Undocumented immigrants (and anyone else who doesn't belong) on voter rolls nationwide. Do they matter? Some people say, "It's only a few; don't worry about it." Elections can be won or lost by a single vote. So I think it matters. How about the health and accuracy of the voter rolls period across the different jurisdictions in the country? People who should not be registered to vote for any specified reason. Citizens and non-citizens alike. Let's not have blinders on and only be concerned about immigrants, but about all voters who should not be on the voter rolls for a myriad of reasons. What can we do to ensure that the voter registration data is accurate? Nothing really. For example: 19 states allow undocumented individuals to get driver's licenses. Not just people with visas or green cards. Completely undocumented. Pair that with states that have configured their DMV software so that the voter registration system automatically registers a person to vote when they get or update their driver's license. This twists the Motor Voter law, which is covered by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 ("NVRA"). It was supposed to require states to offer the opportunity to register to vote when getting or changing a driver's license if the individual chooses to 'opt-in' to this process at the DMV. Now some states have enacted legislation that automatically registers anyone who gets or changes their DL to vote and sends data to the Voter Registration department, which is used to add them to the voter rolls. The person must manually 'opt-out' for this not to happen. There are supposed to be safeguards that keep people that shouldn't be registered to vote from being automatically added in this process. The data exchange between the DMV and the Voter Registration Office. Two separate entities. But this software on both sides, the code and the databases that stores are passes this data back and forth either exports/imports or or direct connections between the two system using purely the code and Insert/Update triggers is written and maintained by people at the state level and verified by 'third party auditors'. People that have agendas and biases. And when those people move on or retire they are replaced with new people that have their own agendas and biases to maintain/control the system. This doesn't affect only the undocumented but all people that get or change their DMV. Software can be wrong. completely by accident. And if the people in charge are using pristine test data to validate the process then any problems with the software could easily go unnoticed. Unfortunately this process from beginning to end is controlled by each states government and their vendors. We as citizens cannot look at this process, it's logic and test it's accuracy. We are told not to worry about it and just trust. Something like this should not be proprietary software for a specific state/vendor that needs to be kept secret and hidden from other states and their vendors. A process like this should be identical across jurisdictions. Wee the people should be able to inspect this software and verify it's accuracy. It's kind of important I believe. But, as it stands this entire process (software, websites, databases, import/export file layouts etcetera is hidden from our eyes. Again it's just for particular state officials and their 3rd party auditors. Now tie this entire process to states (eight so far, all ran by the left by coincidence) that also automatically send Vote by Mail ballots to all active people on their voter rolls without any request from the voters for General Elections. Now we are really cooking. Most voter registration information is supposed to be public record. Let us set up a committee of citizens that can view the data, the software and data bases and be able to run our own test scenarios. Just a test system running the same versions of this that are being used live by states and counties. Do you want to quiet all the talk about problems with the voter data? Here is an easy step to easy the fears and stop the rhetoric around this. Simply sprinkle some transparency onto the process. My apologies for the length and any coherence issues as this was just off the cuff as they say. Does this seem like an outrageous or even impossible request to ask of our government? What do you think people of the United States? @ElectIntegrity

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Do these people really want zero accountability for people's actions? foxnews.com/politics/unearth…

How many people vote straight-party ballots every election? People who vote straight-party tickets for either party in every election, without even knowing most candidates' names or what they have done and promised to do, are foolish. Dem or Rep. I've voted Republican for one position in my area and Democrat for another. Because of who they were, what they said, and what they historically did and believed. We should want the best person for every slot, and a lot of balance is good. We need to get back to the middle. The real middle.

I was asked a hypothetical about Canada (no offense, Canada) that started with a premise that the U.S. military is stretched very thin right now (okay sure, I'll play). The question was: What would the U.S. do if the Canadian military launched a ground invasion of the United States? If they came across anywhere east of the Great Lakes (probable), the question wouldn't be how our military would respond. Instead, their concern should be how our civilian population will respond. The military is busy. In this hypothetical, I think we might just let our military sit this one out.

Toxic Masculinity. What an overused, misused phrase. I hear it and always wonder. Isn't there 'toxic femininity' as well? Can't women be just as toxic as men, or even more so? This always leads me to believe that there are clearly toxic people in the world we live in. Some male, some female. The trait that defines them is not their femininity or masculinity; it's their toxicity. People can be, and unfortunately are, toxic. Non-masculine men can be extremely toxic. Ergo, their toxicity is related to them personally. Not their masculinity. The same applies to women. Feminine women and non-feminine women can be toxic. They don't share femininity, nor are they grouped together in any other way. Except by their toxicity. I think we can agree that people of all races, sexes, etcetera can range from mildly toxic to radioactively toxic. Let's drop all the other labels and generalizations, get them out of the way, and not quarrel over it. Some people are toxic, and others are not.

