diverging

The importation of slaves had been banned in the US since 1808, about 60 years before 14th amendment. The vast majority, if not all, of the people that were granted citizenship by the 14th amendment would have been born in the US and been several generations removed from anyone that lived in Africa.

It’s the exact same mistake that racists keep making: Assuming that any brown person that they see is from some other country.

That’s a terrible argument, as expected from Barrett. I guess we’re just fortunate that the other guys are so stupid.

This conversation is about the advantages of mail-in ballots. Being able to research ballots ahead of time is not an advantage of mail-in ballots. In either case, you can have the ballot in front of you (either a sample ballot or a real ballot) and you are able take all the time you need to do your researching.

For someone to say that being able to research ballots ahead of time is an advantage of mail-in ballots suggests that there are people showing up polling places and realizing that they have no idea how they want to vote, resulting in them having to frantically research the issues and candidates on their phones at the polling booth or fill it out without being well informed. And that is worrying.

research each proposal

There’s nothing stopping you from researching each proposal before going to vote at a polling place. The items on the ballot are not secret.

It’s very worrying to me how many times I have seen this.