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Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=MTK;1263967]I really considered not voting this time out. I'm not a big fan of Biden. My vote is 110% anti-Trump and I think that's what a lot of people are voting for. So save me with the Biden/Harris hate train, I don't care.[/quote]

I've been saying this for awhile now. I look at Biden very much like Gerald Ford, just someone who would calm things down till both parties can find someone who knows what they are doing. He is a one term President.

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/why-are-republicans-so-afraid-of-voters/ar-BB1aAsfl?li=BBnb7Kz[/url]

Why are conservatives so afraid of losing in a straight up head-to-head contest again?

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=mooby;1264040][url]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/why-are-republicans-so-afraid-of-voters/ar-BB1aAsfl?li=BBnb7Kz[/url]

Why are conservatives so afraid of losing in a straight up head-to-head contest again?[/quote]

An article about voter suppression that mentions requiring an ID, loses me. IDs are required for so many things, but somehow for something as important as voting, its suppression.

I'd have to read more about voter purging. Is that taking people off the voter poll if they haven't voted X number of years? If so, I have no issues with that either.

Mail-in voting. I'm hesitant to make it widespread. For the sole reason it's easy to literally walk up to someone's mailbox and steal their mail. I guess I'm not against it wholeheartedly, but I think the process needs a lot of work to make me really confident in it.

Gerrymandering is dogshit. Any conservative that supports that is flat wrong.

Note - We need to expand the voting dates. Make it a Friday - Sunday thing. And make Friday a National Holiday. Nothing more patriotic than voting, no matter what way.

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1264048]An article about voter suppression that mentions requiring an ID, loses me. IDs are required for so many things, but somehow for something as important as voting, its suppression.

I'd have to read more about voter purging. Is that taking people off the voter poll if they haven't voted X number of years? If so, I have no issues with that either.

Mail-in voting. I'm hesitant to make it widespread. For the sole reason it's easy to literally walk up to someone's mailbox and steal their mail. I guess I'm not against it wholeheartedly, but I think the process needs a lot of work to make me really confident in it.

Gerrymandering is dogshit. Any conservative that supports that is flat wrong.

Note - We need to expand the voting dates. Make it a Friday - Sunday thing. And make Friday a National Holiday. Nothing more patriotic than voting, no matter what way.[/quote]

Aiight let me go 1 by 1:

I don't disagree with requiring an ID, and I wonder why they feel the need to include it as an example when the GOP gives me so many obvious blatant examples of voter suppression to pick one. Like in Texas - 1 ballot box per county is an obvious attempt at suppression. In Pennsylvania, suing to keep ballots postmarked before election day from being counted after election day is voter suppression.

The voter purging - I wouldn't have a problem with it either if they were only purging voters who hadn't voted within a reasonable timeframe, but I haven't seen anything that indicates that's the case. I have seen [URL="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/voting-rights/-use-it-or-lose-it---the-problem-of-purges-from-the-registration0/"]enough[/URL] [URL="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/dnc-voter-purges-tool/index.html"]articles[/URL] pointing out purges targeting Dems though.

Mail-in voting: I have yet to see anybody from the fed other than our dear sweet innocent President claim mail-in voting (that he has also used for years before becoming President) is subject to widespread fraud. And the idea that you can walk up to someone's mailbox and steal their mail doesn't scare me, because if you've ever read anything on the USPS postal inspector police you'd know they are regarded as one of the top law enforcement agencies in the nation, because mail fraud is a federal crime. And the idea that widespread ballot fraud could happen (with no supporting evidence) seems ludicrous. 9 ballots in PA go missing and it immediately became a national story, with the FBI and USPS police investigating. Imagine what would happen if 5k mailed in ballots went missing.

Glad we can both agree on gerrymandering, it is absolutely dogshit and I wish we had a nonpartisan federal commission that would oversee it since the SCOTUS punted on the issue.

Also totally agree on voting - if this country is as free as we all think it is, the idea that we have to wait hours in line on a Tuesday to vote is stupid. Expand the avenues and early voting, use national registries like the USPS address changing system to avoid unnecessary purging, we should be doing everything we can to get more people to vote, not less.

