MLB cancels ASG in Atlanta

[allvol123]

Right... changing the "effort required" simply because your guy loses though, thats not democracy

That happens at every turn.

You dont like the bill. That is ok. Plenty of bills I dont like. You have failed to prove it is racist.

 

[BeecherVol]

How much revenue does the All Star game produce in a host city?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I think the question should be is why did Georgia change the law? 3 audits / recounts, 1 round of random signature audits found nothing to warrant the change. The reason for the change is clear. I also think some of the language in the bill is dubious at best. They guarantee a minimum of one drop off box for absentee ballots in every county. So that means they could easily go the Texas route and put one box in the most populous (blue) counties and multiple in the less populous (red) counties. If they would change some of the language in the bill it wouldn't be as big of an issue.

It is actually an expansion of the use of drop boxes as before it was they could only be used in emergency situations. Now, voters are guaranteed one. Also the bill states exactly how far apart they need to be spread, so your fear in this post is pretty much irrelevant. I believer it is 1 for every 100k people in a county.

 

[LouderVol]

Sour grapes.

They (Republicans) made changes to voting laws because Republican Party nominees just lost 3 statewide elections (the presidency and both senate runoff races).

Systemic voter fraud was not proven in the state of Georgia during the 2020 election cycle despite an unprecedented level of post-election scrutiny.

So you believe there was no fraud, even by the same Rs who have now changed the law based on pre Nov 2020 feedback?

 

[Pepe_Silvia]

We’ve got early voting, Sunday voting and no excuse absentee voting. How much easier can it get?

Vote by text.

 

[allvol123]

It all boils down to sour grapes over losing.

They didnt lose enough to prevent them from passing the bill.

 

[Tastylicks]

So there are no poor whites in Georgia? How do these laws specifically target only poor blacks?

Because it was a response to black voters and their participation, not to poor whites

 

[GAVol]

It all boils down to sour grapes over losing.

There’s no doubt about that. Democrats were able to use the system to their advantage in 2020 due to one time easing of requirements for Covid. Republicans are trying to swing it back more to where it was pre-2020 and codify mail in voting procedures.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

How much revenue does the All Star game produce in a host city?

The MLB All-Star game generated about $49 million for the local economy when it was hosted in Atlanta in 2000, according to Baseball Almanac. The 2019 All-Star Game was projected to bring in $65 million for Cleveland, according to the same site.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/02/maj...to-the-states-new-restrictive-voting-law.html

 

[Tastylicks]

It all boils down to sour grapes over losing.

Yup, 100%

 

[allvol123]

How much revenue does the All Star game produce in a host city?

In covid world I would say not enough to give it a second thought.

 

[BowlBrother85]

They didnt lose enough to prevent them from passing the bill.

Right. They lost in the 3 statewide elections which were just held - like I just damn said.

 

[volbeast33]

I think they should make it as easy as possible myself. Because I believe in democracy and voter participation

I think it should be easy but at the same time to prove that you are who you say you are...... here is North Carolina..... it would be so easy to commit fraud..... I just want it done right...

 

[GAVol]

Because it was a response to black voters and their participation, not to poor whites

You keep saying that yet haven’t responded to any question about specifics in the bill that you think affect groups disproportionally.

And P.S. - it was suburban whites that sank Republicans in GA as much or more than black voters.

 

[allvol123]

Right. They lost in the 3 statewide elections which were just held - like I just damn said.

If you still are able to pass legislation, you're not losing.

 

[LouderVol]

Because it was a response to black voters and their participation, not to poor whites

Uh. Poor whites voted in record numbers too.

Well I cant say that for sure. Whites at least also broke the record. So I am extrapolating that poor whites did as well.

 

[GAVol]

Right. They lost in the 3 statewide elections which were just held - like I just damn said.

They lost two statewide, but won in the others and gained seats in the legislature.

 

[Tastylicks]

Uh. Poor whites voted in record numbers too.

Well I cant say that for sure. Whites at least also broke the record. So I am extrapolating that poor whites did as well.

And if that was just the case they wouldn't have signed this into law

 

[BowlBrother85]

So you believe there was no fraud, even by the same Rs who have now changed the law based on pre Nov 2020 feedback?

If Trump, Perdue and Loeffler had won their elections in Georgia? This bill would not have been written.

Fraud of a widespread or systemic nature, significant enough to have altered the outcome of any of those 3 elections in the state of Georgia was not proven, despite hand recounts which were performed and overseen by Republican officials.

 

[Tastylicks]

You keep saying that yet haven’t responded to any question about specifics in the bill that you think affect groups disproportionally.

And P.S. - it was suburban whites that sank Republicans in GA as much or more than black voters.

It simply won't be enforced proportionally

 

[BowlBrother85]

They lost two statewide, but won in the others and gained seats in the legislature.

Including Trump's defeat... that is 3. I was obviously only speaking about the damn statewide elections and specifically damn said so.

 

[Tastylicks]

If Trump, Perdue and Loeffler had won their elections in Georgia. This bill would not have been written.

Yup, they would just keep on keeping on in GA.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

If Trump, Perdue and Loeffler had won their elections in Georgia. This bill would not have been written.

Do you have proof or is this just your opinion?

 

[BowlBrother85]

If you still are able to pass legislation, you're not losing.

In the 3 most recent statewide elections that were held in the state of Georgia... Republicans did lose. Why are you arguing this? Biden won Georgia in the 2020 Presidential Election. Ossof defeated Perdue and Warnock defeated Loeffler in the two Senate runoff elections in January. I'm not guessing here... those are facts.

 

[GAVol]

It simply won't be enforced proportionally

How would one go about disproportionally telling people what days to vote and to show an ID?

You simply can’t envision from where you are posting that Georgians could be anything other than racists.