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Jillgirl

(64 posts)
49. Who is trying to convince anyone that voting is a waste of time?
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:46 AM
Sep 2020

Everything I've seen warning of Trump's shenanigans screams that the only way Democrats can win is to vote in massive numbers in ways that are sure to be counted.

What is sure to be counted depends on the state. Trump will try to argue that votes counted late are fraudulent. So find out when your state counts absentee ballots and vote accordingly.

Think they can't just stop the count? They did in Florida in 2000, and that's what got us Bush.

That's My Take as Well, he Would Need to Do it in WI, MI and PA and they all have Dem governors who Skraxx Sep 2020 #1
2018 will win us 2020! Johnny2X2X Sep 2020 #4
2019, too. We flipped VA blue. lagomorph777 Sep 2020 #13
Thank you! Just_Vote_Dem Sep 2020 #2
Thank dog for a voice of reason and truth. The endless ways folks try to convince us voting is a Hoyt Sep 2020 #3
Who is trying to convince anyone that voting is a waste of time? Jillgirl Sep 2020 #49
Just vote, rather than worrying about all the scenarios the COULD occur. We have Democratic poll Hoyt Sep 2020 #50
Worry has a purpose. Jillgirl Sep 2020 #53
It's just another piece in the PSYOP. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #5
PSYOPS is exactly what it is PNW-Dem Sep 2020 #9
This! n/t MFGsunny Sep 2020 #23
Trump has shrewdly laid the ground work for legal and popular mood challenges. kiri Sep 2020 #6
I call bullshit. The Killer Clown will not get away with anything. Tommymac Sep 2020 #17
Biden's campaign and the Democratic Party have lawyers too... cheezmaka Sep 2020 #32
the post is about substituting electors stopdiggin Sep 2020 #38
Why would you want to counter panic-stricken hyperbole with facts and common sense? brooklynite Sep 2020 #7
I know, right? What good does that do? reACTIONary Sep 2020 #27
ruining a perfectly good meltdown! (nt) stopdiggin Sep 2020 #39
Thank you for this sensible article cp Sep 2020 #8
Thanks for this, Thunderbeast. K&R crickets Sep 2020 #10
Appreciate your words, Thunderbeast. Well said. Firestorm49 Sep 2020 #11
What does your article say about Ohio? Doremus Sep 2020 #12
I didn't read the article, personally, but Mike Dewine is not a governor who would be onboard with jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #15
He is using the "tipping point" model Thunderbeast Sep 2020 #28
Yeah I get it, but I while those three states will be an unknown jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #29
Also Florida's stat legislature is in play. If the Dems take it, they are sworn in the next day per jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #31
Plus Florida is only in session once a year MoonlitKnight Sep 2020 #33
Unless the numbers change drastically before election day the margin is going to be razor thin Doremus Sep 2020 #55
I don't think DeWine would sign a bill to change the law. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #56
We need to fight this misinformation. jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #14
I remember Karl Rove's face in 2008 when they announced Obama won. Tommymac Sep 2020 #18
Precisely Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #45
Fyi Trumpocalypse Sep 2020 #46
537 votes MoonlitKnight Sep 2020 #34
There is nothing physically stopping the Republican legislatures from sending alternate electors. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2020 #16
Concern noted StarfishSaver Sep 2020 #20
I read it. I also read the piece written in 2019 in The Loyola Law Journal Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2020 #22
no. what we thought was that the arguement was around stopdiggin Sep 2020 #40
Democratic governors will veto any alternate elector bullshit. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #41
All-Republican government in a couple of important swing states Jillgirl Sep 2020 #51
We don't need those states if we win the blue wall states which all have Democratic Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #58
How do you figure? Jillgirl Sep 2020 #59
The "rules" for making laws in those states onenote Sep 2020 #64
+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Sep 2020 #24
Infantile hyperbole Tarc Sep 2020 #30
Yes, but it was good for a week's worth of DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #66
And there's nothing stopping the governor and SOS from sending their own electors Wanderlust988 Sep 2020 #35
Nope. The president of the senate opens and counts in the presence of congress Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2020 #37
Wr are likely to win the Senate. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #42
So if we don't win a sizable election it they might steal it so it's not a fantasy. I agree. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2020 #54
I don't see Trump stealing anything...I think we may be looking at a realignment election... Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #57
Thank you! StarfishSaver Sep 2020 #19
This! n/t MFGsunny Sep 2020 #25
It is not but could demoralize voters. people play into Trumps hands when they Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #43
Excellent source of info! UserNotFound Sep 2020 #21
Good read. nt flying rabbit Sep 2020 #26
Bookmarked.. TY Thunderbeast! Cha Sep 2020 #36
Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #44
FYI Trumpocalypse Sep 2020 #47
And what is the motivation for those here to post things that claim we are doomed and Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #48
Great Q & A on at that link - thanks for posting! gristy Sep 2020 #52
Not seeing it JeaneRaye Sep 2020 #60
Here is the static link to the story Thunderbeast Sep 2020 #61
Voter suppression and challenges to vote counting ARE real threats... AntiFascist Sep 2020 #62
Color me skeptical. not_the_one Sep 2020 #63
With respect to the article's overview of the Dred Scott decision Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2020 #65
Bad link - goes to letters from readers about multiple topics. Correct link here: Fiendish Thingy Sep 2020 #67
Much confusion on link. Thunderbeast Sep 2020 #68
As I expected. honest.abe Sep 2020 #69
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