Comments by "B Bodziak" (@B_Bodziak) on ""Do You Consider That Racist?": Kennedy Asks Abrams Whether Georgia Voting Law Supporters Are Bigots" video.

To be fair, the US has over 330 million voters. How many does Scotland have??
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@zacharyvaccaro5946 I'm from in Georgia and I LOVE Warnock! I like Ossoff.
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@deceptor99 Well you left a lot out in your comment. There's context that has to be considered. Imagine if the EU had a national election -- Could that election also take place in one 9-5 day? Doubtful. So, what do Scots who are working a 24 hour hospital, fire or other emergency/crisis type job do to vote on this one-day only voting period? You must have a percentage of people who cannot make it to your polls. What do the physically disabled,vthe elderly w/o transportation do to vote in Scotland?
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@deceptor99 What do your homebound citizen's and students studying abroad do to vote? My state, Georgia HAD secure ballot drop boxes at local libraries & fire stations where people, mostly the disabled, could leave their ballots. My county had one drop box per 20,000 residents. That's changed to one box per 100,000 residents. Thus, making boxes inaccessible to many. Previously, those SECURE, locked boxes were available during the early voting period 24 hrs/day so those working shifts longer than 9a-5p could insert their ballots before or after work. Now, the 10 ballot boxes has been reduced to 2 boxes AND the hours are limited (9-5), as well as the days (M-F). The boxes can no longer be at post offices and local libraries;. instead, they must be in the same location as the county elector's office -- an available only while this office is open for early voting. Well, if people could take their absentee ballots to their county's office of elections on a weekday during biz hours, they wouldn't need an absentee ballot. They would simply vote during early voting. The entire point of these secured boxes is to allow folks to turn their ballots in outside of normal biz operating hours. Just another way the current GOP is making it more difficult for Georgians to vote. ***You still haven't answered my question of what, if anything, Scotland does to ensure its disabled, elderly and nontraditional working hours workers'vare able to vote? From what you've stated, you're saying those who cannot physically get to a polling location are just shite out of luck. Also, are you allowed to vote at any open polling place in the country or are you limited to/assigned to vote at only one place?
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You go Stacey!
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Tiguar Jagger Hi Tiguar, My rep is Lucy McBath (D). Her only child, a17 yr old son, was murdered in the parking lot of a gas station by a man who was upset that an SUV w/4 teenagers had their car radio on too loud. So, he decided to unload his gun into their SUV. Then, he claimed self-defense, but security footage said otherwise. A handful of years later in 2018, she decided to run for Congress against a two decades long serving Republican, Rep. Karen Handel. It was a huge unexpected upset. I and many of my county's (district) residents couldn't be more pleased with her performance thus far. My condolences to you and your neighbors. I'm a bit familiar with some areas of your district, mainly the Rome and Dalton areas (got my vaccine in Rome last month). I know the attitudes of your area, and while I'm not surprised Marjorie TRAITOR Greene was elected (esp after running the opposition out of town), I am surprised that she has retained much of her early support. I would have thought the clips of her calling Q a patriot & her rants regarding Pelosi & other Democrats & how they needed to be killed, would have been a bit too much even for her average constituent (no offense). I hope the current admin has actively assigned a team to track down who is responsible for starting Q-Anon. I don't understand why it wasn't done 2-3 yrs ago! Because of MTG's continued support, I can only assume that you must be surrounded by Q-ers. I'm sorry (However, you have my pity if you, yourself, are wrapped up in that Q nonsense) I have a couple of trump supporters in my life, and while those relationships had a rocky time while he was in office, I don't know how I'd even approach trying to continue, even salvage, a relationship w/someone who believes that Q craziness. Out of curiosity, are people in your are who are Q-anon-ers open about it? Wear the t-shirt, car is bumper stickered-up, Q flags in their yards? I have always been an independent. I am more of a Democrat on social/societal issues but more fiscally conservative. Although, since 2017/18, I have realized I will likely never vote for another Republican. Since just prior to the 2020 election, I realized that a vote for any candidate other than the Democrat running, is, indirectly a vote for the Republican. So, I've accepted that I'll be voting straight Democrat for the next 20 years, likely longer. I believe strongly in the 2nd Amendment, but not enough to have people like trump, Gaetz, Boebert and MTG in office to keep it (2A). I'll gladly swap my guns in it means no more crazy candidates.
