Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:14 AM

My mother (a Trump supporter in Texas) shared this on Facebook

Any truth to any of it?

Shared this from a friend:

Two tips for making your vote count this year in Texas:
1. DO NOT vote Tues Oct 13 - Mon Oct 19. DO vote Tues Oct 20 - Fri Oct 30.
2. DO NOT vote straight-ticket. DO vote for each individual candidate, even if you are voting all for one party.

The governor has extended early voting by one week, so that it will begin a week earlier. The governor is being sued for this. If a court finds that extending early voting is illegal, and you have voted during that time, then your vote could potentially be contested. It is safer to vote during early voting when your vote is less likely to be contested. It is also safer to avoid the polls on Election Day for various reasons.

Also, a Texas judge has stated that Texas cannot prevent people from voting a straight-party ticket. If we do have a straight-party ticket option and this option is contested as unfair, then your vote could potentially be thrown out if you take the straight-party option. It is safer to vote for each candidate individually regardless of whether you will be voting straight-party.
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My mother (a Trump supporter in Texas) shared this on Facebook (Original post)	cannabis_flower	Oct 2020	OP
I agree with your mom since she's just stating the plain facts.	lark	Oct 2020	#1
Straight ticket is not allowed in TX and the date one votes is irrelevant.	TwilightZone	Oct 2020	#3
Yes, somewhat paranoid, but these are strange times.	lark	Oct 2020	#8
It's impossible to vote a straight ticket because of the way the ballot is printed. All the races..	northoftheborder	Oct 2020	#9
The bullet points are nonsense.	TwilightZone	Oct 2020	#2
The Texas Supreme court reject Allen West and Steve Hotze's lawsuit	Gothmog	Oct 2020	#4
Baloney	qazplm135	Oct 2020	#5
Let anyone try and stop me from	MFM008	Oct 2020	#6
It's not that you can't vote straight ticket	KatyMan	Oct 2020	#7
our Democratic party chair (and others) think it was an attempt to keep the Democrats	yellowdogintexas	Oct 2020	#10

Response to cannabis_flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:18 AM

lark (17,348 posts)

1. I agree with your mom since she's just stating the plain facts.

There's probably lots of ways we disagree, but facts are facts

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Response to lark (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:19 AM

TwilightZone (19,474 posts)

3. Straight ticket is not allowed in TX and the date one votes is irrelevant.

They're not facts.

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Response to TwilightZone (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 04:48 PM

lark (17,348 posts)

8. Yes, somewhat paranoid, but these are strange times.

Things that never could have happened are happening more and more frequently and that will only increase until we remove drumpf.

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Response to TwilightZone (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 13, 2020, 04:14 PM

northoftheborder (7,249 posts)

9. It's impossible to vote a straight ticket because of the way the ballot is printed. All the races..

Are listed individually..

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Response to cannabis_flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:18 AM

TwilightZone (19,474 posts)

2. The bullet points are nonsense.

1) the date one votes is irrelevant
2) straight-ticket is not allowed in Texas

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Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:34 AM

Gothmog (90,924 posts)

4. The Texas Supreme court reject Allen West and Steve Hotze's lawsuit

Dan Patricvk's kid got voted out as judge in Houston in 2016 and so there is no straight ticket voting. one cannot vote straight ticke if they tried to

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Response to cannabis_flower (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 11:40 AM

qazplm135 (5,278 posts)

5. Baloney

They aren't going to toss out a week's worth of votes.

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Mon Oct 12, 2020, 12:51 PM

MFM008 (18,791 posts)

6. Let anyone try and stop me from

Voting a sraight ticket.
Let the lawsuits begin.

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Response to MFM008 (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 12, 2020, 02:32 PM

KatyMan (3,087 posts)

7. It's not that you can't vote straight ticket

It's that there's no longer a box for voting that way, you have to vote in each race. Likely because it will take each voter longer so it will increase wait times to vote which they hope will discourage people from voting.

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Response to KatyMan (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 17, 2020, 01:34 AM

yellowdogintexas (17,429 posts)

10. our Democratic party chair (and others) think it was an attempt to keep the Democrats

from voting the down ballot. I think it will hurt them as much as it does us, if not more.

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