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In reply to the discussion: Republicans are going to win the 2026 and 2028 elections. They are not going to leave it up to the voters. [View all]
Botany
(78,345 posts)36. This not defeatist nonsense but reality. Btw I have done election protection work for 20 years.
CNN: Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots
Scott Leiendecker, the founder of a Missouri-based election technology company who previously served as the Republican director for the St. Louis City Board of Elections, purchased the company this week for an undisclosed sum, according to a press release.
“As of today, Dominion is gone. Liberty Vote assumes full ownership and operational control,” the press release reads.
Leiendecker says he wants to use the renamed company to restore public confidence in the US electoral process. Liberty Now also vows to be bipartisan as it works to reshape Dominion’s image. Dominion’s election products were used by millions of US voters across 27 states last year.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/politics/dominion-voting-systems-bought-election-ballots
Liberty Vote owned by Republicans to restore confidence in the electoral process naming itself “liberty”
is like the guards @ the concentration camps telling the people they are just going to get a shower
after their long train ride.
Btw @ no time did I tell or ask anybody not to vote. 
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Republicans are going to win the 2026 and 2028 elections. They are not going to leave it up to the voters. [View all]
Botany
Oct 2025
OP
Back in the day, when the plebians in Rome became disgusted by the overweening greed and lust
PatrickforB
Oct 2025
#42
I made ballot curing calls after that race and was so frustrated by the process I gave up
Alice B.
Oct 2025
#33
So, you are joining MAGA out of a sense of pending defeat? Why are you here then?
hlthe2b
Oct 2025
#8
Do you think Kamala is just too dumb to know she really won? Or is she keeping quiet for some reason?
tritsofme
Oct 2025
#22
Apparently in some minds. This infuriates the hell out of me. We can certainly report what is going on that increases
hlthe2b
Oct 2025
#7
Your issue, your post is NOT what I'm concerned about. You aren't (essentially) telling us all to GIVE UP
hlthe2b
Oct 2025
#18
That was Michael Connell and he died when his small plane crashed on his return from D.C. to Akron, OH
Botany
Oct 2025
#21
Florida had a huge problem in 2024 with voter's registration being rejected because they didn't have the right
Botany
Oct 2025
#98
Yeah, Lyndon Johnson would approve. He allegedly won his very first election by fraud (Johnson or his campaign).
Silent Type
Oct 2025
#52
And that's the problem with these doomsday posts. They never offer a constructive solution.
SunSeeker
Oct 2025
#87
I'm voting and I'm telling everyone to ignore fear that one's vote won't count. That's counterproductive, IMO.
Silent Type
Oct 2025
#17
This not defeatist nonsense but reality. Btw I have done election protection work for 20 years.
Botany
Oct 2025
#36
Sure, because saying it's hopeless definitely isn't discouraging people to vote
EdmondDantes_
Oct 2025
#67
Do you honestly think that anyone on DU is going to be persuaded NOT to vote?
hamsterjill
Oct 2025
#89
Yes it is. Sounding an alarm fine. This is not sounding an alarm it's totally deflating.
PortTack
Oct 2025
#78
I translate ALL of these bullshit things as "hey don't vote. Your vote won't matter." Fuck that. Don't comply in advance
themaguffin
Oct 2025
#38
"Republicans are going to win the 2026 and 2028 elections. They are not going to leave it up to the voters."
themaguffin
Oct 2025
#48
I'm here to say i'm on your side on this. ( I know you did NOT say don;t vote)
bluestarone
Oct 2025
#58
We are all on the same side I hope, but we should not use defea language that implies voting is pointless or...
themaguffin
Oct 2025
#91
Ok, the OP says that the GOP has already won, so how else is one supposed to read it?
themaguffin
Oct 2025
#95
They'll definitely try, but it's not a fait accompli. The more opposition there is, the harder it will be for them to
Fil1957
Oct 2025
#40
Fascism is when the state's power structure, business, media, and societal institutions push allegiance to
Botany
Oct 2025
#57
All of that is true. And look at how formerly reliable sources have become ass kissing propaganda outlets.
Initech
Oct 2025
#63
Wow. Money over country. Dominion sells to the fascist knowing the danger to the country and it's citizens.
Hotler
Oct 2025
#45
In every state that uses dominion voting systems, there should be big protest against this
oldmanlynn
Oct 2025
#62
Well, you've convinced me to stay home on election day and to just give up and let the repigs
MarineCombatEngineer
Oct 2025
#66
Democratic states using Dominion equipment should refuse any software updates.
Lonestarblue
Oct 2025
#71
I'm going to vote, and urge others to do the same. it's what I've always done. What else is there to do?
sop
Oct 2025
#84
The folks embracing conspiracy theories about the 2024 election certainly are.
tritsofme
Oct 2025
#106