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Tommymac

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13. Not Fears - It is and has been SOP for the Rethuglican's to suppress the vote.

Thu Oct 1, 2020, 02:01 PM

Oct 2020

Been going on the 6+ decades of my life.

The 'Thugs are a minority party - always have been always will be. It is in their best self-interest to suppress the vote - it's the best way they can maintain their minority rule.

When Dems turn out Dems win. It's just that today We have to turn out in huge numbers to overcome the sophistication of modern suppression methods.

We desperately have to return to the principle of Majority Rule in this country or the American Experiment will come to an inglorious and sad end.

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BREAKING: Gov. Abbott issues proclamation CLOSING (as of Oct. 2) satellite offices where voters can [View all] demmiblue Oct 2020 OP

Another voter suppression move. dalton99a Oct 2020 #1

How blatant do they have to be before AleksS Oct 2020 #2

Im sure they already know they're the baddies. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #16

They are never the bad guys in their eyes. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #19

Another Dick. madaboutharry Oct 2020 #3

Note section 2: they're going to make the voter show ID in order to put an absentee ballot in a drop demmiblue Oct 2020 #4

Texas Election Code does not allow "drop boxes"; This is nothing new yellowdogintexas Oct 2020 #47

Voter suppression. Sigh. Laelth Oct 2020 #5

Not Fears - It is and has been SOP for the Rethuglican's to suppress the vote. Tommymac Oct 2020 #13

They do not fear fraud. They fear democracy. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #23

Well said! Succinct prcis of Republican voter suppression motivation and method. scarletwoman Oct 2020 #35

EFFER Faux pas Oct 2020 #6

Jaysus...they're really worried about Texas, or at least the Texas state house greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #7

Lawsuit in 5, 4, 3, 2.... C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #8

yup TeamPooka Oct 2020 #22

Marc Elias will be on the case for sure. OnDoutside Oct 2020 #33

Even a Trump or w appointed judge will have a ... Botany Oct 2020 #41

They need to be sued. MontanaMama Oct 2020 #9

Does texas have a lot of very large counties? jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #10

Harris County (Houston) has 4 million+ people. They HAD 12 dropoff locations, per the tweets. jpljr77 Oct 2020 #11

Absolutely disgusting jorgevlorgan Oct 2020 #12

It's also very large for such a populous county, more than 1,700 sq. mi. That's why it's going to be jpljr77 Oct 2020 #15

Check out this graphic: demmiblue Oct 2020 #21

He's intentionally putting more populated counties at a disadvantage Mersky Oct 2020 #38

And Harris County is the third most populous county in the country. n/t demmiblue Oct 2020 #17

Harris County is about 1,800 square miles tibbir Oct 2020 #39

Oh yes yellowdogintexas Oct 2020 #53

Tells me they are scared qazplm135 Oct 2020 #14

Yes they certainly are. LisaL Oct 2020 #18

The motherfuckers don't even PRETEND any more. 11 Bravo Oct 2020 #20

took the words right out of my mouth Celerity Oct 2020 #51

Whatever it takes, Texans: Cast your vote against trump. (nt) Paladin Oct 2020 #24

THE FIGHT IS ON FelineOverlord Oct 2020 #25

Nice to see Beto call BS. Now can we call Abbott Governor Asshole? littlemissmartypants Oct 2020 #29

Works for me! Based on all the evidence I have seen. Governor Abbott Asshole is suppressing voting.. usaf-vet Oct 2020 #40

Counties can't set up drop boxes or alternate locations. in Texas. This is nothing new. yellowdogintexas Oct 2020 #48

Yes, I am now inclined to vote in person.. ananda Oct 2020 #49

read my post above. If you have an absentee ballot, take it with you yellowdogintexas Oct 2020 #52

Thanks ananda Oct 2020 #56

See what I mean, red states will work in concert with further voter suppression. BeckyDem Oct 2020 #26

They can't win a fair fight. mac56 Oct 2020 #27

Ditto. nt iluvtennis Oct 2020 #36

Maybe the current mail in votes are overwhelming for Biden and they want to stop the state going kimbutgar Oct 2020 #28

um how are they going to know that at this point in time when we just got our ballots this week? yellowdogintexas Oct 2020 #50

The ballots sent out wouldn't they have a party preference in the original request? kimbutgar Oct 2020 #55

Make all Federal elections run under Federal rules. BSdetect Oct 2020 #30

More voter suppression, along with all the poll closings of the last several years. Lonestarblue Oct 2020 #31

Election security measure? LOL!!! During a pandemic making it harder for Americans to vote?! Illumination Oct 2020 #32

Of course he is. Dumpo the Clown is losing and this is just another effort to suppress votes. cayugafalls Oct 2020 #34

A database needs to be compiled of these disrupters and go after them later. LiberalFighter Oct 2020 #37

Keep it up! We'll know who to investigate when Biden & our new congress and senate are ready. C Moon Oct 2020 #42

Get this on Twitter Prince99 Oct 2020 #43

The rethugs are losing Texas. This is one of thast ditch efforts to suppress enough voters sdfernando Oct 2020 #44

the Damn SOB!!! onetexan Oct 2020 #45

All i can say is I'm very proud of you Texans that fight these ASSHOLES that make it so hard for you bluestarone Oct 2020 #46

sue for an injunction RussBLib Oct 2020 #54