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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill that bans 24-hour and drive-thru voting, more...
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Can't wait till people are preaching to the groups most affected by this to simply "vote" to fix how hard it is for them to vote
Justice Department: "We vow to protect all Texas voters rights by providing Biden/Harris-branded hats and coffee mugs free of charge."
Right after their attempts to overturn Roe, which actually might be successful, and trying to ban mask mandates in schools. Texas is trying to out-evil Florida right now, and I'd say they are doing a heck of a job.
Not sure how that will turn out.
Texas had huge turn out in a lot of places in 2020 because of things like 24-hour and drive thru voting.
Texas was guaranteed to be red for a long time due to Tom Delay, a felon, an former Congressman, redrew the Congressional maps.
2018 also had a big turnout without the Covid boosts, iirc. Which is why they nuked the down ballot lol
2018's turnout was good for Texas but still in the bottom half of all states. 2018 also was largely due to Beto and organizers, I think. If there's a good competitive race, I think turn out might still be good but suppressed.
They might try what they floated in 2020 and that's having State Legislature's sending their own delegates.
Democrats in office: "look things look OK from my million dollar home. I'm gonna eat good so um...get some coupons from your penny savers. You'll need them. Also just vote for us cuz we blue."
"Also donate the pennies saved to our campaign. Please, thanks."
*incredibly smart resetera user voice* actually there is nothing the dems can do at any point in history to stop republicans
There's such hilariously minimal justification for this. Even the fiercest proponents of this shit here in Texas eventually have to rely on the classic "I've seen anecdotal evidence of real voter fraud" refrain that has zero substantive basis in reality. Even when their own people finance and operate inquiries into voter fraud:
apnews.com
It's ironic that so many of these red states that originally pioneered easier voting measures (for seniors) are now the ones reactively cracking down on it once their demographic advantage started eroding. It's all just so transparently anti-Democratic. Basically a modern poll tax equivalent with a flimsy veneer of plausible deniability to fool the cable news and Facebook conspiracy consuming rubes.
Report: Trump commission did not find widespread voter fraud
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud, according to an analysis of administration documents released Friday.
apnews.com
It's ironic that so many of these red states that originally pioneered easier voting measures (for seniors) are now the ones reactively cracking down on it once their demographic advantage started eroding. It's all just so transparently anti-Democratic. Basically a modern poll tax equivalent with a flimsy veneer of plausible deniability to fool the cable news and Facebook conspiracy consuming rubes.
If every person was voting in the US the Republican party would have not won an election for decades.
They have been going at it for a while, they already made it so that Democrats cannot really win close elections anymore, and they are hard at work to make it so they can't win elections, period.
And the Democratic party acting like they are the respectable opposition they we must strive to make friends with, rather than defeat.
I suspect history would be amazing unkind to the arguments our politicians are giving right now into why they aren't doing shit about this.
Basically, the Dems can pass a new VRA - we have two bills already, if we nuke the fillbuster. Manchin and Sinema (and other Senate Dems who haven't been vocal since those idiots provide cover) are against doing so.
This, at the same time that many Red States are passing voter suppression bills aimed at suppressing democratic votes, like this one.
Biden can't twist arms here. I agree. But the Senate Democrats - Manchin/Sinema and the rest unnamed are appalling in their apathy.
I've been saying....its amazing that they are making it harder to vote... by mail or absentee too...because this effects their base probably harder right now, and more so in red states right now...
They are still prepared to reap what they sow...amazing.
I can guarantee if Trump had won the 2020 election...we wouldnt even be talking about this. This would be so far off the GOP radar. Especially with the USPS shenanigans Trump tried to pull.
'Since that didnt work, well we'll just make it even harder.'
They are still prepared to reap what they sow...amazing.
Yup.There's such hilariously minimal justification for this. Even the fiercest proponents of this shit here in Texas eventually have to rely on the classic "I've seen anecdotal evidence of real voter fraud" refrain that has zero substantive basis in reality. Even when their own people finance and operate inquiries into voter fraud:
Report: Trump commission did not find widespread voter fraud
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud, according to an analysis of administration documents released Friday.
It's ironic that so many of these red states that originally pioneered easier voting measures (for seniors) are now the ones reactively cracking down on it once their demographic advantage started eroding. It's all just so transparently anti-Democratic. Basically a modern poll tax equivalent with a flimsy veneer of plausible deniability to fool the cable news and Facebook conspiracy consuming rubes.
I can guarantee if Trump had won the 2020 election...we wouldnt even be talking about this. This would be so far off the GOP radar. Especially with the USPS shenanigans Trump tried to pull.
'Since that didnt work, well we'll just make it even harder.'
Par for the course. Super anti democratic to restrict voting. The only thing more American I can think of is racism.
Instead of trying to make the argument that your policies are better than dems, let's just make it difficult for people to vote.
This guy is worse than DeSantis and Texas quickly had a race against itself to the bottom barrel of states in this country, which is saying something when Alabama and Florida exist.
This guy is worse than DeSantis and Texas quickly had a race against itself to the bottom barrel of states in this country, which is saying something when Alabama and Florida exist.
Yup. Gotta reminds folks here that while Texas is, in many ways, fucked up, the trend towards it being more left-leaning has only been outpaced by the state legislature throwing everything it can at voter suppression and gerrymandering to counteract any gains to the Democratic party.
Granted, this is a 2016 map, but to give people an idea:
That's a very, uh, purple set of blue blobs, but it should give an idea to how big these areas are. The more white spaces in that map tend to be sparsely populated and lean right - since there are far more of those than counties that wind up going blue, the power swings accordingly.
Anyway! Hopefully this hits before the usual barrage of "fuck Texas" and "let 'em secede" and whatnot posts. We're trying down here :(
Maybe next time we'll actually do enough to ensure these fuckers don't come back
Thank you erotic grandpa for getting that post in early on in the thread.
There's a shit ton of good people here and we're doing the best we can to turn things around, but it's harder and harder every year.
There's a shit ton of good people here and we're doing the best we can to turn things around, but it's harder and harder every year.
Feel like it's an obligation after all the "haha hope they freeze to death, that's what they get for voting Trump" posts during the winter storm.
