WATCH: GOP senator defends vote suppression by saying God doesn't want Americans to vote on Sundays - Raw Story - Celebrating 16 Years of Independent Journalism
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Via: jbb • 5 years ago • 108 commentsBy: Raw Story - Celebrating Years of Independent Journalism
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) on Wednesday defended Georgia Republicans' proposal to ban early voting on Sundays by saying allowing voting on that day would go against God's word. The Georgia Republicans' proposal to ban Sunday voting is seen by many critics as a thinly veiled effort to stop Blac...
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The gop does not what you or I to vote. Despicable!
How are they stopping you...
and please be coherent in your answer.
In Georgia black churches have traditionally participated in a "PEWS TO THE POLLS" early voting program available to everyone. The gop wants to stop this long held early voting day specifically because blacks take advantage of it more than white voters do. JIM CROW II...
I thought America was a secular country.
It's supposed to be, per the Constitution.
It is. But the billionaires are afraid they'll lose their grip on 'our' democracy hence the 'god thing' coming into play.
The really horrific item in that legislation is that it allows republicans to seize control of elections in any county they see fit to do so.
So you admit that white voters will be "hurt" also.
Here's an idea..
Do it on another day. There are six others to choose from.
Really?
Explain this
And please be coherent in your response we probably won't get.
Is there any wonder the party of slavery and Jim Crowe are now simply known as the Democratic Party?
Seems that voting on Sunday makes sense as many take Sunday off.
Exactly, some employers make it particularly hard for their workers to vote on work days, like Tuesdays!
Why is the damn gop making it harder to vote?
Maybe they're jealous of China - there you can vote as long as it's for the CCP and Xi Jinping.
The GOP can't win on ideas.... so they have to try to impact those that they don't want voting against them.
It often takes way longer than "up to two hours" to vote in Georgia especially in minority precincts.
I guess we'll see. The counties are largely controlled by Republicans. If it doesn't take long enough the state can now take over control from the counties to make sure it does.
Actually, it's only 30 minutes if they want to make sure they get in, only the end of day time would guarantee that.
Eligibility for Voting Leave
Paid administrative leave for voting is available to employees when their work schedule does not allow them at least two (2) hours (including travel) to vote either before or after work. Employees who are scheduled to begin work at least two hours after the polls open or end work at least two hours before the polls close are not eligible to request paid leave for voting. Administrative leave for voting is not available for voting mid-day.
The amount of paid administrative leave for voting that may be granted to an employee depends on the employee's work schedule and the polling hours. In Georgia, polls usually open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. Based on this information, the chart below provides some practical examples of how SPB Rule 16(12) should be applied:
Schedule Shift
Eligible for Voting Leave
Reason
(1 hour lunch)
As I said, if one wants to make sure to get in to vote within 2 hours, the 30 minutes at the END of the day would be their ONLY guarantee since they will still be able to vote no matter how long the line.
Kinda makes my point. The reliably Republican counties don't have lines. You're in and out in a jiffy. It's the state allocating more money and voting machines in Republican counties and less in Democratic counties.
No Tex, my link proves that it isn't 'just like' you said. Just stop.
Please learn the difference between commenting and complaining.
It's a unique study on wait times at polling places all over the country and documents that there are indeed longer wait times in AA districts.
It doesn't matter WHO you asked Tex. That's not how this shit works.
One could always put drop boxes in the churches but then Catholic churches hand out 'food' and 'wine' ...
Probably illegal.
Have been voting by mail/internet for years now in my state. The Kochs shut down so many polling places that it became necessary.
same here, and no sheet wearing trumpster sycophants will be changing that.
Live in the land of OZ and have been voting by mail since I can't vote in my own home town anymore.
How would a Texan know just how much the Kochs screwed up Kansas.
Thanks to far right wing rednecks many polling places have been closed.
Hmmm. I live in a southern state and all of the polling places that were open in the past were open this past election.
