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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHundreds of thousands of voters who didn't cast a ballot in 2016 have applied to vote by mail in the
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sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)The Democrats hold a large advantage on new voters in battleground states, and likely elsewhere as well. The number of people voting by mail will be enormous, and could decide the election. Although it may be a blowout to begin with.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
KS Toronado
(17,199 posts)will be deliberately slowed or even held back on purpose. There's a reason all the mail sorting
machines that were decommissioned were in heavy Democratic areas. Would encourage
everyone using mail-in ballots to check local laws to hand deliver them where ever possible.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)returned as EARLY as possible so DT's PO plan fails!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)seal and sign the ballots so that they dont get rejected.
The data matches something that I noticed in Florida. I am in the moron Ted Yohos district. Yoho is not running for re-election, so there was an open primary on both the democratic and republican sides. Our democrats appeared to have had more people voting, even though republicans had a larger field of candidates and put out more campaign posters along roadways.
In It to Win It
(8,236 posts)At least here in my county (Broward), the instructions are bold print on the envelop.
I had my ballot rejected 1 time for a mayoral election, which obviously I didn't know about until the elections over. I got a letter in the mail about a month later telling me that my ballot has been rejected because it wasn't signed. I thought to myself "WHAT??? I'm sure I signed it. I always sign these things", but I didn't remember whether I signed the thing or not before I mailed it back.
That has haunted me every election since so I check my ballot about a million times and methodically go through the instructions over and over before I send it back just to ensure that it won't get rejected.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I plan to vote early in person in the General.
In It to Win It
(8,236 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)h2ebits
(644 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)I mean, you have to fill it out, you have to put a stamp on it, you have to send it.
In states like OH, ballots won't be send out until Oct 6th, so it's pretty early in a game.
lindysalsagal
(20,670 posts)and the damage is beyond repair.
Our species is too selfish, short-sighted and irresponsible to sustain democracy.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)2008 is an example, the world came hours from a complete worldwide economic meltdown. I believe people perceive that we may be headed there again, hence more interest in voting.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)We are already deeply in an economic meltdown, a social breakdown, and a deadly pandemic.
If that isn't enough to scare people into voting, we are all dead.
napi21
(45,806 posts)hundred years so I disagree with you that it's over, done, filed, now. However, IF the voters reelect the current dictator wanna be in November, we well might see your belief come true. The damage done so far can still be fixed. It won't be easy or quick, but it's doable. Another 4 years like the last 4 could destroy it beyond repair!
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)My mom, my aunt, and my uncle all didn't vote at all in 2016, but they're all enthusiastically voting for Biden this time around. And the thing about stories like this is, you can say they're just anecdotal, and they are, but I'll bet you that literally EVERYONE here has a story like this. Someone they know who either didn't vote or voted for Trump who is voting for Biden now. That's a pretty healthy swing going against a guy who got 3 million fewer votes than his challenger last time.
napi21
(45,806 posts)Hillary win for soooo long, they just felt their vote wasn't needed, she would win anyway. I've seen & heard them on TV. Hell, even the media talking heads were shocked! I'm positive they haven't forgotten how bad & guilty they felt when the horrible verdict was announced! They're going to vote this time, FOR SURE!
HOWEVER, we all have to watch for the manipulation of the PO & any other tricks DT tries to pull off to void their efforts.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,848 posts)Republicans were so certain that Thomas Dewey would win the election, that supposedly a whole lot of them didn't bother to vote. I've always wondered just how true that was.
Me, I always vote. Even when I lived in Kansas so that I knew my vote for Democrats wouldn't count, and now when I live in New Mexico (hooray!) when I am assuredly in the Democratic majority.
In It to Win It
(8,236 posts)Acornsouth
(298 posts)Every voting district has a drop off box at the election headquarters, Township office or polling place and if you feel the mail might be held up, by all means, hand deliver it!...If you get it on one day, take it in the very next day...dont wait!!!!!!!!!... We can beat them at their own game by doing this!...
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,110 posts)That was a lower blue turnout than expected in '16. Figured there'd be a much higher number in '20.
KS Toronado
(17,199 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)for this election.
RandySF
(58,772 posts)So I do not know where they are getting those numbers.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)decide if you want to vote in a democratic primary or a republican primary.
From that you are assumed to be either a Democrat or a Republican.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,110 posts)I thought the would have jumped at voting by mail. Weeks ago Biden was way ahead.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/19/michigan-democrats-election-mantra-ignore-polls/5601923002/
RandySF
(58,772 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,110 posts)RandySF
(58,772 posts)Kaleva
(36,294 posts)From the MI. SOS website:
"Does a political party preference have to be declared when registering to vote?
