Early Friday, Arizona Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema gained a slight lead over Martha Mcsally. If Sinema holds her lead of Mcsally, she would give the Democrats their first Senate seat that was taken back from the Republicans. This victory would narrow the Republicans majority in the Senate and make it more likely that the chamber could be flipped in the 2020 election.
Elections in both Florida and Georgia have become the focus of both parties after accusations of voter suppression and election fraud have become more relevant due to razor thin margins. In Georgia, voting rights activists have claimed Brian Kemp's purging of voter rolls could have suppressed some votes. Democrats are also hoping that enough votes could come in to bring his margin below 50% and force a mandatory runoff election. In Florida, Conservatives have called foul due to votes pouring in from Broward County and Palm Beach County. Many of these votes have favored Andrew Gillum and Bill Nelson.
Regardless of the result of these races, these close margins and controversy regarding access to voting and election fraud will call additional attention to the broader discussion about issues such as voter ID laws and recount procedures.
Questions:
What impact do you think Georgia's voter registration laws had on the result of the election there?
What precautions should be instituted to make sure voting is accessible to all eligible citizens but also defend the legitimacy of our polls?
Karina Mori
ReplyDelete1. In Georgia, the stricter voter ID and voter registration laws affected the results of the election by not allowing several voters to register and thus vote in the election.
2. Personally I do not believe that there is enough evidence for intentional voter fraud to implement voter ID laws or any strict policies, since these are designed to suppress minorities, whether intentional or not.
1. In Georgia, the voter registration laws prevented some votes from being counted, which were within the margin of the election and could have swung the election into a win for either side. Given the close race, voter registration definitely had an impact, but the suppression of votes already cast may be too extreme in a democratic process.
ReplyDelete2. Voter fraud is a quiet topic in America because it does not affect many elections. For the most part, the margin between the winner and loser is greater than any fraudulent votes could affect. Of course, there are exceptions such as Al Gore v. Bush in Florida for the 2000 election, but voter registration can simply be a deterrent against voter fraud rather than a way to remove votes after they were cast, which seems like an overreach of power.
1) The Georgia voter laws discouraged people from registering, thus then from voting
ReplyDelete2) Voter fraud is a topic because of the Media's constant bombardment of coverage on the Trump-Russia investigation, and the Right/Lefts' responses to it
1. Georgia’s voter registration laws prevented people from being able to vote because many voter registration applications had not been processed even two weeks after the deadline to register and one week after voting began, and Georgia stalled registration for new U.S. citizens. The election was very close, and if it were not for the registration law that prevented many people from voting, the election results could have been different.
ReplyDelete2. Voter fraud is a big issue, because close elections can be unfairly affected by them. Therefore, I believe that a precaution Georgia could implement is same-day registration. This way, people are discouraged to commit voter fraud because they complete registration under the supervision of a state election worker, and people whose votes were not counted due to stalled registration would not have happened.
^Jessica Masterson
Delete- The state of Georgia's voter registration laws barred voters from casting a ballot as their applications were not processed. Results therefore could have been drastically different.
ReplyDelete- Voter fraud violates integrity, but there isn't enough steps being taken to overturn this dilemma.
1. Georgia's voter registration laws did indeed limit people from voting because their applications had not been processed and their registration was stalled.
ReplyDelete2. Voter fraud is a big controversy and a battle of liberals v. conservatives. I think it is also hard to prove that their is or isn't voter fraud in specific areas which could lead to tampered elections. One precaution Georgia could take is same day registration because then the people are given more options.
1. Georgia's voter registration laws prevented many voters from putting their ballots in because registration was halted and applications were not processed properly.
ReplyDelete2. i believe voter fraud to be a big conflict between parties, as both parties tend to blame each other for the fault of which is both of their's.