texas hasn't gone blue in like 45 years
so if they were in the lead the 100k would be a terrible blow
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GOP is attempting to have 100,000+ Harris County drive thru ballots rendered invalid and tossed out (UP: Rejected by state; AND Fed. court)
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texas hasn't gone blue in like 45 years
so if they were in the lead the 100k would be a terrible blow
Even if these get thrown out, they would have to give that county some sort of extension or something I imagine?
Refusing to believe uncomfortable truths because they're uncomfortable is an easy way to roadblock solutions from being implemented. A fascist does not need conscious declaration to be a fascist or spout fascist ideals (a convenient cover for a group of people who thrive on coded language), and every fascist is someone's relative. Evil is not special; instead it is banal and considerably easy to perform.
The American Republican Party at this moment in time is fascist, and anyone who wholeheartedly describes themselves as being aligned with them is at least subconsciously okay with fascism in the pursuit of their ends. Instead of hemming and hawwing atbthe characterization because fascism is obviously bad, or because a relative of ours is down the rabbit hole, we need to call Republicans for what they are.
If they tossed the remedy would be to contact those 100k and tell them to vote.on Tuesday in person at proper polling places.
I think they'll not toss and shut down drive through for Tuesday. The judge is very bad on this one. Audible groans across the area when the assignment was revealed to be him.
I think they'll not toss and shut down drive through for Tuesday. The judge is very bad on this one. Audible groans across the area when the assignment was revealed to be him.
That would be such a failure of the American system. That's an impossible "remedy" to meet.
Well of course but they cant offer a remedy that would violate the texas election code!
What do you want? Me to say we have a super secret button that will fix it?
But they can throw out a method of voting that is perfectly valid under texas election code lol.
Really unfortunate. But hopefully damage is minimized. Tactics like this only show how in danger Texas is being lost to Dems this cycle.
I think there may be a disconnect between a low information Republican and a high information Republican on this. My dad, for example, knows his party(the GOP) is in the minority population wise and that without the Electoral College and voter suppression his party is done. Real talk, I don't know what the Democratic and Republican Parties would look like without the electoral college but I imagine that neither would be the same, not that there the same every cycle regardless but you get the idea. So knowing this my father belies that, no, everyone shouldn't get to vote, he believes in poll taxes, discrimination, that States should choose their Senators again, only land owners should vote, he's reverted back to worshiping the old way we did things in the country. Whatever it takes for his party to win.
I imagine someone who's not exactly as well informed may think "of course everyone's vote should count" thinking that that wouldn't hurt their party too much because they don't realize that nationally that'd kill their party so they haven't had to wrestle with that question because they don't realize they need to.
I imagine someone who's not exactly as well informed may think "of course everyone's vote should count" thinking that that wouldn't hurt their party too much because they don't realize that nationally that'd kill their party so they haven't had to wrestle with that question because they don't realize they need to.
Well the being allowed by the election code is the dispute. Creative and agressive interpretations of the code.
Jason P. Steed @5thCircAppeals
GOPers in Texas have argued simultaneously that (1) it does NOT violate equal protection to make it harder for some to vote than for others; and (2) it DOES violate equal protection to make it easier for some to vote than for others.
4:50 PM · Oct 31, 2020
GOPers in Texas have argued simultaneously that (1) it does NOT violate equal protection to make it harder for some to vote than for others; and (2) it DOES violate equal protection to make it easier for some to vote than for others.
4:50 PM · Oct 31, 2020
I'm just saying you guys are underestimating what Trump can do. Keep in mind he has no power back in 2016. He now has all the power in 2020.
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He's the President, the Senate is in his back pocket, and SCOTUS will basically go in his favor every time. So, yeah, he kinda does.
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The SC isn't handing him the election. It would literally have to come down to a Florida 2000 scenario again, which has under a half percent chance of happening. Senate has no bearing of the election.
I wish we could solve more of the country's problems by meeting in the middle. Isn't the middle a great place to be?
looking up Judge Hanen, that man would absolutely throw out 100,000 ballots if he felt like it
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strap in for some bullshit
My question was if most Republicans are in favor of circumventing democracy to get what they want, not if they actually think "I'm a fascist!"
Like, if you say down a Republican and explained what they were supporting, would they balk or hold fast? Are they true believers, ignorant, or indifferent?
Of course most are in favor of it. I maintain Innuendo Studios' conclusion that conservatives are drawn more to rigid hierarchies than equalitarian democracies just as a general philosophical preference, and thus don't really hold the same regard for democratic systems and the role of law that left-leaning folks do. Thus, conservatives will happily rationalize any hit to democracy to maintain power, because that's all they value, whether it's because they legitimately believe that non-conservatives are trying to destroy America and they want to do whatever it takes to stop us, or whether or not they desperately want to fulfill their race war LARPing and want to kill up a bunch of minorities because it gets them off or whatever. Whether or not they legitimately believe they are the last bastions of the American regime really doesn't matter. Ultimately, democracy is just a means to an end that can be happily discarded if it isn't working out for them.
Good take, but I would add the never-ending fight to protect unborn babies. Those little things could be forever indebted to the system, so they represent profit. Add to that the delusion that these sycophants are trading their own salvation to save an innocent and that grants them full moral autonomy and it becomes one of the most egregious offenses to humankind. Blue. MF. Wave.
Edit: Invalidation of ballots or votes is no joking matter and ties into our fight against injustice. Please vote safe.
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im not. even in the off case these votes get tossed, Trump is look at a deficit of well over a million votes in urban counties based on Wasserman's projections and current early voting data. Hillary lost by 800k and she won all urban counties with 541k.
if they do this they will probably have close to 100k more people showing up on election day to make sure their vote is counted.
They seem to have chosen the exact piece of crap who would throw out 100k votes. Apparently Judge Hanen is so notoriously bad, Republicans come to rural Texas from all over the country to get him for federal rulings.
Divisional Judge-Shopping.
The first and main example the paper uses is Judge Hanen.
Divisional Judge-Shopping.
The first and main example the paper uses is Judge Hanen.