Did something as simple as watching a T.V. show or going to the movies ever change your life? I remember, as a small child, watching reruns of the OG Star Trek in the early 1970s and, from 1974 onward, watching Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor. My sister, who passed this year from Alzheimer's, was 10 years older than me. But she really took care of me. I remember her taking me to the movies in '76 to see Infra Man, which, if you haven't seen it, is a wonderful movie from that era about robots, monsters, and kaiju. After that, she took me to see A New Hope in 1977. I was eight years old. I was already on my way, but that movie, in particular, shaped me into the person I became. I was a nerd. Right then. I asked for and got an Atari 2600 that same year. My mother, the best woman I ever knew, fostered my learning and helped shape my mind by teaching me to play chess and taking me to the library multiple times a week. This lady would even take a Polaroid of an Activision game I would "win" and mail it to the company to get my iron-on patches. I pray that kind of support is given to everyone, though I know it hasn't been and won't be. By the early eighties, I was programming on an Acorn Atom with a cassette tape drive. Later, around 1989, I built my first PC with an Intel 486 to code and play Sierra games. King's Quest and Quest for Glory were my favorites. By 1991, I was all in on Civilization. I started learning DOS 6.2, UNIX, Windows 3.1, then 95. NT Server and on and on. By my mid 20s I had helped two dial-up ISPs open in our small town and built computer labs for Elementary and Middle Schools. By 1999 I had seen ads for this crazy game called EverQuest and I state before you I was side by side with someone on day 1 watching the server screens show that all were locked. The moment they unlocked I selected Fennin Ro, created a human druid and logged in. The person with me, their screen refreshed and it said the population on Fennin Ro was 1. I stumbled around lost in absolute darkness for it seemed like ten minutes and then a guy came through the dark right up to me like a wraith. He was wearing green armor and carrying a flaming sword. He /waved hello and vanished back into the night. Much later I learned that what was Brad McQuaid's avatar Aradune. I met a legend on day one and didn't know ow it. That encounter hooked me for life even if he didn't know it. I have logged in and played this week. I could write a book about the game, lore, people I have met and the crazy things we did. Thank you EverQuest for all of that. But later in my 20's I was also running a Quake 2 clan off of a T-1. We were very successful with a lot of members. Myself and three others ran the clan. War, Death, Famine and myself, Pestilence. Soon a person that had joined us started talking to me in private on Roger Wilco and ICQ, It seems that he really liked me and for some reason had unwavering faith that I would do anything and that he wanted to hire me. Okay. To do what? I really can't sell you. Let me send you Plane ticket so you can fly to Los Angeles to check out the operation. I spoke with my wife about it. we had five and three year old so we really thought it through, In the end I told he I would accept this interim position and see what they were all about and just send my paychecks home to her. It was work I didn't know. The guy that pushed to hire me said, just go to San Diego three nights a week and get a few certificates and apply what you learn each week to what your currently doing. So I dove i, I was evaluated by the guy that hired me, the VP in charge of programming and the owner and VP. All of the things the previous team couldn't get running I had generating from within the GUI and it was and spitting out some good lucking data. I had never went to a school or a college but they officered me a full time position as their Lead Report Writer. By the time the smoke cleared I was a Sr. Software Engineer, Sr, Account Manager and still the companies Lead Report Writer. There is so much I could talk about, maybe at a different time. But in clothing I really want to thank two people. George Lucas for creating the movie that rewired my brain. and to daJudge, the man from that company that convinced them to move me to Los Angeles. Who coming in blind just speaking with me only thought that I would make an impact. I hope I did you proud my friend. I moved again back to my little state and town and retired after 25 years with the company. I had 2 daughters that turned Sweet Sixteen and I said, big birthday for you, are you thinking of a little car? No father, I want this 3700 dollar Alienware Laptop. Okay then. I'll know where you are at lease. The second daughter turned Sweet Sixteen and also asked for an Alienware laptop. They are no grown and still gaming and their kids are gaming as well. We can usually put 3 generations in a server if we want to. So now I have a daughter with a degree in Computer Science and is now perusing her degree in Information Services. This bloodline of games, techies and nerds came from me via Star Wars IV A New Hope. Thank you George Lucas @GeorgeLucaslLM Thank you Ken Williams @caboken Thank you Sid Meier @sid_meier Thanks also to Brad McQuaid. Rest In Peace. You and people like you kept my mind engaged with possibilities and although I never went to school of any kind I retired writing code for a very important reason. 25 years and I was out. We moved back to our small town and here we are gaming with the grandchildren. You all not only shaped me into who I became but it engulfed my family. All for the better. Thank you for without even knowing it steering me and my family onto a great path that lead to a great life. Will much love. Eddie