is a problem the GOP created and the GOP can fix. Failing to do so will lose more votes of moderate reasonable independents, than it will gain by preventing poor black democrats from voting.
This fall, I'll once again refuse to show voter ID, and once again they will refuse to count my vote.
What I'm doing differently this year is asking my friends to join me. If enough of us refuse to participate in this unconstitutional scheme, it will help the courts to see that this denial of the right to vote cannot stand.
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to do: distribute this as a proposed op/ed to indiana newspapers.
1 After WWII, the Republican party under Eisenhower proposed what is now the 24th Amendment, so that troops returning to the South could vote with less interference from racist Democrats. The amendment prohibits charging a fee for voting.
Wisconsin's supreme court recently upheld voter ID, but required that the state stop charging for documents like a birth certificate, in order to avoid being an unconstitutional tax on voting.
Other states that still charge for such documents, such as Indiana, are acting unconstitutionally, if the Wisconsin court was right.
2 Voter ID has costs millions, funds that could have gone into detecting and prosecuting voter fraud with traditional law enforcement techniques, such as rewards, informants, search warrants, and more staff. So far voter ID has not detected any cases of voter fraud resulting in prosecution.
3 The millions spent on voter ID sends a message to voters that the Republican party is a wasteful tax and spend party, just like the Democrats.
4 When the GOP supports useless red tape in elections, it loses its credibility to fight other red tape.
5 When voter ID first surfaced in 2004, the Missouri Supreme Court found, correctly, that it interfered with the right to free and open elections under the state constitution. When GOP politicians fail to do their duty to uphold the constitution, they lose credibility with voters.
6 When the GOP tries to game to system to deter Democrats from voting, this is widely understood as corruption. At one time, the Republican party stood for good government, in opposition to corrupt Democratic machines. Voter ID tarnishes this legacy.
7 Voter ID is one small step to requiring citizens to carry papers at all times, as if this were South Africa or East Germany. The GOP should oppose rather than support such creeping authoritarianism.
8. In Kansas, ID's are being scanned by computer. The computer then decides who gets to vote and who doesn't. This has the potential to be abused. Voter ID isn't about the picture on the front, it''s about the magnetic strip on the back. This hasn't come to your state yet, but it will if we don't fight.
9 Voter ID has more impact on blacks, who are less likely to have driver's licenses or passports. This lets Democrats paint the GOP as racist. This perception loses votes among moderates.
10. The excuse used for voter ID is to prevent fraud, but voter ID results in far more voter fraud than it prevents. When a person votes twice, that is voter fraud, but when a person's one vote isn't counted, that is also voter fraud. In the old days, corrupt politicians could arrange to steal ballot boxes from certain precincts. Using voter ID as an excuse, 1000s of legitimate votes have gone uncounted.
So voter ID cannot be justified as an anti-fraud measure - it just doesn't work for that purpose.
To summarize, voter ID is unconstitutional, takes money away from real anti-fraud measures, undercuts the party's former reputation as fiscally responsible, is unneeded red tape and beaurocracy,
interferes with free elections, is corruption, is creeping authoritarianism, lets computers interfere with voting, leaves an impression that the GOP is racist, thus driving away moderate independents, and creates more fraud than it prevents.
In 2005, Indiana passed voter ID. Since 2006, I haven't been able to vote. Usually they let me cast a provisional ballot but then don't count it. When I ran as the GOP candidate for the legislature where I live, I was unable to vote for myself. I've lost a couple of lawsuits trying to get my vote counted, and have submitted a couple of amicus briefs letting the courts know why voter ID is unlawful, but so far no relief from the courts, yet. Voter ID is a problem the GOP created and the GOP can fix. Failing to do so will lose more votes of moderate reasonable independents, than it will gain by preventing poor black democrats from voting.
This fall, I'll once again refuse to show voter ID, and once again they will refuse to count my vote.
What I'm doing differently this year is asking my friends to join me. If enough of us refuse to participate in this unconstitutional scheme, it will help the courts to see that this denial of the right to vote cannot stand.
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to do: distribute this as a proposed op/ed to indiana newspapers.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
saturday:
check w hotel
check w guy in room across
laundromat.
fnb
friday spent
$80 antiques
$230 laptop
$50,60 hotel
withdrew $200 walking around money
$15 more antiques (books, a dish)
$30 gas
$10 coffee and grits.
submit resume and cover letter for LP asst general counsel position.
go thru paperwork in suitcase
make better to do list
make comic
friday:
x best buy buy charger
rent a room maybe at madisonville
or bunkhouse.
i screwed up by not getting a couchsurf.
so look for one.
saturday:
jungle jims.
x is there a cincy fnb?
Please call us at 513-348-6020
cincyfoodnotbombs@gmail.com
$85- $340 Month
Available today!!
Private Entrance
Rent by the week or month
Utilities & Cable tv included (bring your tv)
Quiet residential area/ On Busline
Coin laundry
Full size refrigerator in your private separately key locked room
Fully furnished with single size bed.
