Voter suppresion/"stealing the election" megathread

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1299472388346740739

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1299472388346740739

Appeals will likely push implementation back or lead to this being overruled, but this is still a positive step.

This won't be a fully online voter-registration system (which would at least let everybody who already has a TX driver's license register to vote or update their registration even if they don't have to renew or update their driver's license), but again, it's a positive step compared to having no options whatsoever to register online.

[Ferguson97]

Good news from Ohio

https://twitter.com/FrankLaRose/status/1299481364396417025?s=20

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

https://twitter.com/larkwood6/status/1299416745736908803

A very well sourced tweet indeed!

I'm skeptical of this as it's illegal for Census collected data to be used for any non-statistical purpose or shared with other federal agencies, much less states. A state linking voter registration to Census participation not only would make no sense considering how many people move in ten years, it wouldn't even he possible as the states have no access to it.

[Tender Branson]

https://twitter.com/larkwood6/status/1299416745736908803

A very well sourced tweet indeed!

I'm skeptical of this as it's illegal for Census collected data to be used for any non-statistical purpose or shared with other federal agencies, much less states. A state linking voter registration to Census participation not only would make no sense considering how many people move in ten years, it wouldn't even he possible as the states have no access to it.

Yeah, this is a joke voter supression scheme / false information campaign.

The 10-year Census has nothing to do with voter registration and all collected data is anonymous and not shared with other government agencies.

[QAnonKelly]

https://twitter.com/larkwood6/status/1299416745736908803

Can we, for the love of God, just stop posting tweets from dumb rando grifters?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Trump's Intel Chief Ends Election Security Briefings To Congress

The nation’s top intelligence official has informed Congress that his office will no longer give in-person election security briefings on Capitol Hill, a move that raised concern among lawmakers Saturday about the public’s right to know about foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election.

President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress.

“They leaked the information ... and what’s even worse, they leaked the wrong information and we got tired of it,” Trump told reporters while attending a briefing on Hurricane Laura in Orange, Texas. He didn’t offer details to support his statement.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Surprised it took until almost 11:30 Pacific for that to get posted here

[Progressive Pessimist]

Surprised it took until almost 11:30 Pacific for that to get posted here

Honestly nobody in this country cares, or even understands it, so why should it get such immediate attention?

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Surprised it took until almost 11:30 Pacific for that to get posted here

Honestly nobody in this country cares, or even understands it, so why should it get such immediate attention?

Dude, take a break from the news & this board and get some rest. It's really getting to you this weekend.

It's almost like you're a.....progressive pessimist

[Progressive Pessimist]

Surprised it took until almost 11:30 Pacific for that to get posted here

Honestly nobody in this country cares, or even understands it, so why should it get such immediate attention?

Dude, take a break from the news & this board and get some rest. It's really getting to you this weekend.

It's almost like you're a.....progressive pessimist

I know. But posting here is often cathartic for me to get my thoughts out.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Surprised it took until almost 11:30 Pacific for that to get posted here

Honestly nobody in this country cares, or even understands it, so why should it get such immediate attention?

Dude, take a break from the news & this board and get some rest. It's really getting to you this weekend.

It's almost like you're a.....progressive pessimist

No, he's just the opposite: a pessimistic progressive.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Surprised it took until almost 11:30 Pacific for that to get posted here

Honestly nobody in this country cares, or even understands it, so why should it get such immediate attention?

Dude, take a break from the news & this board and get some rest. It's really getting to you this weekend.

It's almost like you're a.....progressive pessimist

No, he's just the opposite: a pessimistic progressive.

I'm both.

[Frodo]

Trump's Intel Chief Ends Election Security Briefings To Congress

The nation’s top intelligence official has informed Congress that his office will no longer give in-person election security briefings on Capitol Hill, a move that raised concern among lawmakers Saturday about the public’s right to know about foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election.

President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress.

“They leaked the information ... and what’s even worse, they leaked the wrong information and we got tired of it,” Trump told reporters while attending a briefing on Hurricane Laura in Orange, Texas. He didn’t offer details to support his statement.

