Comments on: Fighting The Ongoing Big Lie http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/22/fighting-the-ongoing-big-lie/ Reality-based political commentary Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:26:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/22/fighting-the-ongoing-big-lie/#comment-175663 Kick Sun, 07 Mar 2021 20:29:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20082#comment-175663 Don Harris 4 <i>With a few exceptions voters can cast a write in vote.</i> This is an outright lie. In point of fact, the vast majority of states do not allow for write-in votes without a person declaring their intention to run as a write-in candidate and jumping through multiple hoops thereafter in order to achieve "ballot access." <i>Even if the vote isn't officially counted the voter will still have cast a vote. </i> Incorrect. You continuing to spew these lies of yours on this website is akin to informing people that yelling their vote out their window or texting their vote is still casting a vote... it isn't. <i>For example, California;s constitution guarantees a right to cast a write in vote, though the California courts have ruled it doesn't have to counted. </i> Incorrect, lie, or repetitive ignorance/misinformation... take your pick. In order to be eligible to receive a write-in vote and have it actually count in the State of California (and the vast majority of states in America), a candidate must first file a written statement declaring him or herself to be an official write-in candidate for a particular election and pay a filing fee and/or collect a significant number of signatures or both. Write-in votes cast for someone who has not filed as an official write-in candidate in California (and the vast majority of states) will not be counted. Those are the facts. Don Harris
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With a few exceptions voters can cast a write in vote.

This is an outright lie. In point of fact, the vast majority of states do not allow for write-in votes without a person declaring their intention to run as a write-in candidate and jumping through multiple hoops thereafter in order to achieve "ballot access."

Even if the vote isn't officially counted the voter will still have cast a vote.

Incorrect. You continuing to spew these lies of yours on this website is akin to informing people that yelling their vote out their window or texting their vote is still casting a vote... it isn't.

For example, California;s constitution guarantees a right to cast a write in vote, though the California courts have ruled it doesn't have to counted.

Incorrect, lie, or repetitive ignorance/misinformation... take your pick. In order to be eligible to receive a write-in vote and have it actually count in the State of California (and the vast majority of states in America), a candidate must first file a written statement declaring him or herself to be an official write-in candidate for a particular election and pay a filing fee and/or collect a significant number of signatures or both. Write-in votes cast for someone who has not filed as an official write-in candidate in California (and the vast majority of states) will not be counted.

Those are the facts.

]]> By: BashiBazouk http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/22/fighting-the-ongoing-big-lie/#comment-175302 BashiBazouk Tue, 23 Feb 2021 18:49:12 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20082#comment-175302 <i>Stop perpetuating and promoting the Real Big Lie.</i> But then where would you be without one demand? Stop perpetuating and promoting the Real Big Lie.

But then where would you be without one demand?

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/22/fighting-the-ongoing-big-lie/#comment-175299 ListenWhenYouHear Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:45:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20082#comment-175299 If Republican voters truly believe that it is so easy to vote multiple times or to vote using someone’s identity that isn’t them, and that Democrats are doing this to steal the elections, then they should be encouraged to fight fire with fire and attempt to vote multiple times themselves! Honestly, this may be the only way they figure out the truth. Not only are there just too many people in this country to think that you can steal enough people’s identity and their votes to impact an election, but there are just too many road blocks in the process to do this efficiently and effectively! The amount of time and effort to track down those that may be deceased but still on the voter rolls, to create the false ID’s or find a copy of their signature in order to request an absentee ballot would be a massive undertaking that culminates (if they are lucky to not get caught) in just a SINGLE vote! If Republican voters truly believe that it is so easy to vote multiple times or to vote using someone’s identity that isn’t them, and that Democrats are doing this to steal the elections, then they should be encouraged to fight fire with fire and attempt to vote multiple times themselves!

Honestly, this may be the only way they figure out the truth. Not only are there just too many people in this country to think that you can steal enough people’s identity and their votes to impact an election, but there are just too many road blocks in the process to do this efficiently and effectively! The amount of time and effort to track down those that may be deceased but still on the voter rolls, to create the false ID’s or find a copy of their signature in order to request an absentee ballot would be a massive undertaking that culminates (if they are lucky to not get caught) in just a SINGLE vote!

]]> By: andygaus http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/22/fighting-the-ongoing-big-lie/#comment-175298 andygaus Tue, 23 Feb 2021 05:28:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20082#comment-175298 Since Republicans will always piously claim that they just want to make the vote more accurate, Democrats and newspeople should both zero in on changes that could not possibly have any such effect: "How does eliminating Sunday voting protect the integrity of the vote?" "How does reducing the number of polling places combat voter fraud?" It should be illegal for any state to purge voters from the rolls simply for not voting in a certain number of elections. It's an abridgment of voters' right to vote their conscience by not voting at all. If Benedict Arnold is running against Osama bin Laden, you should not have to vote for "the lesser of two evils" just to maintain your right to vote in the next election. Since Republicans will always piously claim that they just want to make the vote more accurate, Democrats and newspeople should both zero in on changes that could not possibly have any such effect: "How does eliminating Sunday voting protect the integrity of the vote?" "How does reducing the number of polling places combat voter fraud?"
It should be illegal for any state to purge voters from the rolls simply for not voting in a certain number of elections. It's an abridgment of voters' right to vote their conscience by not voting at all. If Benedict Arnold is running against Osama bin Laden, you should not have to vote for "the lesser of two evils" just to maintain your right to vote in the next election.

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2021/02/22/fighting-the-ongoing-big-lie/#comment-175296 John M from Ct. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 01:04:17 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=20082#comment-175296 As I read along here, following your chain of thought and sample articles, I was with you every step of the way. Hey, what about H.R. 1? Ah, you got it. As federal legislation it can overrule the states. Hey, what about the need to end the filibuster in order to pass H.R. 1? Ah, you got it. This had better be the straw that breaks the camel's back this year. Without H.R. 1 as law before 2022, the Dems are going to have a hard time no matter how successful the Covid fight will have been, and no matter how well the economy might be doing by then. Because the Democratic voters who want to reward the party that actually worked to fix the country and improve their lives just won't be able to vote. As I read along here, following your chain of thought and sample articles, I was with you every step of the way.

Hey, what about H.R. 1? Ah, you got it. As federal legislation it can overrule the states.

Hey, what about the need to end the filibuster in order to pass H.R. 1? Ah, you got it.

This had better be the straw that breaks the camel's back this year. Without H.R. 1 as law before 2022, the Dems are going to have a hard time no matter how successful the Covid fight will have been, and no matter how well the economy might be doing by then. Because the Democratic voters who want to reward the party that actually worked to fix the country and improve their lives just won't be able to vote.

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