Probably the most not-the-onion headline I’ve ever read. My brain keeps trying to illustrate it as comedy to explain it to myself in my mind.
My brain’s conclusion?
Jesus fucking Christ, I’m so tired.
Not being from the US, I was flabbergasted when I learned how voting laws are working there. Where I live we’re all automatically registered by the government. They send a card with your name and your address. If there is an error, or if people don’t get a card, they can manually register or correct the error. And we all stay registered unless we move or there is an error. That’s it.
I’m in my mid life and had to register once in my 20ies because I moved a lot. Otherwise the government just automatically registers me. Nobody can challenge that except the election’s office. They decide who meets the requirements to vote or not. Not some random conservative asshole that thinks people are not white enough. Democracy in the US seems like a joke.
It isn’t a joke. Jokes are funny. This isn’t funny. If hasn’t been funny, ever.
How else are you going to legally bully and intimidate voters?
Good now challenge citizenship of all white ppl
GO BACK TO EUROPE YOU PALE, TERRITORIAL CHEESEWHEATS
edited to add specificity
“How could this go wrong?” Said absolutely no one.
South Dakota? Home of Kristi Noem? UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Time to start looking up every white-ass right-wing voter in the state that has a second home or spends early November out of state this year and challenge their registration 91 days before the 2028 election.
flooding the office is the only way to deal with these things
If a county auditor deems the challenge valid
The article doesn’t say how South Dakota county auditors are chosen, how they make decisions or what scrutiny they are subject to but I’m not sure I like your chances here
Real chaotic good energy. I dig it!
I try. The world needs more chaotic good.
That would be hilarious. Just start challenging anyone and everyone with a MAGAt sticker just before the election and lock them all down in pointless bureaucracy of proving their citizenship
It says you need some kind of documented evidence but I’m sure that’s pretty easy to gin up for a lot of people.
AI go brrrr…
wait’ll white people start claiming indigenous people aren’t citizens.
Just out of curiosity: What do you think 'll is the contraction of?
Not proper but it scans as “wait till”, as “til”, “till”, and “until” are interchangeable in common English, “till” being a somewhat archaic but still often used version.
You’re too late. ICE has already arrested people with Native American IDs, claiming they are invalid.
ICE has arrested people with valid REAL-IDs claiming they aren’t real. They’ll do whatever they want to whoever they want.
REAL-IDs
Are Native American IDs not real?
ETA: Reading this back, it looks really pas-ag. Not American, the question is sincere. I’ve never heard of Native American IDs
REAL-ID is a new-ish standard required to obtain a driver’s license or personal ID. It requires more documentation than was previously required. Native American IDs are real, but REAL-ID is not related.
Oh right! Ok, the comment makes more sense now. Thanks
You’re a little late https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_v._Wilkins
Liberals love to pretend the law is self-enforcing and refuse to ask what role the state’s deeply racist and violent state bureaucrats, or the police and sheriff’s offices (nevermind any ICE agents operating in the state) will play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Eye_(United_States)
Incidentally, Supreme Court Justice William Renquist started his career as a poll-watcher in Arizona, screening out any who looked too Democrat.
So they added pvp to voting
She’s a witch!
Who are you who is so knowledgeable in the ways of science?
Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed legislation into law last week that authorizes challenges by individuals and election officials.
It would be a terrible shame if a bunch of people started challenging Larry’s citizenship.
“Rhoden”!?!
Sounds like a foreigner to me!
He’s obviously a very large monster from Japan. I’m thinking some kind of kaiju mosquito. Dibs on the band name
Soooo…every reservation gonna challenge every South Dakotane citizenship?
God I hope so.
So are there any pro-boner lawyers looking to challenge as many white people as they can?
I fucking hate my country now
I mean, you hated it before, but you hate it now too
gonna be shocked when all the people challenged aren’t white while all the people challenging are.
Reunite the Dakotas!