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@alwaysdonnie72 We DID have a fair election in 2020. Just because you don't like the outcome, doesn't mean it wasn't fair? If that is the actual case, then I demand a recount of the 2016 election!
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@loganduncan8789 Please!! For the love of God provide us a link showing we let foreign nationals and 16 year olds vote in our election. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Please, send a link, any link confirming this to be true. If you can provide a link showing that voting by 16 yr olds and/or foreign nationals was on a widespread basis and may have even tilted the last election, I'll vote straight Republican through 2030
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@unitedwestand5100 Provide the information anytime this has happened anywhere in the US. Just one nursing home, please. Also, where are these people going into nursing getting their hands on stacks and stacks of unmarked ballots? Is that why the looniest ninja thinks it's reasonable to DNA the wood used to make the ballots -- to Maury Povich the AZ ballots to find if their Daddy might have left traces of bamboo because, and I quote, "Bamboo grows in southern China!!" -- it's even funnier from where I'm sitting right now-- I'm looking out at my backyard looking at half of an acre or so of bamboo growing. Next, My Pillow is going to send drones over my property looking for my patch of bamboo. Hilarious. But, no, please, send me any link that confirms people are going into nursing homes with stacks of blank ballots. ROTFLMAO
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@msfrankie631 You probably need to stop thinking about moving. Maine is probably the only state willing to put up with you.
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@msfrankie631 The reason we no longer spend time on teaching young children how to write in cursive has nothing to do with it being "too hard". It's no longer taught for practicality reasons. It's no longer a needed skill. The time slotted for learning it has been appropriated to teaching children how to utilize a keyboard, especially emphasis on correct finger placement. You stated that a couple if decades ago, US 16 year olds held more mature responsibities than they do today, and pointing out that, over time, situations of daily life changes; It progresses. This same concept can be applied as to why we no longer teach students how to use an abacus. Calculations can be calculated using a more practical device-- the calculator. Schools no longer dedicate precious curriculum time to learning cursive writing nor how to use an abacus because neither is seen as being necessary. It has nothing to do with the level of difficulty. I did find one of your statements very useful-- Things change over time.
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@dapperdan434 Who is saying Scotland is racist? Well, who except for you ?
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@LayDeeTee1 I did not use racism as an argument for how Scotland votes. I really wish Republicans would stop accusing any & every one who isn't a republican from using racism as an argument for every argument. I reserve pegging anything as racist unless I believe it truly fits the definition of racism/racist. Try to open your mind up to the idea that every non-republican is a liberal and every liberal fits into your idea of what a liberal is and does. Just because I heard a Republican lie on a TV segment does not mean that I believe every Republican lies. Prior to anyone becoming a republican or a democrat or a liberal or a centrist or a progressive or an evangelical, he or she was & is first a human being, and that is the ONLY thing that can be said about every member of any political party. We may as well stop calling each other "liars and cheats" in regards to voting, because at this moment in time, EVERYONE accuses and believes it of the other side. I am an independent, who, until 2018, never cared much about a candidates party affiliation. However, I saw a huge shift in people when Trump came on the scene. I think I and 99% of other non-republicans have a hard time grasping Republicans' blinding faith in trump. I see so many talk about & treat him as if he parted the red sea or rose from the dead. We don't understand your unconditional loyalty to a candidate. I never hear a republican admit that Trump did something they didn't agree with unless they also excused him at the same time. It's as though your infatuation of him makes you blind to his mistakes. The countless lies he's told -- you don't even seem to notice; You excuse his "grab 'em by the ___" is merely locker room talk -- does that make it okay to do then? The one that REALLY puzzles me are the folks who are very strong in their Faith but didn't even pause when Trump said he's never asked God or Jesus for forgiveness because he's never done anything wrong that needed forgiving. It's confusing because I have always been if the understanding that Jesus was the only man to walk the Earth without sin. So, as quick as a non-republican is to point out one of Trump's flaws, there's a group of Republicans ready to justify why it's not a flaw -- always with the justification -- never an agreement that the action is unacceptable. I'm guessing it any other man talked about grabbing your mom or your daughter, your sister by the p***y, you'd be ready knick his lights out. Unless that man is trump and then you'd tell him to come back tomorrow for another handful.
