Politics Thread

[paulxu]

That guy was in my voting line too!
He wanted to know if I'd heard about the pedophilia ring that Hillary was running in the basement of a DC pizza parlor.

Also...RIP the original James Bond.

[xubrew]

So, in Texas today....

https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-....tsrc=newsroom

I thought these kinds of bullshit tactics were only used by the woke shitheads who yell at people in restaurants and what not. I guess not.

Voter suppression and voter intimidation seem to be far more the from the playbook of Trump supporters than anyone else. It’s a far bigger and far more real threat to the integrity of the election than the voter fraud they’re accusing the left of. That falls somewhere between completely exaggerated and completely made up.

Our country is being overrun by shitheads.

[paulxu]

Texas secretary of state authorized drive through voting in the primary.
It has been continued in the general election.
So, Texas republicans are going to court to disallow 100,000 votes cast that way so far.

How can anyone be a good republican and be proud of this sort of activity to prevent counting peoples' votes.

[xubrew]

Texas secretary of state authorized drive through voting in the primary.
It has been continued in the general election.
So, Texas republicans are going to court to disallow 100,000 votes cast that way so far.

How can anyone be a good republican and be proud of this sort of activity to prevent counting peoples' votes.

It's an attempt at voter suppression.

I totally understand wanting to protect the integrity of the elections. Everyone should want a free and fair election. But people who are concerned about voter fraud (which exists, but not at the rampant level that many are saying that it does), but are not concerned about attempts to suppress the vote or to intimidate voters, are hypocrites. Pure and simple.

[paulxu]

Voter suppression defined:

Texas allow 1 drop box per county to deposit mail in ballots

Loving County Tx: population 169

Harris County Tx: population 4, 713,325

[bjf123]

Voter suppression defined:

Texas allow 1 drop box per county to deposit mail in ballots

Loving County Tx: population 169

Harris County Tx: population 4, 713,325

That is pretty stupid.


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[X-man]

Voter suppression defined:

Texas allow 1 drop box per county to deposit mail in ballots

Loving County Tx: population 169

Harris County Tx: population 4, 713,325

The area differences ought to also be illuminating.

[bigdiggins]

Voter suppression defined:

Texas allow 1 drop box per county to deposit mail in ballots

Loving County Tx: population 169

Harris County Tx: population 4, 713,325

Well that mean Harris County also has approximately 4,713,325 mailboxes (+businesses outgoing mail, +the post offices, etc) that people could have mailed in their absentee ballots. Or they could do drive through voting, or go to the polls.

Voter suppression is not the lack of 4,713,325 options for 4,713,325 people.

[xubrew]

Well that mean Harris County also has approximately 4,713,325 mailboxes (+businesses outgoing mail, +the post offices, etc) that people could have mailed in their absentee ballots. Or they could do drive through voting, or go to the polls.

Voter suppression is not the lack of 4,713,325 options for 4,713,325 people.

Agreed. So, why is there an outcry against people being able to choose to vote by mail? Why are certain republicans going to court trying to get drive thru votes tossed out?

People who do not feel that voter suppression exists are almost undoubtedly people who's votes are not being suppressed. Chances are they can vote in their precinct on Election Day without any real complications, annoyances, or inconveniences. The problem is for people who have to routinely wait more than four hours to vote because there aren't enough polling places to meet their demands. Or, they have to burn a vacation day from work because it is an all day affair, if they can even get the day off of work, which not all of them can. In the place where I previously lived, I knew multiple people who arranged to leave work an hour early so they could go vote. By 10am, the networks were already projecting the winners. They were still in the line. So...they just went home. For all practical purposes, their votes were suppressed. If that does not routinely happen to you, then realize that it does routinely happen to certain demographics of people in this country. So, yes. They would rather vote by mail, or vote early, or do drive through voting. The fact that there is a lot more of that in this election than their has been before is a good thing, but it's still not good enough, and it also still appears that there are certain forces that are trying to limit it.

[bigdiggins]

Agreed. So, why is there an outcry against people being able to choose to vote by mail? Why are certain republicans going to court trying to get drive thru votes tossed out?

People who do not feel that voter suppression exists are almost undoubtedly people who's votes are not being suppressed. Chances are they can vote in their precinct on Election Day without any real complications, annoyances, or inconveniences. The problem is for people who have to routinely wait more than four hours to vote because there aren't enough polling places to meet their demands. Or, they have to burn a vacation day from work because it is an all day affair, if they can even get the day off of work, which not all of them can. In the place where I previously lived, I knew multiple people who arranged to leave work an hour early so they could go vote. By 10am, the networks were already projecting the winners. They were still in the line. So...they just went home. For all practical purposes, their votes were suppressed. If that does not routinely happen to you, then realize that it does routinely happen to certain demographics of people in this country. So, yes. They would rather vote by mail, or vote early, or do drive through voting. The fact that there is a lot more of that in this election than their has been before is a good thing, but it's still not good enough, and it also still appears that there are certain forces that are trying to limit it.

My only issue with vote by mail was states that were sending out absentee/mail-in ballots that weren't requested based on voter registrations. If someone wants to vote absentee, it is pretty easy to get an absentee ballot.