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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The upside of this whole mail ballot thing...
People now have time to notice the mail has slowed down and to vote in person instead. This could have been a much bigger threat if they waited until late September or October. And Trump's 'genius' has made him happen upon the one type of voter suppression that's gonna hurt Republicans, too. Susan Collins' 'concern' over this is because she's genuinely freaked how it'll affect rural Mainer Republicans
"It'll hurt Republican voters, but it'll hurt Democrat voters more!" has been their strategy ever since they started with the whole voter suppression thing.
Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.Voter suppression isn't a recent tactic. Republicans have been relying on voter suppression methods to win elections with a minority of support for decades. This isn't a last gasp of panic from a dying party; it's standard operating practice for a party that firmly believes everyone cheats, that the only thing that matters is winning, and that only the best cheaters win.
Republicans believe in capitalism, not in democracy. They don't want a fair election because the concept of fairness is fundamentally irreconcilable with their worldview. They believe in a meritocratic hierarchy (which is itself a very idealistic view of capitalism) wherein the wealthy and powerful are wealthy and powerful because they are better and more deserving than the common folk. In their eyes, democracy gives the weak, the stupid, and the lazy an inordinate level of power that can be wielded against the mighty, the intelligent, and the deserving.
Kneecapping democracy so that the rich and powerful can continue ruling the country uninhibited by the opinions of the poor and meek is the end-goal. If they could get away with outright abolishing elections, they would. They just can't yet, so they have to settle for cheating at elections instead.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Aug 14th 2020 at 7:43:40 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I have completed my period of mourning for Elizabeth Warren's presidential ambitions and may now board the Kamala Harris hype-train.
Trump's trying to raise a birther conspiracy 'cause her parents were immigrants? Daughter of immigrants -> Senator -> Vice Fucking President? That's the American Dream, yo. That's as sacred as apple pie and baseball to this country. Harris train, whoo-whoo!
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Don't you know? The American Dream is for white people only.
Take a guess why.
Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Aug 14th 2020 at 6:07:11 PM
We learn from history that we do not learn from historyThe link makes a distinction ballots and mail-ballot applications, which I'm assuming means "fill this thing out and send it to us if you want to have your ballot mailed", unless it's one of those things that doesn't actually mean what it implies it means because language.
The confusion comes from the fact that for the primary the state just mailed me my ballot. Not an application, but the actual ballot. My question is, is there a different process for primary and general elections?
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Aug 14th 2020 at 1:02:01 PM
i'm tired, my friendIn states that don't automatically send out ballots for voting by mail, you need to submit an application for the mailed ballot. If it says the application is being sent to everyone, then you'll receive the application form for the actual ballot automatically.
Every state is different and without knowing what state you're in, nobody can answer that.
Edited by RainehDaze on Aug 14th 2020 at 6:03:29 PM
Edited by tclittle on Aug 14th 2020 at 12:14:58 PM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."@PhysicalStamina, I think you're in Maryland?
Looks like you'll be receiving an application but still have to send it in for a ballot.

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is that they don’t want to be too obvious (relatively speaking) about it. The Supreme Court conservatives seem to be better than the others about not saying the quiet part aloud.
Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Aug 14th 2020 at 9:51:40 AM
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