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yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 10:55 PM Sep 2020

William Barr just said he "doesn't know if it is illegal to vote twice!"


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William Barr just said he "doesn't know if it is illegal to vote twice!" (Original Post) yellowcanine Sep 2020 OP
In 2016, I got a trump supporter arrested for trying to vote twice Gothmog Sep 2020 #1
Great work! underpants Sep 2020 #4
If you have an absentee ballot if one was to try and vote in person MagickMuffin Sep 2020 #8
You can caste a provisional ballot that will be effective in the absentee ballot dose not show up Gothmog Sep 2020 #9
That is true MagickMuffin Sep 2020 #11
I dislike provisional ballots but this is the one type of provisional ballot that will count Gothmog Sep 2020 #13
I voted early in my county and we have a new system with paper ballot Gothmog Sep 2020 #14
And he is the that Trump paid for! imanamerican63 Sep 2020 #2
That Was a Missed "Mr Barr have you no shame" Moment Stallion Sep 2020 #3
Unless a state has a crummy voting system, votes for same person at same address Hoyt Sep 2020 #5
For this to work you have to vote or try to vote in two different states Gothmog Sep 2020 #10
Can't wait to see that fat POS in prison. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #6
IOKIYAR marybourg Sep 2020 #7
Voting is not a buffet, can't go back for seconds mr pinky pig Miigwech Sep 2020 #12
There lies William Barr - Immoral Selfish Incredible Smug. nt greyl Sep 2020 #15
He has completely sold his soul to Trump. Wonder what he got for it? Buckeyeblue Sep 2020 #16
Hmmm.., Retrograde Sep 2020 #17
The mother fucker knows rownesheck Sep 2020 #18
Of course they know. They've been sceaming about it for years. GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #20
Not only is it illegal, encouraging others to vote twice is illegal. GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #19
I don't know if it's illegal to hold up a bank... PCIntern Sep 2020 #21
Depends on the state, according to Billy Barr. yellowcanine Sep 2020 #22

Gothmog

(145,107 posts)
1. In 2016, I got a trump supporter arrested for trying to vote twice
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:01 PM
Sep 2020

I was in the voter protection war room and an election judge called me and asked if trying to vote twice was against the law. A trump supporter insisted that he had the right to vote twice. We had a room full of lawyers and fed the election judge with the provision of the Texas Election Code that made it a crime to vote twice. This idiot was arrested and this arrest made the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/01/0-000002-percent-of-all-the-ballots-cast-in-the-2016-election-were-fraudulent/

A man in Texas who voted twice. Phillip Cook was arrested on Election Day after voting twice. He claimed to be an employee of Trump's campaign who was testing the security of the electoral system. He wasn't an employee of the campaign — and the polling location's security worked perfectly well, it seems.

BTW, his second vote was not registered. The mere attempt to vote twice was a crime

underpants

(182,750 posts)
4. Great work!
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:04 PM
Sep 2020

There were a couple of them caught “testing the system” last time. Meanwhile Trump voted by mail and illegally- Mar a lago can’t be a residence.

MagickMuffin

(15,933 posts)
8. If you have an absentee ballot if one was to try and vote in person
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:12 PM
Sep 2020

they would have to surrender their mail in ballot. If they don't turn in their ballot then no voting in person. If they do produce and surrender their ballot (it will become spoiled at that time) then they can vote in person.


This is the LAW in Texas.

Hopefully only trump voters are this stupid. But if the AG of the US doesn't know this then he should resign.

Gothmog

(145,107 posts)
9. You can caste a provisional ballot that will be effective in the absentee ballot dose not show up
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:15 PM
Sep 2020

This is the one time that I counsel voters that it is okay to caste a provisional ballots. Such provisional ballot will be effective so long as the mail in ballot does not show up at the time of certification of vote

MagickMuffin

(15,933 posts)
11. That is true
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:26 PM
Sep 2020

However, provisional ballots can be an iffy situation.

I will not be working the election this year. And the very first time I will vote early since we can now print out our ballots, whether early or GE.

I always voted on GE day, mostly because early voting meant electronically and no paper trail.

