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littlemissmartypants

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29. Nice to see Beto call BS. Now can we call Abbott Governor Asshole?

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Thu Oct 1, 2020, 03:42 PM

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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