2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumAre e Dems too paranoid?
We worried about votetamerping with the machines, it didn't seem to matter.
We worried about peple i PA. bing asked for thier ID when they didn't need to show it, bu tObamas won Pa.
Ae we just mentally making problems where there aren't any?
trublu992
(489 posts)We won because we turned out the vote in big enough so elections couldn't be stolen. There were still tons on of voters who couldn't/didn't votes because of the tactics of purging voter rolls and misleading voters about id cutting early voting intimidation holding up lines etc...
cornflake_31
(105 posts)I think 2000 and 2004 made us a bit jumpy about our presidential elections.
Hekate
(90,779 posts)If anything, the masses of Dems still need awakening to the depth of the dangers.
We need to have a Congress that's not constantly trying to impeach the Atty General so he can't do his job. I think the President and DOJ both know the problem, but the GOP has (as you know) been totally obstructionist.
Hekate
IfPalinisAnswerWatsQ
(452 posts)NO BLATANTLY PARTISAN PERSON SHOULD BE RUNNING ELECTIONS.
NO VOTER ID LAWS
NO BS SOFTWARE UPDATES ADDED AT THE LAST MINUTE
NO VOTER INTIMIDATION
Let's have OPEN and HONEST voting like they have in Western European countries.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)I am incredibly happy that it didn't end up mattering. I believe Republicans used every trick they had, but it still wasn't enough. Now we need to make sure that it's easier for people to cast their votes. No one should have to stand in lines for hours just to vote. We should be able to say with confidence that the machines that count our votes do it accurately. Not really asking that much.
Journeyman
(15,038 posts)that the older we get the more we can appreciate that most of the troubles we've known never happened.
In other words, don't let the unrealized cares of tomorrow live in your head rent free today.
Jack Sprat
(2,500 posts)No problems? Standing in a voting line until 10:30PM may not have been a problem for you, but I don't think those poor people saw it quite like that. There were huge problem with voter ID and voters purged from the rolls unfairly. There were likely untold number of people who cast a ballot that will be thrown out.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)eyewall
(674 posts)There is no way you can make a case for ignoring this issue. The right's ability to interfere with voting just gets more sophisticated and more varied every election. All of the above suggestions are good. I'd like to see a set of federal rules that standardize the process and make it not only tamper proof but painless for every citizen to vote.