Introduction to American Politics online course discussion 2
Can you help me understand this Political Science question?
Threats to our right to vote, particularly. Recent efforts/actions
Question
Similar to the topic on threats to Democracy and Rule of law, but much more specific and relevant to the right to vote…
Take off your “partisan hat”, if you have one. Just seek data, evidence. Use logic. Be concerned for the right to vote and ultimately democracy in this country. THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN ISSUE OR MATTER OR TOPIC.
Always SEEK FACTS. Face those facts, even if they make you feel uncomfortable: This is good training, so let’s work on that starting in UNIT 1.
Think about any reasonably recent or current efforts to impact our right to vote and to have those votes counted. This not about the Electoral College.
For example, here is one possibility (and only just one): During the Covid Crisis, the U.S. Post Office under a certain postmaster. How might this be relevant? Seek related news videos. Fully reference them in the discussions. This topic goes a bit beyond what is in the textbook, so do some outside research and use only credible sources. Offer complete/full references. Perhaps get in the habit of utilizing several news sources (not just one).
Here is classmate’s posting from question. Please reply in 1st person point of view.
Classmate’s post
Is the option to vote by mail or in person the issue or whether voting by mail ‘will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history’ says Donald Trump in a tweet he posted on 7/30/2020. According to a New York Times post in March 2020 by Nicholas Konrad the ‘good news is that we already have evidence that voting by mail works well.’ There are 5 states that use this method including of course my home state of HI. I don’t think it’s a matter of whether you can vote by mail or not but rather is it accurate. In my opinion, this is a no-win situation either way you look at it. Trump is pushing for in person voting and Biden is pushing for mail in votes. Whoever comes out victorious is going to point blame at the other for not winning the election. Maybe not entirely to the voting process but there will be some comment made in regards to that. What I disagree with is the fact that Trump is pushing for in person voting which goes against what he has been telling our nation to do since March; stay home and maintain social distancing. I don’t think it is fair for him to leverage his power and authority when it suites him. The option should be there for everyone to make their own choice; chose to mail it in or chose to go in person. Fingers are going to be pointed no matter what the presidential outcome is. I think we just need to be prepared either way to support both methods of voting. We have never supported a nation wide absentee ballot so I’m sure there is going to be much time and effort needed to execute this properly. Although I am not a Trump supporter, I would still chose to cast my vote in person.
