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Huh so all of Harris county will have a single drop-off location, probably nowhere easy to get to.
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Oct 1, 2020 18:54
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saintonan posted:The justification is to reduce urban turnout. I know what it’s for, but he's saying it's for “election security “. The first thing the Dems have to do if they get a trifecta is kill the filibuster and pass massive voting rights reform.
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Oct 1, 2020 18:55
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zoux posted:I know what it’s for, but he's saying it's for “election security “. To secure elections for Republicans. There's absolutely no other reason.
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Oct 1, 2020 18:59
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I imagine this will be stayed by a federal court within the day. The Fifth Cir. already ruled it's too close to the election to start loving with stuff
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Oct 1, 2020 19:01
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Manager Hoyden posted:Huh so all of Harris county will have a single drop-off location, probably nowhere easy to get to. Nowhere in Harris country is easy to get to except the exact part of it that you live in. Everywhere else is extremely inconvenient.
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Oct 1, 2020 19:03
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There were already only 12 in the whole loving county, which is already too low. Harris county has more population than several states https://twitter.com/AshLopezRadio/status/1311727437223546880 Also if Travis has 4, but three are downtown, then really it has 2
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Oct 1, 2020 19:07
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ReidRansom posted:Nowhere in Harris country is easy to get to except the exact part of it that you live in. Everywhere else is extremely inconvenient. That depends, you got an hour to spare for one way?
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Oct 1, 2020 19:07
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I heard that the designated ballot dropoff location for Bexar County is now in the basement of the Alamo. In Travis County, it's going to be at Franklin's BBQ but you have to wait through the food order line first. Kidding aside, this is such a naked attempt at voter suppression. Claiming "security" isn't even a fig leaf. How is one overcrowded, chaotic location going to be "more secure" than several?
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Oct 1, 2020 19:24
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jesus christ gently caress greg and if i saw him irl i'd tumble him out of his wheelchair, call him a cripple, piss on his face, and feel no shame
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Oct 1, 2020 20:04
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He has a security detail
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ReidRansom posted:Nowhere in Harris country is easy to get to except the exact part of it that you live in. Everywhere else is extremely inconvenient. Even here in Denton County it takes 45 minutes to get to the election office.
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Oct 1, 2020 20:20
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:i hate this so much The word is classism. I know that racism is heavily intertwined with American classim because of systematic biases and oppression that can't be solved just by increasing income mobility and reducing the income gap and toppling the rich, and so needs a lot of special attention, but at the end of the day, there's still a lot of classism independent of race. People seem generally less aware of classism as a problem, which is why they sometimes don't know to use dog whistles or euphemisms, but then since people don't decry classism so often, they don't really need to.
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Oct 1, 2020 20:23
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What's ridiculous is that election security arguments completely stick for Republican voters. Like, they genuinely believe voting should be as difficult as possible, and that not being able to vote because of these barriers means you just didn't want to vote hard enough.
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Oct 1, 2020 20:24
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https://mobile.twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1311709292827901952 Man they really wanted Bernie
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Oct 1, 2020 20:34
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:i hate this so much In Austin this lady would just say she’s trying to prevent gentrification
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Oct 1, 2020 20:50
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I loving wish this was the case Should actually show health insurance, pharma and credit card executives on the train
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I don't think I said it here, but I basically knew that regardless of who won the primaries, the Republicans would be making the exact same allegations as to how radical the Democrats are. It's not like the Republicans ever needed true facts or information in their campaign advertising before. It's like how they successfully portrayed themselves as being more financially responsible by decreasing taxes and increasing spending. The only difference is that instead of justifying the things that need to be done, the Biden campaign is stuck in an awkward version of that "When did you stop beating your wife" gag.
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Oct 1, 2020 20:54
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zoux posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1311709292827901952 They really don't know which narrative to stick with for Biden - either he's controlled by Antifa or he's betraying them. I loved Chris Hooks' response. I didn't even notice it. https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/1311732766774566913
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I have a bet with a friend that abbott is beaten to death by an angry mob before nov 4th. lookin' good!
