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In reply to the discussion: PLEASE TAKE HEART. [View all]SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)Oh there will likely be elections. Whether or not they mean anything is something entirely different. The FEC has been totally gutted. And any criminal activity will fall under the DOJ. 2016 was a dry run and this upcoming election is going to have to be watched very carefully. The problem is that we don't have the agency to do that and we don't have a willing DOJ to provide the muscle to prosecute or investigate what happens.
To your point we absolutely have to get out and vote. But I am tired of having to win elections with one hand tied behind our back. We always have to have enough votes to beat the hanging chads, the counting of the votes in Ohio, the russian interference, the voter intimidation, the voter suppression.... Just tired of it and now we have a systematic hurdle in our way at the very heart of the protections that are supposed to help guarantee our elections.