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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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The kind of suppression that motivates people is trying to keep people from voting. People want to do what others say they can't do. This is throwing out the votes of people that already voted. This sends the message that putting in the effort is pointless cuz it won't matter anyway.
People work so fucking hard to:
- stop people from voting
- dismiss, destroy or discount people's vote
It's incredible. It's comedy to think how anyone for any reason could ever suggest it didn't matter given the lengths people will go to stop you, jfc.
I hope this doesn't happen. The cheating is simply too powerful right now.
- stop people from voting
- dismiss, destroy or discount people's vote
It's incredible. It's comedy to think how anyone for any reason could ever suggest it didn't matter given the lengths people will go to stop you, jfc.
I hope this doesn't happen. The cheating is simply too powerful right now.
Election is in 6 days, I don't think there's enough time for that~
I don't know the process but usually they have to appeal to higher courts once the Texas sc shoots it down.
Not enough time
That same court just approved this voting method last week.
What the fuck difference does it make if I'm in a vehicle or on my own two feet when dropping off a ballot?
They've already ruled multiple times this election cycle that ballot pickup boxes are fine and Roberts' SCOTUS is very hesitant to take up state election matters and when they do have consistently let the states decide, for better or for worse. There is zero reason to be concerned about this actually resulting in ballots being tossed out.
I got there right as the polls opened and there was already a line of people. You drive up in a line and there's a person that will direct you to a numbered tent. You then drive into that tent where the volunteer will ask for your ID and scan it, then when you're ready they will hand you a big handheld device where you can fill out your ballot electronically. Hand that back and drive off. It took no more than 30 minutes. I went to the HCC location on the west loop.
They don't want your vote to be counted and will come up with any excuse to invalidate it.
Rejected again in PA
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They have already decided to overrule that 100 year precedent of deferring to state courts on matters of election/voter matters. The question is simply when and where will they choose to apply it next.
The radical implications of the Supreme Court’s new ruling on Wisconsin mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court’s new decision on Wisconsin mail-in ballots threatens a century of voting rights law.
www.vox.com
I'm also pretty sure SCOTUS doesn't want to tackle this - choosing to make a ruling against perfectly valid voting methods in a scenario where Biden wins on the shoulders of states where shenanigans aren't occurring essentially guarantees support (both congressionally and popularly) for court packing. You can't enact your theocratic agenda if your opportunity is taken away from you due to horrible decisions made that don't actually end up affecting election outcomes.
Well - except this, I guess. Perhaps their plan is to see how the election shapes up - if it's a blowout, leave it be, but if it's close and they feel their decision can make things break to Trump, then make a ruling.
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I didn't even know there was a 2nd one. They're trying to ram through attempts to toss ballots in every swing state.
All this tells me is the GOP is terrified they actually lost Texas.
Thinking this one won't pass muster either, I don't know if there is any power to push to SCOTUS but I can't see them changing their mind now.
GOP doesn't know how to listen to the people at all, first option is always to suppress.
Thinking this one won't pass muster either, I don't know if there is any power to push to SCOTUS but I can't see them changing their mind now.
GOP doesn't know how to listen to the people at all, first option is always to suppress.
So before Barrett was on the S.C. in the Wisconsin case their ruling was basically they defer to the legislature of the state.
So what does Texas legislature say about drive thru ballots?
So what does Texas legislature say about drive thru ballots?
I can't believe this is the only other "legitimate" alternative to the Democrats, and a sizeable portion of the US population supports them.
we need to make voting as easy as it fucking gets and we need to make it permanent.
The next dem trifecta needs to look into that.
The next dem trifecta needs to look into that.
Texas SC upheld the absurd 'one ballot box per county' bullshit.
Even though there are counties with over 5 million people. It's not a slam dunk that this will be overturned.
Thx. This is helpful as a backdrop to this thread. This sounds legit.
I mean, that's basically how George W. Bush became president....
NOW DEMOCRATS ARE UPSET WITH THE WAY LAKE COUNTED
A decision to ignore thousands of presidential ballots cast in Lake County has Democrats crying foul — and wondering what to do next. “That’s insane,” Bob Poe, the chairman …
www.orlandosentinel.com
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I also voted using the drive-thru station. The poll workers were all masked up, the booth had plenty of ventilation and the ballot machine they handed us had an identical interface to the indoors machines. The whole process was convenient and safe, and it took me less than fifteen mins.
But they just turned down another case on this exact subject last week. I'm as pessimistic as anyone, but this strikes me as a kid re-asking an extremely dumb question to their parents with slightly different wording after they said no the first time.
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Yea...this is very scary, setting the table for a possible 2000 Florida 2.0.
And that's the problem - Republicans hate it when voting is safe and easy. They only want the right people voting, and letting just anyone vote takes away from that.
We need very strong federal laws that make it *very* illegal to try and disenfranchise people. I don't care who you vote for (much), but everyone should have a right to have their vote count - period.
What did I say!
People really need to be taking this ruling seriously!!
The radical implications of the Supreme Court’s new ruling on Wisconsin mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court’s new decision on Wisconsin mail-in ballots threatens a century of voting rights law.
www.vox.com
They got away with it in 2000 and some of you people are so naive to think it can't happen again and that the same legitimizing and smoothing over that happened than by the media cant happen again. When we already saw in Georgia that the media and people in general are very much capable of letting illiberalism slide and then legitimizing it's outcomes.
There is a key difference that demonstrates these cases aren't quite the same. In the WI case they were looking to extend something that was previously not part of the election's rules, while in the Texas case they are looking to remove something that was already clearly set as normal election procedures from the beginning. So I wouldn't expect them to take up this case, but considering the conservatives are mostly partisan hacks now, perhaps there's still a slim chance they would, but that's the kind of weird edge case that we will never be able to effectively predict and quantifyThey have already decided to overrule that 100 year precedent of deferring to state courts on matters of election/voter matters. The question is simply when and where will they choose to apply it next.
The radical implications of the Supreme Court’s new ruling on Wisconsin mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court’s new decision on Wisconsin mail-in ballots threatens a century of voting rights law.
this thread has 1/3 the posts as the biden quote one
we're doomed
here we go
we're doomed
here we go
I can't see this going through if they left the option open already, but man that this is how far they're willing to go
so wait a second, let me see if I'm understanding this, originally the Texas gop sued to halt drive thru voting, the Texas supreme court (made up entirely of gop goons) said no, its allowed. Now the Texas gop is suing to destroy all of those drive through votes, and the Texas gop supreme court is likely to say "ok, destroy them".
Basically, this was a set up from the beginning, allow the voting, then destroy the votes so the voters can vote a different way?
Basically, this was a set up from the beginning, allow the voting, then destroy the votes so the voters can vote a different way?
It was too easy to vote. It needs to be hard/s
Republicans are garbage, I hope there isn't a last minute decision, and those voters don't get screwed over.
This is precisely why we should never take elections for granted.
