Residency and voters rights in South Dakota

wnjj wrote:

stickdog wrote:
Strange so many against democracy and the right to vote. Hell, Walaby wants only land owners to be able to vote. Do I see any hands for a poll tax? Hey we tried that allowing women to vote how is that working? Glad this bunch isn't writing the voting laws.

You’re reading way too much into what Walaby wrote. Residence does not equal land owner and is also a perfectly common sense requirement for voting. How else do you attach one person to one vote? Seems very democratic to me.

We are also a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

Thanks wnjj - as you pointed out, nowhere did I say one has to own land to vote. As members of this site, we are simply a microcosm of society as a whole. So, it stands to reason that the same sort of over-reaction to differing opinions occurs here.

If I were a local resident, I would not appreciate people influencing the decisions made at a local level, simply because they have a PO Box within the precinct, town, municipality, or whatever. It can happen regardless of your political affiliation. It should be something we all care about.

That said, there should be some way for full timers in this position to be able to vote for President. Not sure how to pull that off though.

Mike