I guess your comment was....not truthful?
Your anecdotal account has zero to do with the fact that many polling places were closed in urban and minority districts in red states where voters are more likely to vote blue...
Therefore your comment is rated as bullshit!
If I'm not mistaken she quoted from Exodus which is the old Testament and it has nothing to do with the sabbath being Sunday. It's Jewish and the Sabbath is from Friday evening until Saturday evening.
Did she campaign on Sunday? Was she swore in on Sunday?
Oh my, the answer is yes to both questions.
Once again proving that she has no idea what she is talking about.
Isn't the Old Testament just Jewish scripture?
Comical.
Yes it is and that was my point.
She is a RW ditz.
Can only shake my head at so called Christians repeating Jewish scripture.
I bet it is the same with some nazi scum. Hating the Jews while at the same time clinging to the Old Testament bible.
Dumbasses.
she'll be protecting the jews until jesus tells her it's time to convert them or kill them.
It's not so much that she has no idea what she's talking about, though that is no doubt true, it's that she's a shameless liar much like many of her fellow Republicans who are desperate to silence black voters in their States.
Damn, was gonna point that out, that not only is the sabbath not on Sunday but that if you want to be literal about it then they couldn’t do much of ANYTHING from Friday night to Saturday night.
Just more of that good ol paying attention to the Bible when it is convenient and ignoring it when it isn’t.
she's the same feckless antebellum c**t that felt different about campaigning for office on sundays.
What do you wanna bet the Bible never stopped her from going shopping on a Sunday?
Yeah, yeah. This dumb asshole is from my state.
She is an embarrassment that was first appointed to the position.
Add in the fact that most people around here would vote for an R even if they were on stage in a casket.
there, there, don't feel so bad. every state has their little enclaves of semi-functional rwnj idiots.
I can't stand the woman.
you know she's a real daughter of the confederacy.
With pics to prove it.
Completely idiotic.
I guess there was not enough room on the tablets to include the 11th Commandment....THOU SHALL NOT VOTE ON SUNDAYS.
So, you can’t vote on Sunday because of the Sabbath, but football is ok?
Sundays and Monday nights work for me.
Go Chiefs!
Go Browns.
Are you taking the Browns to the super bowl?
I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Why you snarky thing. lol
But God wants my team to win & for Tom Brady to win another superbowl.....
I don’t know about your team, but Tom Brady clearly has some divine help.
Which god?
Whichever one you choose - I prefer the Goddesses.
Yea, men in striped shirts.
As do I. Taylor Swift comes to mind.
Football and pretty much every other activity you can think of are cool, but voting is a big no no. Or didn’t you see that part in the Bible?
One of the more damaging things done with religion is the practice of claiming that anything a person wants to believe is somehow justified in the Bible. I mean, I know the Bible has a lot of pages, but it’s just not reasonable to imagine that every topic we can imagine is in there.
Who cares? God has no place or say in our secular government. So invoking God is a poor reason to ban early voting. Or a poor reason for anything else.
Remember that deJoy is still Postmaster General so he'll help out the Republicans by using the methods he did for the November election.
Gotta love how some people have the unbelievable arrogance to think they know the 'mind' of what would be the grandest entity possible, the supreme entity, the arbiter of everything.
Let's be honest, what Hyde-Smith really does not like is that black church have historically used "Pews to the Polls" Sunday voting to get out the black vote...
Beware of those who do evil in the name of God.
“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.”
― Steven Weinberg
Quite true.
"Beware of those who do evil in the name of Good"
Or in "the name of God."
So CH Smith knows that 'gawd' does not like Sunday voting. Gee Cindy Hyde tell us what else 'gawd' does not like.
I do not know Sen. ( praise be ) Cindy Hyde Smith personally, but from her legislative stances during her tenure it seems apparent to me that she is one of those that uses faith as an excuse and The Constitution as the vehicle to restrict, divide and sequester the wealth into the hands of those that make her existence possible.