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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat if millions of people who already voted
stood in voter lines in Republican strongholds in swing states on Nov. 3, and then simply went to the back of the line before they reached the polling areas?
Is that legal? Not recommending it, just wondering.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)first place? You would almost have to pay people to do it and that may be a legal issue
Botany
(70,447 posts)Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)like I would be enslaving them to my will.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... the cat or dog (or whatever) is being enslaved for our entertainment.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)Will live an average of 2 years. Cats who have people can live to be over 20 years old.
It's been proven cats want to be around us.
Cats I think domesticated themselves,by forming a relationship with us first.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)I won't force anyone, human or other, to stay under my control or confines.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Shermann
(7,399 posts)Good luck with that.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)Again, I'm not recommending that anyone do this. I'm totally against voter suppression.
But it wouldn't break my heart to see Republicans be forced to wait in line for many hours, or days, in order to vote, just to give them a taste of what they do to us whenever and wherever they possibly can.
Shermann
(7,399 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Hard to belief adults still try that.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)We WANT people to vote.
Girard442
(6,066 posts)getagrip_already
(14,635 posts)Unless they went up to the registrar and wasted their time, it wouldn't lengthen anything but the line. And I have to imagine wasting a registrar's time wouldn't go over well after the third person tries it.
Even republicans aren't doing this.
Besides, voter suppression is bad and needs to stop in all forms.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)on election day and I don't think it's wise to disrupt or obstruct or contribute in any way to that chaos. Somebody will get hurt. It just feeds into Trump's narrative.
luv2fly
(2,475 posts)This totally sends the wrong message, not to mention Covid and you would be blocking Biden voters as well. And... so long as you are in line by the deadline (at least in most states I am aware of) you get to vote. Just... no.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)LaMouffette
(2,020 posts)That is exactly the kind of "malarky," as Joe would say, that the Republicans would think of doing. If it didn't also have the possibility of keeping Dems from voting, I would say your idea is brilliant.
On second thought, although it is a brilliant idea, do we really want to stoop to their level? I feel like we Democrats are the only ones keeping the American standards of decency and fair play intact at this point.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)Telling your voters to wait until the last minute to vote, like Trump did, is really, really fucking stupid.
Then again, the predatory sociopath instinctively knows that Democrats are too honorable to engage in voter suppression.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,308 posts)MineralMan
(146,262 posts)That sounds pretty good to me.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)and secret.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)If they are not going inside to vote, it won't slow the voting down. For what reason would people who already voted stand in lines all day?