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=mooby;1264056]Aiight let me go 1 by 1:

I don't disagree with requiring an ID, and I wonder why they feel the need to include it as an example when the GOP gives me so many obvious blatant examples of voter suppression to pick one. [B]Like in Texas - 1 ballot box per county is an obvious attempt at suppression. [/B]In

[B]Pennsylvania, suing to keep ballots postmarked before election day from being counted after election day is voter suppression.[/B]

[B]The voter purging - I wouldn't have a problem with it either if they were only purging voters who hadn't voted within a reasonable timeframe, but I haven't seen anything that indicates that's the case. I have seen [URL="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/voting-rights/-use-it-or-lose-it---the-problem-of-purges-from-the-registration0/"]enough[/URL] [URL="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/dnc-voter-purges-tool/index.html"]articles[/URL] pointing out purges targeting Dems though.[/B]

[B]Mail-in voting: I have yet to see anybody from the fed other than our dear sweet innocent President claim mail-in voting (that he has also used for years before becoming President) is subject to widespread fraud. And the idea that you can walk up to someone's mailbox and steal their mail doesn't scare me, because if you've ever read anything on the USPS postal inspector police you'd know they are regarded as one of the top law enforcement agencies in the nation, because mail fraud is a federal crime. And the idea that widespread ballot fraud could happen (with no supporting evidence) seems ludicrous. 9 ballots in PA go missing and it immediately became a national story, with the FBI and USPS police investigating. Imagine what would happen if 5k mailed in ballots went missing[/B].

Glad we can both agree on gerrymandering, it is absolutely dogshit and I wish we had a nonpartisan federal commission that would oversee it since the SCOTUS punted on the issue.

Also totally agree on voting - if this country is as free as we all think it is, the idea that we have to wait hours in line on a Tuesday to vote is stupid. Expand the avenues and early voting, use national registries like the USPS address changing system to avoid unnecessary purging, we should be doing everything we can to get more people to vote, not less.[/quote]

1. 1 per county is stupid

2. If it's dropped off by the 3rd it should count

3. The purging thing, I need to read more about.

4. Not saying you're wrong in regards to mail in voting. But I still need more personally to be that confident in the process

If you guys knew me in real life, you would know I would never support cheating to win anything. I'd rather Bernie be president the rest of my life than cheat to win any competition, let alone an election. So we might not agree on all the details. But secure, easy, and available voting needs to be available to as many Americans as possible. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

This is good news for now [url]https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/01/texas-drive-thru-votes-harris-county/[/url]

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

Lots of toss ups for battle ground states:

Arizona (11 electoral votes)
Iowa (6)
Ohio (18)
N Carolina (15)
Georgia (16)
Florida (29)

Nevada (6)
Texas (38)
Minn (10)
Wisconsin (10)
Michigan (16)
Pennsylvania (20)
New Hampshire (4)

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Im mentally, physically and emotionally preparing for a Trump win.

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[URL="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-can-still-win-but-the-polls-would-have-to-be-off-by-way-more-than-in-2016/"]Trump Can Still Win, But The Polls Would Have To Be Off By Way More Than In 2016[/URL]

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

No matter who wins, I'm taking a week off from the political threads, starting tomorrow morning.

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1264099]No matter who wins, I'm taking a week off from the political threads, starting tomorrow morning.[/quote]

If trump wins, Im debating whether to just ghost for the next 4 years

or

Just learn to have fun with the poo flinging and not take things so serious

My day to day life didnt change with Obama and it didnt change with Trump

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=SunnySide;1264102]If trump wins, Im debating whether to just ghost for the next 4 years

or

Just learn to have fun with the poo flinging and not take things so serious

My day to day life didnt change with Obama and it didnt change with Trump[/quote]

If Biden wins, there will still be poo flinging lol.

If that's the case, inauguration day, I'm starting a Biden when is enough, enough thread. And I will shit on him every day for the next 4 years or until Kamala Harris takes over. It's gonna take dedication but I can do it.

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=sdskinsfan2001;1264106]If Biden wins, there will still be poo flinging lol.

If that's the case, inauguration day, I'm starting a Biden when is enough, enough thread. And I will shit on him every day for the next 4 years or until Kamala Harris takes over. It's gonna take dedication but I can do it.[/quote]

Why wait till then? He will start saying stupid shit before he takes the oath. Get a head start!

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

If Biden wins I'm just going to blame Trump for everything that goes wrong for the next 2 years.

Re: Election Day Thread - Nov. 3, 2020

[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1264107]Why wait till then? He will start saying stupid shit before he takes the oath. Get a head start![/quote]

Lol probably. But I want to let his supporters have their victory lap. 1st day in office sounds like good start date.