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catbyte

(34,501 posts)
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:15 PM May 2020

Here's the real reason Trump and the GOP don't want mail-in voting

Published 2 mins ago on May 27, 2020
By Thom Hartmann- Commentary

Trump and Republicans don’t want mail-in voting this November because it blows up a couple of their most effective voter suppression schemes.

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Leading up to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s contest with Stacey Abrams in 2018, the Atlanta Constitution-Journal documented how 8 percent of the state’s polling places had been recently closed, hitting rural black areas particularly hard. The Washington Post chronicled how broken voting machines—and the long lines they create—were largely confined to downtown Atlanta and black suburbs and rural areas.

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Another trick the GOP likes is to merge the effects of voter registration purges with “provisional” ballots. First, Republican Secretaries of State throw hundreds of thousands of people off the voter rolls, disproportionately Hispanics and African Americans, by using “merge/purge” lists of felons or voters from other states with large black populations.

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With mail-in voting, people know before they vote if they’ve been purged from the voter list, because they don’t get a ballot in the mail. Ballots are mailed out early enough that people who’ve been purged will have time to figure out there’s a problem and contact the Secretary of State’s office to get it fixed.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/heres-the-real-reason-trump-and-the-gop-dont-want-mail-in-voting/

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Here's the real reason Trump and the GOP don't want mail-in voting (Original Post) catbyte May 2020 OP
Republicans have been voting by mail I_UndergroundPanther May 2020 #1
From Georgia, we've had no excuse absentee voting by mail since 2005, and Hoyt May 2020 #2
Paper trail. KentuckyWoman May 2020 #3
+100 Duppers May 2020 #6
"If mail-in voting is allowed, there'll never be a Republican elected in this country again" donkeypoofed May 2020 #4
Every registered voter being able to simply cast a ballot is the GOP's worst fucking nightmare TeamPooka May 2020 #5
Any planned attempt by Russia wnylib May 2020 #7
A question about mail in voting: rownesheck May 2020 #8

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
1. Republicans have been voting by mail
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:20 PM
May 2020

For years. They don't want our votes counted like thiers get counted because they know and have admitted they'll never win another election if it is honest accountable and fair.

Call the republicans on the fact they fear a fair vote in public on tv. Tell them they are chicken to face the truth they cheat because nobody wants them in power.

Put them in the position to admit it or prove it by letting voting by mail proceed unhindered.

And that's a GOOD thing!

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. From Georgia, we've had no excuse absentee voting by mail since 2005, and
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:25 PM
May 2020

On-line registration, checking your registration, and asking for a mail in ballot. Thus, there is no excuse for not voting.

There are roughly 30 states with no excuse absence voting and a few states with voting by mail required. Thus, there is no excuse for not checking one’s registration and voting. There are plenty of organizations that will help if you don’t have computer access.

The other states need to allow voting by mail, especially during a pandering.

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
4. "If mail-in voting is allowed, there'll never be a Republican elected in this country again"
Thu May 28, 2020, 12:51 AM
May 2020

Donald J Trump, Fox News, April 2020


- This is why.

wnylib

(21,703 posts)
7. Any planned attempt by Russia
Thu May 28, 2020, 01:18 AM
May 2020

to hack into state or precinct vote counts to change them would be hindered by mail-in voting, too.

One other reason why Trump is bad- mouthing the mail in ballots is because he knows he will lose. He is setting the stage now to claim vote fraud when the numbers don't fall in his favor.

So we need to counter that right now in order to change the expectation of fraud that Trump is planting in people's minds. Make people aware right now of how he is setting the stage for himself to reject the outcome and stay in office illegally. Undercut this move before it sinks into people's minds to expect fraud.

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
8. A question about mail in voting:
Thu May 28, 2020, 09:10 AM
May 2020

couldn't someone easily throw away ballots once they were received? When they are opened and the person doing the counting sees there are votes for Democrats on there, couldn't they just throw it out? How is that more secure than voting by easily hacked machines? What am I missing? Seems that both ways suck.

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