Share full Kitchen & Full Bath with 2 people in your suite
Monday thru Saturday 8:30-6
513-851-0617
check w hotel
check w guy in room across
laundromat.
fnb
friday spent
$80 antiques
$230 laptop
$50,60 hotel
withdrew $200 walking around money
$15 more antiques (books, a dish)
$30 gas
$10 coffee and grits.
submit resume and cover letter for LP asst general counsel position.
go thru paperwork in suitcase
make better to do list
make comic
friday:
x best buy buy charger
rent a room maybe at madisonville
or bunkhouse.
i screwed up by not getting a couchsurf.
so look for one.
saturday:
jungle jims.
x is there a cincy fnb?
Please call us at 513-348-6020
cincyfoodnotbombs@gmail.com
$85 $85 clean warm room on busline (Madisonville)
available jun 05
laundry in bldg
private room private bath
laundry in bldg
private room private bath
Available today!!
Private Entrance
Rent by the week or month
Utilities & Cable tv included (bring your tv)
Quiet residential area/ On Busline
Coin laundry
Full size refrigerator in your private separately key locked room
Fully furnished with single size bed.
Share full Kitchen & Full Bath with 2 people in your suite
Monday thru Saturday 8:30-6
513-851-0617
- do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
wednesday: fix tire. pack for abbvie.
clean room. make better list.
read yesterday's mail. then mail?
so, coffee, bath, 20 minutes sorting room.
plan for tuesday
x 4. po box.
x 2nd helpings. trader joes.
x/2 1. scrap yard. fix tire.
x 2.check 4015 for rent.
go by talbott.
paperwork for greg
paperwork for joe.
make better list.
make list of open cases. start to expand.
make a comic.
x 3. laundry?
clean room.
state income tax issue.
fumigate hallway somehow
did: called abbvie.
got coffee
paid box rent $31 gas $25 angelos $11
to do: maintenance w jeremy
cord to fan
cord to heater
cleanout valve in basement
some 4th thing.
chores: check back porch. move shelves.
insurance w sam.
check basement to put stuff away.
x cans!
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Monday, September 08, 2014
monday
x read mail
clean room
scrap yard
x/2 clean cars
x bellflower
x look at houses 10:30 xander
paperwork:
for greg
for joe
x vacuum
check chore wheel clean fridge. get ice ready for sat. serve.
x make menu.
make better list
make a comic
notice of tort claim iupui
x call .. which study place oh yeah pharma medica
found out i dont have herpes type 2 $40. call next week for more results. no herpes 1 data.
did friday: called 2 clinics. no news yet.
blogged a little.
mowed a lawn.
went to the sale.
fixed my homestead exemption.
put money back in credit union $8500ish balance.
saturday:
made coffee tea eggs fruit plate bread plate rice washed dishes
hvent done much of anything else yet. want to check dove house. see if if greg has rent.
need to prepare papework for greg. met a guy mark smith who might rent a room, he's in a shelter now. could give him my room/jakes room.
menu:
coffee
tea
drink?
bread apples melons. tempura? bananas. french toast? crepes?
rice?
did: called mom.
got phone for kevin
checked for studies
to do:
state taxes
property taxes
irs
x read mail
clean room
scrap yard
x/2 clean cars
x bellflower
x look at houses 10:30 xander
paperwork:
for greg
for joe
x vacuum
check chore wheel clean fridge. get ice ready for sat. serve.
x make menu.
make better list
make a comic
notice of tort claim iupui
x call .. which study place oh yeah pharma medica
found out i dont have herpes type 2 $40. call next week for more results. no herpes 1 data.
did friday: called 2 clinics. no news yet.
blogged a little.
mowed a lawn.
went to the sale.
fixed my homestead exemption.
put money back in credit union $8500ish balance.
saturday:
made coffee tea eggs fruit plate bread plate rice washed dishes
hvent done much of anything else yet. want to check dove house. see if if greg has rent.
need to prepare papework for greg. met a guy mark smith who might rent a room, he's in a shelter now. could give him my room/jakes room.
menu:
coffee
tea
drink?
bread apples melons. tempura? bananas. french toast? crepes?
rice?
did: called mom.
got phone for kevin
checked for studies
to do:
state taxes
property taxes
irs
Sunday, September 07, 2014
notes house meeting 6:30 sun day 9/7/10
agenda
vibes
i got my laundry done and brought back and sorted
i told everybody how i was doing,and everybody else is checking in.
i have a fire going and did the compost (yard waste and ashes) fire went out
agenda
wok party schedule
manager updates
finances
$600 rent paid
$140 not paid yet.
$ electric paid yet.
$ 235 modem.
chore wheel
i mentioned cutting grass and burying compost
we have a new chore board
we had moonshine.
police response policy ? helen
warming party october 11th
insurance jim
next steps
mushrooms seminar
adjourned 8:02.
agenda
vibes
i got my laundry done and brought back and sorted
i told everybody how i was doing,and everybody else is checking in.
i have a fire going and did the compost (yard waste and ashes) fire went out
agenda
wok party schedule
manager updates
finances
$600 rent paid
$140 not paid yet.
$ electric paid yet.
$ 235 modem.
chore wheel
i mentioned cutting grass and burying compost
we have a new chore board
we had moonshine.
police response policy ? helen
warming party october 11th
insurance jim
next steps
mushrooms seminar
adjourned 8:02.
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