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applegrove

(118,741 posts) Sat May 2, 2020, 08:22 PM May 2020

Official Threatens Expanded Use of Absentee Ballots

Official Threatens Expanded Use of Absentee Ballots

May 2, 2020 at 7:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 11 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/02/official-threatens-expanded-use-of-absentee-ballots/

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said that election officials in Texas who offer mail ballots to people who normally wouldn’t qualify but are afraid of catching the coronavirus could be subjected to criminal punishment, the Dallas Morning News reports.

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Official Threatens Expanded Use of Absentee Ballots (Original Post) applegrove May 2020 OP

here we go again AllaN01Bear May 2020 #1

I'd say that reason would be legitimate. Good grief! Frustratedlady May 2020 #2

AllaN01Bear

(18,325 posts)

1. here we go again

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Sat May 2, 2020, 08:25 PM

May 2020

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

2. I'd say that reason would be legitimate. Good grief!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2020, 08:32 PM

May 2020

I received my form and certainly intend to send it in so I can vote absentee. I've done that for several years, but the virus would add emphasis, this year.

The Repukes are certainly scared, aren't they?

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