No. Michigan voters do not register by party."
https://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-5647_12539_29836-88652--,00.html
LisaL
(44,973 posts)So from that they are either Democrat or a Republican. Anyhow, that's how they do it in OH. You don't have to register under any particular party, but in a primary you have to pick which (Democratic or Republican) party you want to vote for.
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)You can only select Dem or Repub candidates so crossover voting isn't allowed in a primary election but everybody, Dem, Repub, Indy or 3rd Party gets the same ballot in the primary election.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,110 posts)foxtruth
(12 posts)Answer back to Fox News
You can go to the belly of the beast and post your thoughts or give your thumbs up to posts you like!!
Tell your friends!! Please forward this information as much as you can! Thanks!
Its fun..its entertaining..its effective and satisfying.
For about a month now, I have been writing comments about the various news stories on the Fox News website. Sometimes I will have up to 8 different fox news stories open on my screen and reply to each with different counterpoints, often a number of them on the same story over the course of an hour or two. Its actually rather fun and satisfying .being able to get your say in with these people.
This way, I can post dozens of attention getting posts that the fox followers will read, often with interesting feedback from them, as you can well imagine. Surprisingly, there are a substantial number of us Democratic types that post on there, or that rate the comments. (Ive had up to 12 likes for a post). In actuality though, the foxers outnumber the normals as you would expect.
Let us better the ratio!
Our side needs more troops over there to help educate the foxes, the stoats and the weasels about the truth.
Over time, Ive had to occasionally delete my account and change usernames when Fox catches on, or someone complains. I think this has happened when I post too much too quickly, perhaps and also when I get down on Fox directly, so be a little circumspect. At a certain point, Fox will keep showing you your posts, but no one else will see them. You will know this when no one reacts to them, or you can check by going to your incognito page and see if your posts show up or not on fox there.. Its a pretty easy get around though if they shut you down. Just delete your account, (you can keep the same email) , and create a new account with a new user name. It just takes a couple of minutes.
Please try and keep things civil. Witty if possible, and try to avoid insults. Were here to convince Fox people who are often woefully ignorant of the truth. Educate them.
I dont believe youre supposed to cut and paste, but I do successfully. (I keep about 25 posts on file that I use, when I dont write spontaneously or in reply to some stupid thing or another)
Its actually kind of fun, (addicting?) to post, and I think it may actually do a lot of good, as a lot of fox readers arent necessarily committed Trump cultists, they may just be ignorant, not stupid, and they may be on the fence.
Below is an example of what I post.
See you over there!
Foxtruth
Answer back to Fox News
Trumps deep thoughts:
1- why dont we just drop a nuke in the eye of a hurricane to stop it?
2- the Revolutionary Army took over the airports in the 1700s
3- the new clean coal mine is going to take out the coal and actually clean it so itll be clean coal.
4- the F-35s are invisible. They cant fight against them. The enemy can be right next to one and they cant fight because theyre stealth....its literally invisible.
5- Puerto Rico is surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.
6- water is wet....from the standpoint of water.
7- they say the noise from those big windmills causes cancer.
8- disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. Is there a way we can do that....by injection, almost a cleaning. It sounds interesting to me.
9- Isnt Finland a part of Russia?
10- the map came to me with that sharpie drawing on it.
11. Andrew Jackson should have stopped the Civil War. (He died 16 years prior)
12. Trump said he had never heard of a Category 5 Hurricane even though he had already experienced three in his presidency.
13. When I was hearing the amount of people that died with the flu, I was shocked to hear it I would have said, Does anybody die of the flu? I didnt know people died from the flu.
Fact check: Trumps grandfather died of the flu.
14. "We have it totally under control. Its one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. Its going to be just fine.
Trumps mean girl name calling is surely getting old.
Another example of what I post:
If blue collar workers and the middle class vote for Trump, they may as well take the next steps.
Take out your gun, aim at foot, pull trigger. Then git your knife out and cut off your nose to spite your face.
Trump's buddy Bannon called low income folk voting for republicans, Hobbits.
Imagine what Trump calls you guys when he's with his super wealthy behind closed doors at Mara Lagos.
even Trump voters will eventually see he has no clothes on and that its truly an ugly sight to behold.
.nothin sadder than a poor republican. At least the super rich , the ones who are very greedy, have a reason for a trump vote.
I think the smarter of the folks who voted for Trump the first time are realizing it would be foolish and against their interests to vote for him again.
Good decision, people.
Vote for Joe
If many people become homeless Sept 1 ... how can they vote this year? All of this seems
way too convenient -- mess up the mail and create people without addresses by not helping them pay rent?