Yeah, wouldn't want to elect some nut. Gotta think these things through.
In news from South Carolina, still in a heated battle to reclaim the throne as craziest damn state in the union, and
good luck with that:
[T]he South Carolina House Judiciary Committee has given its preliminary approval to a bill that would allow alcohol sales on Election Day.
“They were worried that people’s votes could be bought by alcohol on Election Day, which is about the silliest thing ever,” said South Carolina state Rep. Todd Rutherford (D), the bill’s lead sponsor. “But I’ve tried for about three years not to change it, and this is the first opportunity I’ve had to do so, the first time the bill has made it out of subcommittee.”
Oh, but there's a catch. A big, big, big catch.
But the state House Judiciary Committee has added a new wrinkle: In exchange for allowing alcohol sales on Election Day, the committee added an amendment that would require liquor not be sold on Christmas Day.
That has the booze industry up in arms.
Well that's not going anywhere. So long, idea, it was nice while it lasted.
I have to ask, South Carolina, and I mean this sincerely: Has the premise really been that if you allowed the South Carolina populous to purchase alcohol on Election Day, it would result in worse election outcomes and worse elected officials than those that already lead the state? Really?
How is that even possible? Christ, get these people liquored up. Maybe the whole problem South Carolina has been having all these years is that everyone goes into the voting booth pissed off and with the shakes.