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@LayDeeTee1 HOW is she being arrogant and condescending to Kennedy? Really, how? She is being very polite to him and he is speaking so arrogantly to her in this clip.
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@LayDeeTee1 You obviously have not familiarized yourself very well with the new Georgia voting laws at issue in this video. You asked why opening up additional polling stations aren't a satisfactory wat to solve the issue. YES! That is one of the BIGGEST takeaways from the new GA laws -- they actually close the number of voting stations! It was roughly 1 polling place for every 20,000 residents/county. That has risen to 1 place for every 100,000 residents. My county will go from 10 polling locations to 2 polling locations. I guess you're probably willing to overlook it or justify it now, right?
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@unitedwestand5100 You're 61 and I'm 55. Since I was 18 yrs old, we have had early voting in GA. So, I don't understand how you can say we've only had one day to vote until recently. This is simply NOT true. You stated that until recently, if you wanted an absentee ballot, you had to make the request in person. This is simply NOT true. As you can now, a simple form can be mailed in to request an absentee ballot. The only thing that has changed is a voter can also fill out the same form online. With the exception for 2020 due to the pandemic, you had always been required to have a reason for why you were voting absentee. This has not changed. You're statement is simply not true. You stated that in our last election, 30 million votes were cast by illegals and 150 million were cast by people under age/too young to vote. That's a total of 180 million fraudulent votes. Mr. United, There weren't even that many votes cast in total. So, again, what you have stated is simply not true. Given your inability to add & subtract even very, VERY simple numbers, I can't even bother going through to explain how each if your remaining statemwnts are untrue because you obviously aren't able (able or capable?) of even the most basic type of research. I strongly suggest you stop watching whatever channel or site you think you are getting the news because it's certainly not providing you with factual information. Your statements are so far from reality, you may be watching a "Comedy News" program designed by Liberals to show republican incompetency. I think someone is, as Brits say, "taking the piss at you".
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ZIG ZAG I AGREE! The first Tues in Nov should be a national holiday. PERIOD
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@LayDeeTee1 I'm COMPLETELY unaware of "The garbage that happened due to the covid excuse.". Seriously asking.
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@unitedwestand5100 Actually, the GBI DID a signature verification match on absentee ballots in GA and reported a 99% (actually 99.99%) match of signatures. In addition, there were at least 3 hand counts and in EVERY SINGLE instance, the hand count matched the machine EXACTLY.
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@unitedwestand5100 ALSO, Mail-in ballots have been around in Georgia for, at least, the last 34 years. I cannot vouchfor Absentee ballots in GA prior to that, but b/c my work takes me out of the US, I have relied on absentee/vote by mail since Nov 1997. I'm not sure why you seem to think absentee voting is some new-fangled notion
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Actually, she referred to surrendering your ID when voting absentee -as in actually sending the ID with the ballot --to be returned, of course- which is now part of the new GA law.
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@jonnyjazzz GA is not the same as MS. GA's new law can require an absentee voter to return the actual ID card with their absentee ballot -- it is supposed to be returned afterwards. It is not at all like the comment above.
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@GrimSleepy Are you saying 2 Sundays are required under the new GA law? If so, you're incorrect. There is no guaranteed early voting on a Sunday.
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@GrimSleepy Also, the drop box requirement has changed from one box for every 20k voters in a county to one box per every 100k.
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@PaulSchober I mean "surrender". That is how the GA law is written -- surrendering/turning in one's ID WITH their absentee ballot. The ID will, of course, be returned to the address on file at a later date. The ID can be a GA DL, GA state ID card, US passport, etc. The same accepted IDs when voting in person --however, the ID doesn't need to be surrendered when voting in person; It can only be requested when voting is done by absentee ballot. Also, you must have my comment confused with someone else's, I didn't mention race
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@-JonnyBoy- I think many, if not most, people will agree with you that one shouldn't be paid to vote. How do you feel about countries that require it's citizens to vote or get fined? (Ie, Australia fines citizens roughly $200 for not voting).
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