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ColinC

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September 21, 2020

What is the best way to vote?

I've been conflicted on this. One reason I have voted by mail since it has been allowed in California, is because I knew the risk of vote counts being tampered with or lost with machines, and tabulators. Now, with the postmaster general's efforts to ratf*ck the election,I am not entirely sure vote by mail is the best way to go, due to the ballot potentially not being received in time. On the other hand, a paper, verifiable ballot is much harder to change, than an electronic vote. I may be opting to drop off my mail ballot in person at an early voting booth if I can here in California. What do you think the best way to vote would be?.


On edit: Another thought I had about why Trump has been freaking out about mail voting and trying to undermine it is because it appears that a big reason he won could have been based also on the undercounting and loss of votes using election software that was easily hacked (and likely was), discounting1 out of every ten democratic votes.

September 21, 2020

165,963 people have now voted

This includes early votes and ballots received by mail by local elections offices based on the count this group was able to attain so far. There is still likely to be more that have not been reported, and I know that the election project and Michael McDonald is working hastily on getting that information.

Oh and check out the breakdown:

Democrats 68,777 55.2%
Republicans 19,494 15.7%
Minor 335 0.3
No Party Affiliation 35,922 28.8%
TOTAL 124,528 100.0 %

https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html

September 21, 2020

"naked ballots in PA" could prove to be consequential in November

https://twitter.com/grace_panetta/status/1308102941178503169?s=20




Please let everybody in PA make sure to use a secrecy envelope when sending back their ballot, or their vote will not be counted. Thousands of primary votes were thrown out by the state supreme court despite already being counted. This was thanks to the Trump campaign litigating them successfully. Expect the same type of efforts in November but multiplied.
September 21, 2020

In the case of an electoral tie

We know now that a tie will be decided by the us house of reps. But in the current form, it will not vote for the democrat. It will be by state delegation. Democrats currently have a 2-3 state deficit I think in state delegations, and the new congress would be the decider of the president.

We are close in IA, MI, Mt and probably some others so the chances of that scenario turning in our favor aren't horrible, although we hope that such a scenario does not come up.

In addition the new Senate will be the decider of the Vice President. As chances look favorable to Dems for taking the Senate, it is likely we will come out on top of this too.

Again, we are hoping it never even comes to this, and with the exponentially larger enthusiasm by the left since RBGs death, I see this scenario even less likely to play out.

September 21, 2020

Which US Senate Race should I put my money in next?

Last one I did was MCGrath 35 bucks, and Harrison 10. What state would be the biggest bang for my buck? I'm thinking of throwing another 20 after I get paid this week.

Others include LA, MS and Kansas. The truth is I feel like almost every race we are in has the potential to turn out well for us, but I want to focus on the most likely ones for now.

September 21, 2020

So the early mail ballots will likely be the first to be counted on election day, right?

Think the Democratic primaries, and how the mail ballots were the first to come in for California and, I think Texas. If that is the case on election day in most states -which it is likely to be, is it reasonable to assume Biden could declare victory fairly early?

https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1307695701183397891

Trump's plan has always seemed to be declare victory early when the first ballots are counted and claim the election is rigged when it turns out he lost. So far, it may look like he won't really have the opportunity to do either of that unless he wants to claim his own votes are fraudulent (as many are more likely to be, anyways). Am I being too optimistic here?

September 21, 2020

McConnell has moved at a snails pace when it comes to trying to get a stimulus pacakage during a

pandemic, and fight for those who are struggling -but was quicker than a kid at a cake buffet when a supreme court seat opened up.


VOLUNTEER DONATE VOTE!!!! https://joebiden.com/make-calls-for-joe/

September 20, 2020

Federal Judge strikes down SC witness requirement for mail ballots.

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1307461001768468482

Looks like SC is going to have one of the most democratic elections they have ever had! This seems promising assuming it isn't overturned.
September 19, 2020

Do you think that the election will be called on election day?

I think that a lot of the distrust that's been created around the USPS have gotten a ton of votes to vote early and in person. I also think that elections offices will receive most ballots by election day, and be able to have started processing them before the election. As a result, I think that the likelihood of not knowing who the president is on election day will be very slim.

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