PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
GOP really showing who they are now. They're a party of anti-democratic fascists
GOP National Voter Suppression (Interstate Crosscheck, ID, Poll Closures, Voter Patrols)
- Thread starter Julius Skrrvin
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Capital Steez
All Star
I feel like none of this is happening in silence, the brazenness to pass all of this in front of folks I think will ultimately backfire.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Virginia Republicans hold onto state Senate seat whose occupant died of covid-19
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...8c9e3e-8bf6-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...8c9e3e-8bf6-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html
ZoeGod
I’m from Brooklyn a place where stars are born.
It's really hard to see how it will backfire. They have gotten away with this before. The GOP control the state legislatures of these swing states, they have the courts on their side. Also last year was a census year so they will go ham with gerrymandering. And they are already making the calculation that if any voting reform passes it will get struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional. They can get away with this. Only way to stop them is to pack the courts.
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
ogc163
Superstar
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
ADevilYouKhow
Rhyme Reason
No drive thru voting when you have a huge metropolitan area like Houston is unconstitutional.
NZA
LOL
these people are awful
OfTheCross
Veteran
Georgia's Election Law isn't that bad actually...still needs parts of it repealed, though
What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game - Poynter
The new law now requires 17 days of early voting, but provides the option of 19 days. The state used to require 16 days.
Previously, counties had to offer one Saturday of early voting and had the option to provide an additional Saturday and two Sundays, for a total of four weekend voting days. Generally larger, diverse Democratic-leaning counties were the ones that chose to offer up to four weekend days of early voting. That means that the early voting provisions likely mean the status quo in the larger counties.
The new law now mandates two Saturdays of early voting and makes the two Sundays optional. The Sunday voting can fall on either the second or third Sundays before Election Day. (Georgia election law did not previously allow Sunday voting on the Sunday directly before Election Day.)
This means that in smaller counties that previously only offered one Saturday of early voting, there will now be at least one second Saturday, whereas voters in counties that already offered four days of early voting will essentially operate under the status quo. Voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the option of expanding the hours to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The law keeps Election Day hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. unchanged. For early voting, some counties will likely stick with the minimum standard of ending voting at 5 p.m., but large counties will likely use the option of extending those hours to 7 p.m.
What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game - Poynter
The new law now requires 17 days of early voting, but provides the option of 19 days. The state used to require 16 days.
Previously, counties had to offer one Saturday of early voting and had the option to provide an additional Saturday and two Sundays, for a total of four weekend voting days. Generally larger, diverse Democratic-leaning counties were the ones that chose to offer up to four weekend days of early voting. That means that the early voting provisions likely mean the status quo in the larger counties.
The new law now mandates two Saturdays of early voting and makes the two Sundays optional. The Sunday voting can fall on either the second or third Sundays before Election Day. (Georgia election law did not previously allow Sunday voting on the Sunday directly before Election Day.)
This means that in smaller counties that previously only offered one Saturday of early voting, there will now be at least one second Saturday, whereas voters in counties that already offered four days of early voting will essentially operate under the status quo. Voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the option of expanding the hours to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The law keeps Election Day hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. unchanged. For early voting, some counties will likely stick with the minimum standard of ending voting at 5 p.m., but large counties will likely use the option of extending those hours to 7 p.m.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
