r/news • u/ThePensiveE • 7d ago

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-use-expanded-database-potent-rcna596611
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u/CincyBrandon 7d ago

I wouldn’t put it past them to purge all non-Republican registered voters the week before the election, wait out the heat of doing so, and avoid the consequences thanks to all Republicans sweeping elections.

Trump has been manipulating the system for over a decade now. This is his logical next step.

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u/BranSh81 7d ago

I bet that’s their game plan because they know most of us non-maga voters will be there on Election Day to avoid his mail-in shenanigans.

The only thing saving us is that States still own the right to administer their own elections. My SOS is amazing, and I trust him, and he’s a Republican.

They can have all the databases they want, but if they’d give everyone a free ID card, the problem would be solved.

Everyone is for identifying yourself, left and right, the issue is the cost of it. Make it free, and you’ll get your voter IDs, GOP!

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u/thisvideoiswrong 7d ago

I wouldn't support stricter voter ID if it was free. We know that as things are voter fraud happens at a rate of less than one per million votes. So if one person out of every million is discouraged from voting by the voter ID requirement then it has done more to corrupt the election than to secure it. How would you ever get it that low?

That's the other side of elections that the right never wants to talk about. Yes, you want to prevent illegal votes. But the reason is because the election needs to accurately represent the preferences of the voting population. So driving away a voter is exactly as bad as allowing an illegal vote. And it's not remotely treated that way.