Election Day becomes a Federal Holiday? Nah, ain’t gonna happen!
A few days ago, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and the usual suspects, gathered for a press conference to which the Media Wing of the Democrat Party flocked, salivating, to receive the words from on high.
As usual the words from on high were empty, vacuous, and the renovations to the Election Process in America, which they propose, will never happen. And, they know it. It was simply another exercise in attempting to blacken the Republican Party’s name among the Democrat base. That, alone, is totally unnecessary. That crowd, their base, is hopeless. But I digress.
Two of their “bold” proposals were: Make Election Day, a National Holiday to entice more people to vote. And… allow convicted felons to vote.
Do you see the thrust here? You don’t have to have the IQ of a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
First: If Election Day is made a Federal Holiday, Federal (read "Government") workers will have the day off. The vast majority of Federal/Government workers are Democrats. They are ""Union Democrats. The theory is… this would help the Democrat ticket.
Now to the felons: Who do you think they’ll vote for, huh? ‘nuff said!
Frankly, it doesn’t have a prayer of passing the Congress, for one thing, because it is so transparent.
On the other hand, I’m not sure making Election Day a Federal Holiday would do much of anything towards increasing the numbers at the polls. People, who want to vote, find a way. It would, however, present those not particularly interested in voting, anyhow, a shot at a relaxing day off from work…and nothing else. I do not believe they will stand in line to cast a vote for a candidate they probably know nothing about, anyway.
But, the Democrats, ever the champions of “appearance”, and of “slight of hand”, will use the fact that the Congress will turn this down, flat, as another opportunity to bash the Republicans and harangue their listeners, and the press, with choruses of “The Republicans don’t care about voters!” Same song…another verse.
Frankly, I don’t think we need to make voting any easier. If anything we need to make it harder to vote.
I think we should bring back voter testing. Can the voter read? Does the voter have an IQ above room temperature? That sort of thing.
A voter should have to prove he or she is a citizen of the US and a citizen of the state and/or city in which he, or she, is about to cast a vote. (Not by using the proposed Federal Driver’s license!) And… last, but not least, a voter should be able to prove he, or she, is not dead. That alone will cut down, tremendously, on the “Graveyard Vote”.
So far, nearly all the voter registration laws, such as “Motor Voting”, have backfired and more Republicans than Democrats have used it to register to vote. But, bless their hearts, those Dems keep trying!
You know, I expect that soon, they will have a voter registration form sent to young parents along with their new child’s Social Security Number.
Are they doing that already????
If not, watch for it. It’s coming!
Your Obedient Servant,
“Longstreet”
You overlook the fact that on a federally declared holiday more than just federal workers are off. For sure the banks are closed. Election day should be a holiday, it should be more than any other day that is already a holiday. It should be a holiday to commemorate the election, the most important function in our form of government.
ReplyDeleteYou accuse democrats of making the propose to curry votes. Yet you point out that other changes in election procedures did not bring them more votes.
Out of sense of justice I say give felons the vote after they have served their term in jail. I'm not at all sure who they are going to vote for. Most are poorly educated and these people tend to vote Republican, at least when the Republicans are represented by saber rattling, ruthless people.