Gothmog

(145,107 posts)
13. I dislike provisional ballots but this is the one type of provisional ballot that will count
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 01:11 AM
Sep 2020

I have no trouble telling voters to cast a provisional ballot if they know that they have not mailed in their absentee ballot. In my county, if the voter turns in their absentee ballot, the election office will cancel that ballot and let the voter vote a regular ballot.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. Unless a state has a crummy voting system, votes for same person at same address
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:08 PM
Sep 2020

would not be counted twice. Now, if someone votes in Idaho and then Ohio, that would definitely be a crime.

I’d vote against trump and other GOPers simply because they are racist and heartless, all the rest is just added reason. But, don’t think trump is really suggesting voting twice, although he damn sure sounded stupid in his comments. Sounds like he was trying to mock people who don’t have faith in mail.

Gothmog

(145,107 posts)
10. For this to work you have to vote or try to vote in two different states
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:18 PM
Sep 2020

We had a GOP precinct chair and candidate for commissioners court pull this off. Since the District Attorney at the time was a republican, this crime was not prosecuted IOKYIFYAR https://juanitajean.com/true-the-vote-can-kiss-my-big-blue-butt/

Bruce Fleming is the Republican nominee for County Commissioner, Precinct 1, in Fort Bend County. He won in a runoff election. Bruce was also named Precinct Chairman of the Year last year by then GOP County Chairman and thug-about-town Rick Miller. Miller then recruited Fleming to run for county commissioner which seemed like a good idea at the time since Fleming is unemployed. Here’s Bruce’s website.

So Ole Bruce is a dandy Republican who loves God and hates government.

Recognizing that rights come from God, not government, and that it should be a servant, not a master, are foundational principles under attack today.

Let me tell you about Bruce’s foundational principles.

In 2006, 2008, and 2010, Bruce voted in person in Fort Bend County and by mail in Pennsylvania in the same general elections. According to his financial disclosure forms, Bruce Fleming also owns a house in Pennsylvania. (He homesteaded a house in Texas and a house in Pennsylvania, but that illegality is a whole ‘nother story.) Bruce felt that owning houses in both states gave him the right to vote in the same elections in both states. That’s a third degree felony in Texas

This asshole lost the race for commissioner's court
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
6. Can't wait to see that fat POS in prison.
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:09 PM
Sep 2020

I hate him with a passion. He is such an arrogant motherf***er! Where do losers like this get off assuming such confidence? I know he is a child of privilege, but he is not nearly as intelligent or as clever as he thinks he is.



 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
12. Voting is not a buffet, can't go back for seconds mr pinky pig
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 11:32 PM
Sep 2020

Somehow, I conjure an imagine of barr, with a cloth napkin tucked under his fleshy chin, with a big plate of spaghetti and meatballs laid out before him. Hes always gorging himself, especially when the food is free. Dipping ripped pieces of crusty Italian bread into the red sauce and stuffing it into his freakishly large, bull frog mouth. PIG. He can't see himself. Even if he could, he would just shrug, laugh and stuff in another piece of warm bread into that gaping lie spigot.

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
18. The mother fucker knows
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 07:55 AM
Sep 2020

it's illegal. This is just more of their internet troll, own the libs bullshit. I can't wait to use every one of their fucking graves as my own personal toilet.

GoCubsGo

(32,078 posts)
20. Of course they know. They've been sceaming about it for years.
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:02 AM
Sep 2020

It's their favorite election boogeyman, and their go-to whenever they try to cast doubt on any election they lose.

GoCubsGo

(32,078 posts)
19. Not only is it illegal, encouraging others to vote twice is illegal.
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:00 AM
Sep 2020

Not to mention that Fat Bastard has been foaming at the mouth over people possibly voting multiple times throughout his political "career." Now they don't know whether or not it's illegal? GIVE M A FUCKING BREAK!!!!!

PCIntern

(25,522 posts)
21. I don't know if it's illegal to hold up a bank...
Thu Sep 3, 2020, 08:07 AM
Sep 2020

I’m going to have to check with my lawyer. Also, kidnapping may not be a problem either.

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