Merged US Supreme Court upholds Ohio early voting ruling

[NotJesus]

The Supremes have issued a one-sentence order upholding a ruling to allow early voting in Ohio over the last weekend before election day.

Big win for Obama.

 

[LarianLeQuella]

High Court Won't Block Early Voting in Ohio

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/10/16/high_court_wont_block_early_voting_in_ohio.html

The U.S. Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state of Ohio, the AP reports.

Every once in a while, the SCOTUS actually surprises me.

EDIT TO ADD: Damn, I got beat to the punch by 4 minutes. Please merge wit other thread...

 

[SkepticalDrew]

You guys are quick. This is great news for Obama - I don't see Romney faring well without Ohio.

 

[BenBurch]

AWESOME.

If we had lost this, the election would have been thrown to Romney.

 

[mikedenk]

Great.

Layabouts, slackjaws, stoners, and malcontents will now have ample time to stumble upon polling sites and lurch forward onto levers and buttons, deciding the future of the country. Hurrah for early voting. Because actual voting was apparently waaaaaay too difficult of a process.

Surely though, this new system is still too difficult. Actually expecting people to plan for and expend energy in the voting process will disenfranchise somebody somewhere. I propose a new system, which will ensure full participation:

- the government installs a microphone in the home of all citizens
- at any point from the inauguration of the current president through "election day", a citizen may elect to
- momentarily put down the Cheetos, Nintendo controller, and bong, then
- addressing the installed microphone, speak the name of their chosen candidate
- boom, voting complete

 

[thaiboxerken]

Great win for democracy!

 

[tyr_13]

Really? Your objection is that this makes it too easy to vote?

 

[thaiboxerken]

Great.

Layabouts, slackjaws, stoners, and malcontents will now have ample time to stumble upon polling sites and lurch forward onto levers and buttons, deciding the future of the country. Hurrah for early voting. Because actual voting was apparently waaaaaay too difficult of a process.

Surely though, this new system is still too difficult. Actually expecting people to plan for and expend energy in the voting process will disenfranchise somebody somewhere. I propose a new system, which will ensure full participation:

- the government installs a microphone in the home of all citizens
- at any point from the inauguration of the current president through "election day", a citizen may elect to
- momentarily put down the Cheetos, Nintendo controller, and bong, then
- addressing the installed microphone, speak the name of their chosen candidate
- boom, voting complete

You forgot to include literacy tests and poll taxes.

 

[thaiboxerken]

Really? Your objection is that this makes it too easy to vote?

Of course. If voting is too easy, the wrong kind of people might vote.

 

[Unabogie]

Great.

Layabouts, slackjaws, stoners, and malcontents will now have ample time to stumble upon polling sites and lurch forward onto levers and buttons, deciding the future of the country. Hurrah for early voting. Because actual voting was apparently waaaaaay too difficult of a process.

Surely though, this new system is still too difficult. Actually expecting people to plan for and expend energy in the voting process will disenfranchise somebody somewhere. I propose a new system, which will ensure full participation:

- the government installs a microphone in the home of all citizens
- at any point from the inauguration of the current president through "election day", a citizen may elect to
- momentarily put down the Cheetos, Nintendo controller, and bong, then
- addressing the installed microphone, speak the name of their chosen candidate
- boom, voting complete

If voting is intended to accurately poll the preference of the electorate, in what way would your proposed system be bad?

 

[thaiboxerken]

If voting is intended to accurately poll the preference of the electorate, in what way would your proposed system be bad?

Since when do conservatives want an accurate measure of anything?

 

[Unabogie]

Since when do conservatives want an accurate measure of anything?

I know. But really, how is this microphone system different from vote-by-mail in Oregon? Or in the near future, hopefully, voting online?

We can do our taxes online. We can do our banking online. We can get degrees online. Why not voting? Why wouldn't that be amazing and wonderful?

And why are "conservatives" against anything that gets more people to participate in elections?

 

[BenBurch]

...

And why are "conservatives" against anything that gets more people to participate in elections?

Anything that keeps people who have productive jobs away from the polls is good for the GOP.

 

[thaiboxerken]

I know. But really, how is this microphone system different from vote-by-mail in Oregon? Or in the near future, hopefully, voting online?

We can do our taxes online. We can do our banking online. We can get degrees online. Why not voting? Why wouldn't that be amazing and wonderful?

And why are "conservatives" against anything that gets more people to participate in elections?

I'll say it again. Because it lets " THOSE PEOPLE" vote.

 

[varwoche]

Layabouts, slackjaws, stoners, and malcontents will now have ample time to stumble upon polling sites and lurch forward onto levers and buttons, deciding the future of the country. Hurrah for early voting.

LOL, thank you for this hilarious bit of idiocy!

 

[MattusMaximus]

The Supremes have issued a one-sentence order upholding a ruling to allow early voting in Ohio over the last weekend before election day.

Big win for Obama.

Suck it, GOP.

BAM

ETA: Oh yeah, I almost forgot... JUDICIAL ACTIVISM!!!11!1

 

[Tricky]

Great.

Layabouts, slackjaws, stoners, and malcontents will now have ample time to stumble upon polling sites and lurch forward onto levers and buttons, deciding the future of the country. Hurrah for early voting. Because actual voting was apparently waaaaaay too difficult of a process.

Surely though, this new system is still too difficult. Actually expecting people to plan for and expend energy in the voting process will disenfranchise somebody somewhere. I propose a new system, which will ensure full participation:

- the government installs a microphone in the home of all citizens
- at any point from the inauguration of the current president through "election day", a citizen may elect to
- momentarily put down the Cheetos, Nintendo controller, and bong, then
- addressing the installed microphone, speak the name of their chosen candidate
- boom, voting complete

Eats shoots and leaves.

 

[johnny karate]

Great.

Layabouts, slackjaws, stoners, and malcontents will now have ample time to stumble upon polling sites and lurch forward onto levers and buttons, deciding the future of the country. Hurrah for early voting. Because actual voting was apparently waaaaaay too difficult of a process.

Surely though, this new system is still too difficult. Actually expecting people to plan for and expend energy in the voting process will disenfranchise somebody somewhere. I propose a new system, which will ensure full participation:

- the government installs a microphone in the home of all citizens
- at any point from the inauguration of the current president through "election day", a citizen may elect to
- momentarily put down the Cheetos, Nintendo controller, and bong, then
- addressing the installed microphone, speak the name of their chosen candidate
- boom, voting complete

The ironing is delicious.

 

[MattusMaximus]

From the article in the OP:

... The justices rejected a bid by Ohio Republicans to limit the early voting on those days to members of the military. The rebuff came in a one-line order, with no published dissent. ...

DOUBLE-BAM

 

[MattusMaximus]

AWESOME.

If we had lost this, the election would have been thrown to Romney.

No, it just would have been much more difficult for President Obama to win Ohio. I think Obama would have taken Ohio anyway, it just would have been a lot closer.