Trey Paradee Standing Up For What Counts
And that is the people of the 29th District. Check out this clip from an event last Thursday where Both Paradee and Lincoln Willis were present to speak. Paradee makes it really clear that he wants to represent the people of his district, rather than some mindless ideology — then excoriates Willis’ Voter ID bill, stepping up (and restricting) the kinds of ID that people in DE would need to vote. Well done, Mr. Paradee:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erdjj7ndRhg[/youtube]
Anyone know how this race between Paradee and Willis is going?
More like this: “I’m going to represent the people of the district, he is going to represent an ideology.”
Awesome. Go Paradee!
I’ll ask around about this race tomorrow.
Dang! Trey called him out!!!
As a D, I guess I didnt get the memo. Whats wrong with requiring ID to vote?
Advocates of all current voter ID schemes have admitted that they are, in reality, voter suppression efforts.
Memo delivered.
@Cooter As a D there should be no obstacle between ANY American citizen and a voting booth. To say that if you are too lazy or … (fill in the blank) to get a photo I.D. then those people shouldn’t vote anyway is nonsense. Instead both parties should be working to MAKE SURE that each AMERICAN citizen exercises THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. There is nothing to substantiate the voter fraud that is being perpetuated by the Republican Party to warrant any across the board mandated I.D. proof voting requirements. It is a sad day when another D does not recognize the disenfranchisement this causes to those in abject poverty, but then again I grew up down south in that poverty . . .
Linda, I guess those living in abject poverty haven’t heard of welfare, because if they have then they already have a government I.D. Someone tell me how anyone gets through the modern world for any amount of time without some form of I.D.?
Also Linda I agree with you, But I notice in your comment you capitalized “ANY”, but did not capitalize the word citizen. It would seem that you are more concerned that “ANY” one be able to vote, than you are about whether they actually have the right to vote in this country, that is unless you believe that non-citizens should be voting?
I know Trey Paradee, he is a good guy, but on this he is wrong.
Cool. Frank is for the national voter ID. Common ground!!
Lots of people get by with no ID. I have elderly relatives who no longer have drivers licences or passports and don’t need them anymore. Some of those elderly relatives would have a tough time getting birth certificates too — there was a time in certain parts of this country that the birth of black babies or poor babies were lucky to be recorded in a family bible. And more of those people are with us than you think. The PA court battle showed that something like 20% of Pennsylvanians don’t have a photo ID.
The other thing that the PA court case showed is that voter ID is a solution in search of a problem. There just isn’t any voter fraud going on that this will eliminate.
People who have been legally voting all of their lives should not have to live with a new barrier to vote. Government ID simply isn’t necessary to a pretty good chunk of citizen’s lives and there is no reason to create this barrier just because someone sold you a sack of bullshit on this thing.
@ Frank hmmmmmm I wonder why you would assume that I would be remotely referring to non-citizens voting . . . LOL . . . Actually “ANY” refers to exactly what it states and citizen refers to exactly what it states . . . what is the confusion . . . poor, rich, white, black, hispanic, italian, german, etc. ANY citizen and only citizens. Poverty does not discriminate! Does that make it any clearer for you?
Trey Paradee is a great candidate and definitely a true Delawarean. Lincoln Willis based on this video looks like individual who forget about the people of the 29th District. Kudos to Paradee for speaking the truth!
I was there…Trey Pardee was great…if you do not vote for him, you get what you deserve.
If I just entered the country and listened to some of you here I would think Delaware a third world country. I really dont think anyone is “disenfranchised” if they decide not to vote. Millions of Americans are unfortunately on government assistance. You are telling me the US government doesnt require ID from these folks…in poverty? I understand the issue more with the elderly who no longer drive but they still utilize health care services in a larger number. Those facilities require ID from me and I am 40. Guess I miss the point because like it or not, government ID is a necessity in this world. Furthermore, is there anything to prevent someone from going to the polls and voting in my name, if they know where I vote? That would be of issue to me.
“You are telling me the US government doesnt require ID from these folks…in poverty?”
Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP do not issue photo IDs. Do you want to change voter ID proposals to accept those cards?
While they might not issue photo ID cards they certainly require them when you are applying to receive those benefits.
That often depends upon the benefits and the state. If you are an elderly person getting Medicaid to stay in a nursing home, you have ALOT of options for identifying yourself and it is rare that you have to re-id yourself after you start getting benefits.
And I’ll tell you what amazes me about this discussion — just how little people know about life outside of their perfectly middle-class, photo-IDed existences. It is AOK to just embrace the right-wing frames on this, just don’t pretend that you know that Americans can’t get by with no ID. Lots of them can AND there are plenty who can’t get the kind of secure IDs that are standard now.
Perfectly middle-class, photo-IDed existence… but you’d hear a huge outcry from this group if you needed a passport to vote – which most of this group does not have and have never had need for. It’s all about what exists in their bubble.
A national voter ID… No, a WORLD VOTER ID issued by the United Nations, would be an awesome plan for suppressing the wingnut vote.
Call it what you like, answer my concern. What is to prevent anyone from walking into my voting precinct, saying they are me and voting in my name?
I guess if I am a right wingnut over this issue, that make everyone else left nuts?
Recently, a D.C. District Court panel (somewhat) approved South Carolina’s voter ID law. The judgment was unanimous.
https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2012cv0203-299
Kavanaugh (Bush II)
Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton)
Bates (Bush II)
The panel’s judgment relied, at least in part, on the (asserted) breadth of the law’s reasonable impediment provision.
Delawareans are already required to bring ID – but it doesn’t have to be a photo ID. From the DOE: “Bring identification to the Polling Place, especially if it is the first time you vote or if you registered by mail. This can be a photo ID, utility bill, paycheck or any other government document with your name and address on it.”
Delaware Code, Title 15, § 4937:
Voting procedure.
(a) A voter, upon entering the room where an election is being held, shall announce that voter’s own name and address and provide proof of identity, whereupon the clerks shall place a mark or make a notation of his or her name upon the election district record. In the event the voter does not have proof of identity with them, the voter shall sign an affidavit of affirmation that the voter is the person listed on the election district record.
Trans people might be collateral damage in the photo ID bamboozle
I’m asked every single time for an ID when I vote. One time I did not have it on me and I had to vote by provisional ballot (or something similar – it was during the 2004 elections) and had to sign an affidavit. I asked if my vote would be counted and the woman working the polls said she wasn’t sure how that worked but someone would review it and make that decision. I assumed that they would check to be sure no one else with my name voted at another polling place and then count the vote. But who knows if that really happened? Since that time I make sure I have my ID before walking out the door when going to vote.
NosyNeighbor, the new requirements being pushed are for a photo ID.