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GA Secretary of State says Republicans are pressuring him to find a way to toss legal ballots
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Bestie and I voted absentee in the election, due to certain health issues making it a risk for her to stand in line to vote. For the runoffs, however, she's absolutely insisting on voting in person, for exactly this reason.
I myself am very torn. On the one hand, I too feel very strongly that we need to do all that's necessary to ensure that our votes are counted. But I'm worried about how standing in a potentially long voting line may impact her health. (She's had spinal fusion surgery, and therefore cannot stand for very long in one place without experiencing pain. Additionally, she also has scarred lungs from decades of diving, and is therefore at significantly higher risk of dying should she catch the virus.)
Not sure I'd go that far. Or, at least not until after he's clear run out of that office on a rail by his own party.
America needs republicans like this guy right now. Stand up to the pressure and call out the offenders.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that predominantly black areas are where this happens most?
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that predominantly black areas are where this happens most?
More like higher population centers in general... which is where most of the democratic base is at.
Damn skippy. I swear I saw a stat just the other day--the source evades me atm--that ballots from African Americans are twice as likely to be thrown out for "signature mismatch" as white voters. (Also, ballots from voters under the age of 25 are five times as likely to be tossed for the same "reason".)
No. But they can be expelled from the Senate, which is functionally similar.
Are there any repercussions for anything these fucks do, or does that only apply to black and brown people in this country?
They were always going to do an audit recount. That was planned before the count.
Lindsay doesn't want to have to give up power.
He also is under the impression he can do whatever he wants because he believes he'll be protected from federal prosecution. I mean it feels fairly shady and illegal, i imagine if it is there's a chance he gets a call from someone.
Lord I wish we could have gotten enough votes to remove his ass this time around. Hopefully we can do here in SC what they were able to do in GA next time around.
Based on what this SoS has done so far, I'd say voting by absentee this time around is fine as well. He might be a Republican but he's apparently a competent election official as well. Unlike his predecessor, who's our Governor :/
Repubs doing what they do in making our elections as banana republic as possible. A running theme.
I really hope there are some consequences for this. Drag all involved in front of a congressional meeting and just start digging at the root.
And for fucks sakes, don't give Lindsay Graham another fucking hug nor praise his traitorous ass, lmao. Just the small things I'm asking for.
I really hope there are some consequences for this. Drag all involved in front of a congressional meeting and just start digging at the root.
And for fucks sakes, don't give Lindsay Graham another fucking hug nor praise his traitorous ass, lmao. Just the small things I'm asking for.
God, this is just pure insanity.
And you know something else?
It's even more reason I never want to hear the words "cancel culture" ever again.
Because here you have the Republican-party-apparatus legit trying to "cancel" one of their own simply because he's not willing to commit fraud and subvert democracy itself.
Anyone who EVER accuses "the left" or Democrats of "cancel culture" just needs to be linked nonsense like this.
Because, yeah, it's not a real "thing" to begin with.
But insofar as it is, how would something like THIS, Republicans gunning for the job of the REPUBLICAN Secretary of State of Georgia, simply because he himself won't cheat hard enough for them?
On top of the natural insanity of all this, I also wish I could never hear those two words ever again. But alas....
And you know something else?
It's even more reason I never want to hear the words "cancel culture" ever again.
Because here you have the Republican-party-apparatus legit trying to "cancel" one of their own simply because he's not willing to commit fraud and subvert democracy itself.
Anyone who EVER accuses "the left" or Democrats of "cancel culture" just needs to be linked nonsense like this.
Because, yeah, it's not a real "thing" to begin with.
But insofar as it is, how would something like THIS, Republicans gunning for the job of the REPUBLICAN Secretary of State of Georgia, simply because he himself won't cheat hard enough for them?
On top of the natural insanity of all this, I also wish I could never hear those two words ever again. But alas....
Good on Raffensperger for standing his ground, literally one of the only Republicans in the US actually doing it right now.
Uhm, how dare you? He performed his duties expertly, they were some of the best hearings of all time (of all time), and it was Lindsay's leadership that brought legitimacy back to the senate
One of the rare times too where bipartisanship and comraderies are out in public display during these contentious and divisive times. Thank you Lindsay.
Practically? No, the Senate would never stand for it -- they have their own expulsion process. Legally? It has been tried -- the very first impeachment was of William Blount, a former Senator. The Senate acquitted him but there were a number of factors and so the answer is unclear (and since they dropped it, the question has never been adjudicated in court). In addition to the question of whether you can even impeach a Senator, he had also already been expelled and they failed to compel his appearance for the impeachment trial (despite sending the sergeant at arms)
Seems like it would've been both more strategic AND honest to paint this party AS A WHOLE as corrupt racists with a hard on for fucking over poor people and democracy instead of going with the "Trump is an outlier! We will reach across the aisle and restore normalcy! Some of my best friends are republicans!" shit.
And then all it would take is one Republican pretending to be magnanimous and offended for, some-fucking-how, the entire narrative to switch to that. Their control over the national story is absurd.
how does that work? Can this be spearheaded by the House or does it have to come from the Senate?
Only one thing can be done, and that's the Senate voting by a two-thirds majority to remove Lindsey Graham.
This will not happen.
It would be entirely driven by the Senate. The Constitution gives the Senate and House the power to set their own respective rules for conduct and to expel a member of their own chamber with a supermajority (2/3) vote.
Expulsion is, as you might expect, exceedingly rare. Censure is the far more common form of discipline.
As someone who knocked on doors to get the Dem elected for his run off back in 2018. This guy actually having being on the up and up is surprising. I didn't trust any republican after Brian Kemp pulled some bullshit to get elected Governor.
There's a split in the R party that goes way back and runs real deep and isn't along idealogical lines, but rather professional ones and two groups of Republicans who fucking HATE each other. Kemp and Raffensperger are on one side, whereas Doug Collins and Nathan Deal/Casey Cagle are on the other.
Also, Kemp knows that no matter what Ga does, Biden still wins so he's way more concerned with both senate runoffs now.
Also, Kemp knows that no matter what Ga does, Biden still wins so he's way more concerned with both senate runoffs now.
Why won't someone actually report this and have them get in some trouble. I realize they won't be removed but damn can you imagine if a Dem senator did this come on there has to be someone on the Dem side to take notice of this and make a big deal out of this ...
He's standing his ground, but what about all the others that aren't standing their ground.
We are only hearing about this, but what aren't we hearing.
Lots of ballots get tossed out, I wonder if red areas are able to toss ballots from democratic counties more loosely.
As long democratic voters continue to vote by mail, this is going to be a problem.
GOP turned their backs on Trump cause he's a loose canon, but imagine they get someone with Trump's appeal and
and that is smart and willing to work with GOP. GOP will bend the law more aggressively for them, as there will be no repercussions.
I don't see GOP losing the senate this January. The don't care about democracy, they care about power.
I can't see GOP losing senate as long as they major players are running the show. They know how to game the system,
and are too powerful.
I'm wondering the same thing.
How loosely did they reject mail-in ballots.
