Anyone else think votes were stolen or flipped?
I heard it in every other election since 2000, but the topic has been quelled in this election.
Watching the election unfold, it just seemed too unbelievable that swing states that were projected to go to Clinton, magically went to "It."
538, who has been so amazing at predicting elections, was tripping over their own feet as Clinton's leads were stripped away. Clinton went from 81% on 538, down to 60% in a couple hours.
With all the talk of Putin getting involved, and even here of folks saying their early votes were being flipped, I STILL think something very dishonest went on in that election.
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The lines that many people get excited about as signs of "big turnout" are in fact very bad things.
Under-allocation of resources in "certain places" is perhaps the most effective means of voter suppression there is. For every 10 people in line, 1, or 2, or even more looked at the line and said "screw it." (Particularly given the level of overconfidence we saw going into election day. Why wait in line when Clinton "can't lose."
Job 1: Do anything you can think of to build the political will to DO SOMETHING to guarantee every voter can quickly and easily cast their ballot, and have their votes accurately counted.
An election where groups of voters can only vote if they are willing to wait for an hour or two (or more) is NOT "free and fair."
For all intents and purposes, a long line is a poll tax If we are going to tolerate long wait times to vote, we should just pack it in and bring back the poll tax.
And, even procrastinators have a right to vote. Just because early voting is offered is NOT an excuse for failing to be ready for big turnout on election day.
Lines should = Fines.
