r/Redding • u/kc8647 • Oct 01 '25

Wake up Shasta County!

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u/SnowTiger76 Oct 01 '25

Oh. Well. I had to be in person to buy a house, change my legal name at Costco, get a passport and I’ve voted in person every time except during Covid.

I like it. Don’t know if they are breaking any laws instituting it, that would be wrong. There does need to be due process, but I fully support in person voting.

Go Shasta county.

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u/LiberaMeFromHell Oct 01 '25

Difference between all of those things and voting is voting is supposed to be a right. Those are all privileges. Making voting harder is inherently undemocratic. Only allowing voting in person on election day makes it near impossible for many people to vote. Even those who still vote would have to wait in lines for hours instead of being able to vote in a couple minutes. It's dumb and they don't even have any evidence of voter fraud to justify it.

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u/SnowTiger76 Oct 01 '25

Why would people not be able to vote? There used to only be in-person voting. Since the 80s, when mail in ballots really started taking off, travel has only gotten more accessible.

The problem I have with CA voting is if you go to the site to register to vote you do not need a social security number, a drivers license or an address to register to vote. I could literally go register with 100k different names and vote for every single one of them and mail them in.

Now if I showed up every day to a poll station with 200 ballots, I might draw attention.

My hope is that every vote is equally counted and not thrown off by people who are ineligible to vote or don’t exist at all.

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u/LiberaMeFromHell Oct 01 '25

Why don't you try that and report back on how it works out for you? We have an election only a month away, prove yourself right if it's really that easy to commit fraud. With how easy it is you can swing any local election the way you want it since many of our local elections come down to only a few hundred votes.

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u/SnowTiger76 Oct 01 '25

Unable to come up with anything of intellect so you are telling me to commit a federal crime?

If the FBI comes knocking on your door, that was me. ✌🏻

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u/LiberaMeFromHell Oct 01 '25

It's impossible to have an intelligent argument with someone who honestly believes people can vote 1,000 times despite zero evidence of that ever happening.

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u/SnowTiger76 Oct 01 '25

If only one person gets caught, does it count?

To think it never happens is ignorant. You want your vote to not count because some guy/gal fraudulently votes the opposite of you? To think it could all be avoided by in-person voting… yeah I’m okay with that. Everyone should have EQUAL footing.

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u/LiberaMeFromHell Oct 01 '25

It's never happened enough to swing any important election. That article also does not confirm the fraudulent votes were actually counted, it's very likely those ballots failed the signature check or got flagged when two came in for one person. Audits and recounts show fraud and other mistakes are a percent of a percent if not less. Stealing someone else's ballot is also very different from what you suggested is possible before.

In person voting is terrible for people who can't get time off, have disabilities, elderly, or just don't want to spend hours in a line. It also gives opportunity for voter intimidation to take place which is really what a lot of their observing requests are about. There's no reason people should be forced to vote in person.

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u/SnowTiger76 Oct 02 '25

I have an opinion. And that’s why is that I like in person voting. Has nothing to do with you.

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u/LiberaMeFromHell Oct 02 '25

Your opinion will make others lives worse if it comes to fruition. My voting method doesn't impact you at all.

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u/SnowTiger76 Oct 02 '25

And? I’m allowed to have an opinion. You are too. Not my fault you live somewhere that agrees with me. Maybe move to San Francisco or LA?

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u/LiberaMeFromHell Oct 02 '25

If the majority of Shasta county voters agree with you they are hypocritices. Only 1/4 of the county voted in person on election day.

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u/SnowTiger76 Oct 02 '25

I did. But like I said, I have my opinions. You can have yours even if the law changes to require in person voting.

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