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:What's ridiculous is that election security arguments completely stick for Republican voters. Like, they genuinely believe voting should be as difficult as possible, and that not being able to vote because of these barriers means you just didn't want to vote hard enough. It sticks because they're fully aware the reason is to keep them from voting. Conservative politicians and, to a slightly lesser extent voters, don't give a poo poo about these debate nerd rear end arguments because they innately understand that politics is about the acquisition and use of power. And if telling some press dork "oh well uhh we did it for security and uhh... corona yeah. The corona." works to make people gently caress off when they ask you why you closed down shitload of polling locations they're going to do it. It's been like this for probably everyone ITT's entire life, except back in the day we'd be smug and post about the ignorant rethuglicans and watch Jon Stewart about it where now we're being smug and watching twitter about it  fakeedit: this account rules so far https://twitter.com/DubyaEraLeft/status/1304917709143015424?s=20
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This sort of freaks me out since I got my job working for HC because of the 2018 midterms democratic sweep. Now they killed straight-ticket voting last year(?) and the Republicans of HC have been fired up cause of blue judge decisions makes me think I'll get canned in '21 
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Look, I'm just saying maybe that tree should have finished the job
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Oct 2, 2020 01:49
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Chieves posted:Look, I'm just saying maybe that tree should have finished the job I've been saying this
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Oct 2, 2020 02:36
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Stop being so blood thirsty jesus
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Oct 2, 2020 02:55
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Last time I did an irony joke like that in here I caught a sixer, just heads up.
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Oct 2, 2020 04:04
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Honestly I'd rather have my enemies alive and see everything bad they ever worked hard to accomplish be destroyed and prosecute them for whatever crimes they did. Maybe in some ways we're possibly headed towards widespread targeted political violence, but we're not there yet.
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So how bad is this Abbott order going to gently caress over the chances of democrats potentially flipping the state? I had a bunch we wouldn't be able to do it but now feel this may have cemented it. TBH if we can't flip the state when the most toxic candidate (hopefully) in the history of our nation is giving us free layups then we may never be able to.
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Oct 2, 2020 04:36
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Who knows. Depends on how hosed the USPS is, since these are mail-in dropoff boxes. And since the vast majority of mail voters, and indeed one of the few groups allowed to vote-by-mail for any reason, are 65+ seniors, who can say. It'd be a lot bigger deal if we were a universal mail vote state, and if it turns out usps is sabotaged enough. But I saw a gallup poll today that showed a decline in intent to vote by mail from high 50s in mid summer to high 30s. You look nationally at early voting totals, ballot applications and returns, it seems like people get the GOP is trying to steal the election and are doing everything they can to make sure their vote counts. Also, I'd be more worried about this https://twitter.com/quorumreport/status/1311821700263276544
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Well, what sucks in addition to these just being barriers - having fewer places to submit ballots and fewer days for voting, is that all voter outreach and education - including hundreds of thousands of pieces of outreach materials from both parties and non-partisan groups - includes the 3-week early voting dates. Counties have already hired folks for early voting poll workers and election judges. It means folks might still go out during the original dates or expect to drop off a ballot at a dropbox that now isn't there - and may become too discouraged to try again later. And with all of the uncertainty on this, it's even more difficult to confidently educate voters. It doesn't just impact the voters - it intentionally fucks up the entire GOTV and county election infrastructure. You'd think it'd hurt the Republicans themselves, but typically the formula is that if almost no one votes, the people left who will are Republicans with more polling site access in their neighborhoods.
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zoux posted:Who knows. Depends on how hosed the USPS is, since these are mail-in dropoff boxes. And since the vast majority of mail voters, and indeed one of the few groups allowed to vote-by-mail for any reason, are 65+ seniors, who can say. wasn't he the one who expanded it in the first place?
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Badger of Basra posted:wasn't he the one who expanded it in the first place? Yes. He’s also the one who was in charge when the boxes went up. He’s also the one who closed hair salons. He’s a full of poo poo grifter and he always has been.
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Christ I really hope that doesn't come true, was gunning to vote that first week cause I know things are going to be a shitstorm with waiting times.
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Oct 2, 2020 05:34
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You and everyone else. Early voting is when being a centrist helps. Just show up at some random time in the middle of it, not right at the start or end.
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Captain Monkey posted:He’s a full of poo poo grifter and he always has been. I think he's just way in over his head. He's a replacement-level GOP suit guy and he's trying to do the populism Trumpy thing but he doesn't know how so he's constantly whipping between the two extremes in his own party
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I have terrible news for anyone who wanted their Amarillo dining experience to feature someone arguing that no its not racist, and actually perhaps it is You that is the racist for saying it's racist https://twitter.com/TacoTrail/status/1312020985017782279
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The only places I eat in Amarillo are garish multi-story steakhouses with eat-a-giant-porterhouse-in-the-time-limit-and-it's-free gimmicks, thanks.
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Oct 2, 2020 14:45
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Just so I'm clear, mail in ballots can go in any mailbox and not just the drop off spot, right?
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i say swears online posted:Just so I'm clear, mail in ballots can go in any mailbox and not just the drop off spot, right? Yes, you can mail in your mail-in ballots. The drop off spot is just so you don't have to worry about the USPS losing it/delaying it/etc. It goes in with the in-person ballots when you drop it off at the specified location
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It's just weird, I've got D-leaning friends saying this isn't a big deal because the USPS is the most trusted american institution It's like there was an internet glitch and I'm getting texts from 2018
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