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lame54

(35,259 posts)
1. Sounds like he is trying to get trumpers to...
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:10 PM
Sep 2020

Slow down the voting process by barging in insisting on being shown proof their vote has been counted

So they vote by mail then show up as Karen's to interfere with the in person voting process

LisaL

(44,972 posts)
4. Yep, Trumpers can create all kind of havoc by showing up at the voting place
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:12 PM
Sep 2020

demanding to know if their absentee ballot counted.

BBG

(2,521 posts)
7. Astroturfing another tea party tempest
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:17 PM
Sep 2020

All the cranky old farts show up at their respective election offices and throw a fit till they get to vote again? Or close the counting if the beast is ahead in the count.

riversedge

(70,047 posts)
2. Can you imagine the mess if all of the Trump fans went to the polls to check if they
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:10 PM
Sep 2020

had voted?? It would doubly slow down voting--and the reason people are voting by mail (for many anyways) is they do not

want to mingle with others and put themselves at risk for Coronavirus

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Truth is-- he's right. I've done that in the past. Voting twice is illegal but you can....
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:11 PM
Sep 2020

fill out as many ballots as you can find as long as you only cast one of them. And your absentee ballot isn't cast until the ballot counters cast it.

Your local BoE should be able to crosscheck records to see if you've already voted.

LisaL

(44,972 posts)
5. NO, that's not the truth.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:14 PM
Sep 2020

They don't need to show up on election day. They can track the ballot on-line, as AG pointed out. If they show up on a busy election day, they are just creating havoc for no reason.

stopdiggin

(11,238 posts)
9. and the havoc and confusion are the desired result here
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:25 PM
Sep 2020

giving faulty instructions to your own voting block can have no other purpose.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
11. They may not need to, but they can. and Democrats wary of the Post Office debacle can do the...
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:30 PM
Sep 2020

same.

States with early voting will not have havoc caused-- the lines are really short when stretched out over a week or two. Sometimes no lines at all. I voted early for the last primary and was applauded as the first person in over an hour.

And all absentee ballots are checked as a matter of course before counting them, so there's no real additional work. The same computer system logs you in as absentee or in person, so you can't do both.

The POs mail tracking system sucks. I've ordered things online that I could not track through the PO, but the vendor could. VA meds can't be properly tracked by either the VA or the PO.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
10. Surely it is also a felony for an individual from their position in governmental authority to post
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:27 PM
Sep 2020

false information on voting. No?

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
12. It's a felony to let 200,000 people die in a pandemic you knew could be prevented.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 02:22 PM
Sep 2020

2cd degree manslaughter.

But obviously the legal & judicial system in the country is just as corrupt as the legislative and executive branches.

crickets

(25,951 posts)
13. It's a felony for any individual to do this.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 03:05 PM
Sep 2020

Anyone encouraging double voting is telling people to commit a felony, and in doing so, also committing a felony. It's crazy wrong, and he knows it.

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