Any reaction from congressional Republicans, or are they cool with this? 

[BlueSwan]

Trump's Intel Chief Ends Election Security Briefings To Congress

The nation’s top intelligence official has informed Congress that his office will no longer give in-person election security briefings on Capitol Hill, a move that raised concern among lawmakers Saturday about the public’s right to know about foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election.

President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress.

“They leaked the information ... and what’s even worse, they leaked the wrong information and we got tired of it,” Trump told reporters while attending a briefing on Hurricane Laura in Orange, Texas. He didn’t offer details to support his statement.

Any reaction from congressional Republicans, or are they cool with this? 

Do you even need to ask?

[Virginiá]

Pretty sad what is going on, but there are some bright spots:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/Harris-County-OKs-17M-to-add-polls-voting-hours-15514804.php

Harris County voters this November will have more time and more than a hundred additional places to cast ballots in the presidential election, including drive-through locations and one day of 24-hour voting, under an expansive plan approved by Commissioners Court Tuesday.

With the additional polling locations, an extra week of early voting and up to 12,000 election workers, Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is pledging a smooth November election.

In previous elections, Harris County operated about 40 early voting and 750 Election Day sites. The additional funding, Hollins said, will allow the county to operate 120 early voting and 808 Election Day locations.

Securing funding for polling locations and staff is one obstacle; finding sites to host them is another. Hollins said the county caught a break when Houston Independent School District decided to hold classes virtually, allowing the clerk’s office to reserve classrooms and gymnasiums.

[...]

The clerk’s office plans to open a massive voting center at NRG Arena, and also will move its vote-counting headquarters there. Hollins said the Toyota Center also has volunteered its cavernous facility for voting, a well-known location he hoped would prove popular.

Incredibly important in a state like Texas, which due to legal ambiguity and signals from statewide officials, has limited absentee voting opportunities... that is, if you want to take a chance on that with Trump's USPS scheme.

[Ferguson97]

Pretty sad what is going on, but there are some bright spots:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/Harris-County-OKs-17M-to-add-polls-voting-hours-15514804.php

Harris County voters this November will have more time and more than a hundred additional places to cast ballots in the presidential election, including drive-through locations and one day of 24-hour voting, under an expansive plan approved by Commissioners Court Tuesday.

With the additional polling locations, an extra week of early voting and up to 12,000 election workers, Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is pledging a smooth November election.

In previous elections, Harris County operated about 40 early voting and 750 Election Day sites. The additional funding, Hollins said, will allow the county to operate 120 early voting and 808 Election Day locations.

Securing funding for polling locations and staff is one obstacle; finding sites to host them is another. Hollins said the county caught a break when Houston Independent School District decided to hold classes virtually, allowing the clerk’s office to reserve classrooms and gymnasiums.

[...]

The clerk’s office plans to open a massive voting center at NRG Arena, and also will move its vote-counting headquarters there. Hollins said the Toyota Center also has volunteered its cavernous facility for voting, a well-known location he hoped would prove popular.

This is excellent news!

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr/status/1300515650746675207

Wonderful news!!!!

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/stphnfwlr/status/1300515650746675207
Wonderful news!!!!

Full story: https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-extends-georgia-deadline-to-return-absentee-ballots/OEETBUYMWJASHCW3YMVCKTPPYI/

I fully expected this before opening the article:

The secretary of state’s office plans to immediately appeal the ruling.

[brucejoel99]

Very refreshing to see Georgia in the news for a positive (& I don't mean a positive COVID test).

[GeorgiaModerate]

Very refreshing to see Georgia in the news for a positive (& I don't mean a positive COVID test).

We also got our new absentee ballot request site on line on Friday.  Very quick and easy to use!

[Cassandra]

Very refreshing to see Georgia in the news for a positive (& I don't mean a positive COVID test).

We also got our new absentee ballot request site on line on Friday.  Very quick and easy to use!

Thanks for the link!

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/JesseLehrich/status/1300481295642918915

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

https://twitter.com/JF991/status/1300678700606935040

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/JF991/status/1300678700606935040

Uh, so what are the implications of this?