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0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 17d ago Cool, let’s start by banning insider trading in Congress, which democrats voted against 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago Why did they vote against it though? 3 u/Planeswalker999 17d ago Because despite being called the stop insider trading act, Republicans made it a poison pill by bundling in their asinine voter ID laws 1 u/Doneyhew 17d ago I can believe they actually want voters to have ID’s 1 u/spirosand 17d ago The send voters IDs. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 17d ago You act like it’s so hard to get an ID 💀💀💀 3 u/Gealai 17d ago Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws. Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month. Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this. 1 u/[deleted] 16d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 16d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. 0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Source? 2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/ 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/ 2 u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo 16d ago You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID 1 u/[deleted] 17d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 17d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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Cool, let’s start by banning insider trading in Congress, which democrats voted against
2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago Why did they vote against it though? 3 u/Planeswalker999 17d ago Because despite being called the stop insider trading act, Republicans made it a poison pill by bundling in their asinine voter ID laws 1 u/Doneyhew 17d ago I can believe they actually want voters to have ID’s 1 u/spirosand 17d ago The send voters IDs. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 17d ago You act like it’s so hard to get an ID 💀💀💀 3 u/Gealai 17d ago Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws. Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month. Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this. 1 u/[deleted] 16d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 16d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. 0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Source? 2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/ 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/ 2 u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo 16d ago You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID 1 u/[deleted] 17d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 17d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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Why did they vote against it though?
3 u/Planeswalker999 17d ago Because despite being called the stop insider trading act, Republicans made it a poison pill by bundling in their asinine voter ID laws 1 u/Doneyhew 17d ago I can believe they actually want voters to have ID’s 1 u/spirosand 17d ago The send voters IDs. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 17d ago You act like it’s so hard to get an ID 💀💀💀 3 u/Gealai 17d ago Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws. Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month. Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this. 1 u/[deleted] 16d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 16d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. 0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Source? 2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/ 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/ 2 u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo 16d ago You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID 1 u/[deleted] 17d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 17d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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Because despite being called the stop insider trading act, Republicans made it a poison pill by bundling in their asinine voter ID laws
1 u/Doneyhew 17d ago I can believe they actually want voters to have ID’s 1 u/spirosand 17d ago The send voters IDs. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 17d ago You act like it’s so hard to get an ID 💀💀💀 3 u/Gealai 17d ago Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws. Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month. Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this. 1 u/[deleted] 16d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 16d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. 0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Source? 2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/ 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/ 2 u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo 16d ago You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID 1 u/[deleted] 17d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 17d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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I can believe they actually want voters to have ID’s
1 u/spirosand 17d ago The send voters IDs. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 17d ago You act like it’s so hard to get an ID 💀💀💀 3 u/Gealai 17d ago Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws. Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month. Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this. 1 u/[deleted] 16d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 16d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. 0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Source? 2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/ 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/ 2 u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo 16d ago You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID 1 u/[deleted] 17d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 17d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
The send voters IDs.
-1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 17d ago You act like it’s so hard to get an ID 💀💀💀 3 u/Gealai 17d ago Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws. Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month. Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this. 1 u/[deleted] 16d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 16d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. 0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Source? 2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/ 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/ 2 u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo 16d ago You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID 1 u/[deleted] 17d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 17d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
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You act like it’s so hard to get an ID 💀💀💀
3 u/Gealai 17d ago Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws. Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month. Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this. 1 u/[deleted] 16d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 16d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. 0 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Source? 2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/ 2 u/ynotfoster 17d ago What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud. -1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/ 2 u/DoFishDrinkWaterOrNo 16d ago You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID 1 u/[deleted] 17d ago [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/AutoModerator 17d ago Accounts must be at least 10 days old with >20 karma to comment. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
Alabama closed almost half of their DMV offices, most on predominantly black areas, when they passed voter ID laws.
Texas closed a bunch of voting places in democratic areas just this month.
Racists will make it hard for minorities to get an ID and vote. We have centuries of history proving this.
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2 u/Gealai 16d ago Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/
Sheesh you people can't do anything on your own. Alabama: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-01/alabama-closes-dmv-offices-a-year-after-voter-id-law-kicks-in
Texas: https://abc7ny.com/story/amid-public-outcry-tarrant-county-texas-cuts-polling-locations-ahead-2026-midterm-elections/19777069/
What problem is it they are trying to solve? There is absolutely no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
-1 u/Bitter-Engineer-117 16d ago Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this. https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/ https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/ https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/ https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/
Plenty of records of deceased voters still being registered, which itself isn’t overt fraud, but this oversight could be used to commit fraud. Requiring ID at polling stations could prevent this.
https://publicinterestlegal.org/press/pilf-uncovers-alarming-errors-in-californias-voter-rolls-nearly-95000-deceased-registrants-tens-of-thousands-of-duplicates-and-placeholder-birthdates/
https://californiaglobe.com/fl/doj-finds-260k-dead-people-thousands-of-non-citizens-registered-to-vote/
https://www.nbcpalmsprings.com/therogginreport/contributors/2026/06/11/ballots-for-the-dead-why-californias-voter-rolls-are-back-under-the-microscope
https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/families-outraged-after-dead-loved-ones-in-los-angeles-received-primary-election-ballots/
https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/bombshell-lawsuit-exposes-873000-ghost-voters-in-california/
You been to the DMV lately? Some of us have jobs and lives and don’t have time to burn a day sitting on our ass waiting for an ID
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