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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
A procrastination in of itself
Yeah it varies from state to state. I do wonder about the signature update thing, in the long term it may be worth contacting the election officials and asking about if it’s possible to update your signature.
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The signature thing is bullshit and another tactic to invalidate votes.
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How else can they confirm it's you who sent the ballot?
I'm in the same boat. No way can I replicate my old signature, so I'm going to vote early, in-person.
I assume by the social security number.
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Ok, why is Trump dancing horribly to YMCA at every rally he goes to?
Trump is a lunatic.
That explains a lot of things.
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Because he's told he needs to be a "man of the people" and the only people he knows of are the Village People.
Concerns about my signature not matching is a big part of the reason why I decided to vote in person early.
My current signature is a actually a reasonably good match for the one on my driver's license, but I have no idea if that's the one they use for my voting registration.
Honestly though, if they absolutely have to use signatures they should keep every signature from every ballot you cast on file, in person or absentee. That way when they compare signatures they aren't just looking at what could be a decade-plus old signature but they can also see how it's evolved over the years and what it looked like potentially under a year ago.
Barring any sign of fraud, I think they should just accept the ballots from the addresses they came from.
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Probably because the Village People haven't sent him a Cease and Desist order yet. Almost everyone else has.
About the only celebrities to endorse Trump are Mike Love and Kirstie Alley.
The latter led to a deluge that she's the Evil Saavik they planned for The Undiscovered Country.
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There’s also Tila Tequila, if we want to scrape the bottom of the barrel.
Kirstie Alley? Ew
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
Oh, bother.
She didn't even need to announce she was voting for him. Meaning she's proud of it.
Blech.
Disgusted, but not surprised
Knows-Many-Things
It's really bizarre to me that you're not legally allowed to play certain music at outdoor events. I wonder what's the difference between a Trump rally and a Family Barbecue.
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My county only has one polling location, so I might try during the off hours come Monday or Tuesday. Went by Friday and the line was down the road and I would have missed work.
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It's a matter of whether you're profiting off of the use of the music.
Using copyrighted music at a political campaign event isn't the same thing as playing some music at a family get together.
Oh, bother.
Yes, a political campaign rally is different from a family BBQ since most family BBQ's aren't also glorified commercials.
Disgusted, but not surprised
I'm voting in person myself, either out of habit, sheer orneriness or covidiocy, take your pick.
I already voted by mail.
I liked it better when Questionable Casting was called WTH Casting Agency
Didn't Hulk Hogan and Gary Busey support trump during his original campaign?
Wouldn’t be surprised. I know Dean Cain is another Trump supporter, which is honestly kind of a bummer. I hate that a guy who played Superman supports him.
Just remember another guy who played Superman helped expose the Ku Klux Klan for what it was.
That was why his character was killed off in Supergirl.
Dean Cain's politics did not stand for a show about immigration.
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It must be different in New York, because in Pennsylvania I got an email notification that my ballot was accepted.
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