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Stopped at a busy place for lunch today. Outside on the public access sidewalk I ran into two people asking for signatures on petitions to get them on the ballot. When the first one was "explained" I surmised that the whole thing was some rightwing signature shop.

The first petition was to "prevent" illegal voting. I told the guy that was a made up issue, he didn't hear me and kept trying to explain that the proposed amendment would prevent, in his words, "illegals" and other non citizens from voting. I tried not to roll my eyes, not really sure if my brain overrode itself. In Florida, to vote you have to have a state issued ID, typically a driver's license. To get that ID, you have to show proof that you are a US citizen, two pieces of ID is required. So the petition people are trying to fix a problem that does not exist.

Now, the next one takes the cake:

Once I stopped the guy and told him that I would vote against the first petition if it made it on the 2020 ballot, he flipped to the next petition. The second petition was that voters had to approve any change to the Constitution. Again I said that is properly addressed now, he disputed that. So I asked him, Do you know what the current standard is for ratification of a change to the Constitution. I could literally see the little mouse running around the flywheel that he calls a brain, so I decided not to waste more of my time and answered my own question for him. I explained that the legislatures of 3/4 of the 50 states have to approve a constitutional change, that is 38 states. Then I said 38 states is a very high standard and if you think the Florida legislature would approve a change, then protest there or vote them out of office. At that point I was done with those fools, I have some free time today and I was not going to waste more of it on them.

If you see those people as you are out and about, you may want to explain to them the reasons why they are chasing their asses.