*Prompter Thread* (NO personal attacks, NO trolling)

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

Is waiting for hours at a polling place a normal thing? I’m in and out in like 5 minutes. Granted I live in a smaller town.

Same. It always blows my mind when I see it on the news.


I know my old city had two polling places, they only have one now and it’s caused a real issue for elderly to be able to vote

My current city only has one at the school but small town and it’s centrally located

[trd1610]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

I asked if it was a “normal” thing.....

yes. it happens frequently in georgia, particularly in the majority black counties.

[BruceW]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

Is waiting for hours at a polling place a normal thing? I’m in and out in like 5 minutes. Granted I live in a smaller town.

In more populated areas, yes

[ricky towel]

Originally Posted by jcc522

I don’t trust that shit at all. I need to put my ballot in the machine and watch it get taken, plus I like the sticker.

Well you still have that option.

[cazzie34]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

Is waiting for hours at a polling place a normal thing? I’m in and out in like 5 minutes. Granted I live in a smaller town.

Depends if you live in a state that wants you to vote or not.

Small town Kentucky? Yeah. They want you to vote.

[kydmb99]

All I’m saying is you could probably put a group of us at a table for a day and we could come up with 50 different ways to make in person voting safer and easier in a pandemic (aside from mail).

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by JRS1386

Climb just asking questions

Citation needed troll

[jcc522]

I live in Raleigh, N.C.

I’ve voted at a community center and an elementary school. Never has taken longer than 10 minutes

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by Antiramie

Do you think Trump is trying to drive mail in voting into the ground because it's harder to ensure* people vote that way?

I'll give you a hint...the answer isn't yes.

I’m saying like a lot of other things he may have it wrong.

[Rodey]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

All I’m saying is you could probably put a group of us at a table for a day and we could come up with 50 different ways to make in person voting safer and easier in a pandemic (aside from mail). I highly doubt our government will be able to do this in 4 months

But mail is literally the safest and easiest way, and already happens in a lot of the country, so...

[Antiramie]

Originally Posted by jcc522

plus I like the sticker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIRuDDD5HUg

[kydmb99]

Originally Posted by Rodey

But mail is literally the safest and easiest way, and already happens in a lot of the country, so...

People literally don’t read what I say

[TheLastPig]

everything this guy does is just a facade

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/08...-cut-fake.html

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on FOX Business that President Donald Trump’s executive action to offer a temporary payroll tax deferral for those making under $104,000 per year would be “voluntary” and up to employers. That presents an enormously difficult decision for employers who could either decline to give their workers an immediate pay bump or later be forced to claw that money back if the taxes are not forgiven.

[Route_2]

I trust my mail-in ballot way more than I would using one of those in-person machines, especially if using a drop box.

[jcc522]

I’ve been the annoying “ you have to vote” guy in my friends/neighborhood group.

A lot of my buds have moved from out of state and some are about to move out of state and I got them all to register so they can vote here because NC is more important than the states they left/are going to lmao.

[Antiramie]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

All I’m saying is you could probably put a group of us at a table for a day and we could come up with 50 different ways to make in person voting safer and easier in a pandemic (aside from mail).

There are still tons of people who require mail-in voting (and the USPS to function properly in general) even when there's not a pandemic. So your pushback against mail-in voting (and allowing Trump to let the USPS fail) is a moot point.

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by Route_2

I trust my mail-in ballot way more than I would using one of those in-person machines, especially if using a drop box.

Well this is just dumb.

A million more ways a mail in ballot doesn’t get counted versus a machine.

[kydmb99]

Originally Posted by Antiramie

There are still tons of people who require mail-in voting even when there's not a pandemic. So your pushback against mail-in voting is a moot point.

They can still use mail in voting.

This isn’t difficult.

[DMBstandUP1984]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

All I’m saying is you could probably put a group of us at a table for a day and we could come up with 50 different ways to make in person voting safer and easier in a pandemic (aside from mail).

Can we do it over zoom? The meeting not the voting

[Route_2]

Originally Posted by Climb2safety

Well this is just dumb.

A million more ways a mail in ballot doesn’t get counted versus a machine.

Not dumb at all. I know very quickly if my vote has been counted.

Those machines have well documented vulnerabilities.

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by jcc522

I’ve been the annoying “ you have to vote” guy in my friends/neighborhood group.

A lot of my buds have moved from out of state and some are about to move out of state and I got them all to register so they can vote here because NC is more important than the states they left/are going to lmao.

My cousin lived here for a year then moved to Florida three years ago. He still gets Colorado ballots at my house in the mail.

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by Route_2

Not dumb at all. I know very quickly if my vote has been counted.

How?


......

[Route_2]

The Supreme Court on Thursday denied the Republican Party's request that it reinstate witness requirements for absentee ballots in Rhode Island after the state agreed to waive the restrictions in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

The ruling is a rare win from the high court for advocates seeking relaxed voting restrictions in the midst of the public health crisis.

The Supreme Court issued a brief, unsigned order saying that unlike recent cases where "a State defends its own law, here the state election officials support the challenged decree, and no state official has expressed opposition."

The court did not publish the vote tally for the order, but Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have stayed a district judge's order that the witness requirements be waived for the upcoming elections.

https://thehill.com/regulation/51185...mpression=true

[Lee3691]

For early voting here in Harris County (I live in a suburb of Houston, which is also in Harris County), I usually have to wait in line for about 30 min for early voting. I am sure some have seen media reports of people in inner cities waiting multiple hours.

I want one of the focuses on the Biden's administration to be voting accessibility.

[Route_2]

Originally Posted by Climb2safety

How?


......

It's verified on a state election website.

[daveshookme]

Originally Posted by jcc522

I’ve been the annoying “ you have to vote” guy in my friends/neighborhood group.

A lot of my buds have moved from out of state and some are about to move out of state and I got them all to register so they can vote here because NC is more important than the states they left/are going to lmao.

Activist JeepKid is good JeepKid

BTW: local gun shop got raided by ATF the other day. Very curious to see what comes of that, apparently they've been under investigation since 2017 and obviously nobody is saying shit on it publicly.

[Climb2safety]

Originally Posted by Route_2

It's verified on a state election website.

This is interesting. Do all states do this?

[artiej1120]

Originally Posted by TheLastPig

everything this guy does is just a facade

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/08...-cut-fake.html

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on FOX Business that President Donald Trump’s executive action to offer a temporary payroll tax deferral for those making under $104,000 per year would be “voluntary” and up to employers. That presents an enormously difficult decision for employers who could either decline to give their workers an immediate pay bump or later be forced to claw that money back if the taxes are not forgiven.

That makes two reversals from last week's circus already:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharz.../#10154b8d5f51

On Wednesday, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an unemployment insurance program letter to state agencies providing guidance on how to administer the extension of federal unemployment benefits, technically known as Lost Wages Assistance (LWA), that President Trump announced over the weekend. The most important paragraph in the letter confirms that eligible Americans may only receive an LWA payment of $300 per week, not the $400 that Trump had promised when he issued the executive memorandum.

[ricky towel]

New: the USPS has been quietly removing mail sorting machines from distribution facilities, including ones that sort ballots. "I’m not sure you’re going to find an answer for why,” a union official told me, “because we haven’t figured that out either.”


https://twitter.com/a_w_gordon/statu...764203011?s=21

[mdel21]

Originally Posted by kydmb99

Is waiting for hours at a polling place a normal thing? I’m in and out in like 5 minutes. Granted I live in a smaller town.

This was just a big thing in KY. There was 1 polling place for 600k+ voters.