Voter suppresion/"stealing the election" megathread

[BlueSwan]

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/1314750877442412544

Very very nice. Let's see how long it lasts.

Well, it did not last very long at all.

[cvparty]

democracy!

[BlueSwan]

What is even the justification for this? These judges are absolute hacks.

[wbrocks67]

Luckily early voting starts today so it limits just how bad this is, but it's still REALLY bad and horrific - total voter suppression in plain sight.

[Crumpets]

Definitely not my favorite episode of Night Court.

[Brittain33]

What is even the justification for this? These judges are absolute hacks.

Letter of the law + one Dropbox is better than zero. Equal protection, huh, never heard of it.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes

https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-fresno-elections-california-santa-ana-be803bfe99f5eb35e17a6ee56315deb0

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —

California’s chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops and other locations and Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned those behind the “vote tampering” could face prosecution.

Republican refused, saying they are taking advantage of California’s liberal ballot collection law that allows anyone to collect ballots from voters and deliver them to county election offices.

“As of right now, we’re going to continue our ballot harvesting program,” California Republican Party spokesman Hector Barajas said.

Lock them up!

[Beet]

"But judges don't matter." - Liberals

[indietraveler]

https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1315883900418379777?s=21

3-judge panel, all Trump nominees

Of f***ing course.

I want to see Trump lose TX. It needs to happen now and not in 4 years.

[7,052,770]

"But judges don't matter." - Liberals

What? It was the people who refused to vote Hillary (thinking she was either too conservative, too liberal, too female, or too corrupt) who sent that message, not the mainstream establishment liberals who voted for her.

[jimrtex]

What is even the justification for this? These judges are absolute hacks.

Texas has in-person early voting for two weeks before elections (this has been expanded to three weeks for this election). Most people vote that way.

Texas limits by-mail early voting to:
   (1) Those over 65.
   (2) Those with disabilities.
   (3) Those who are incarcerated (non-felons awaiting trial in jail)
   (4) Those who will be outside the county for the entire early-voting period.

Mail ballots may be returned by USPS; a common or contract carrier; or the office of the early voting clerk on election day within voting hours. A valid ID must be shown when doing this.

Note: "early voting clerk" is the person administering early voting for an election. In this case it is the county clerk (elections administrator in some counties). In a city or school board election it might be a city clerk or school board secretary.

I do not know why these are being referred to as "drop boxes". Perhaps this term is used in other states.

For this election only, use of the early voting clerk site was expanded to the entire voting period.

Some county clerks decided they could completely disregard other aspects of the statute, when the intent was only to liberalize the period.

People can use USPS. There are dozens of post offices in Harris County.

[ibagli]

Texas limits by-mail early voting to:
   (1) Those over 65.
   (2) Those with disabilities.
   (3) Those who are incarcerated (non-felons awaiting trial in jail)
   (4) Those who will be outside the county for the entire early-voting period.

I'm actually way more mad about the 5th Circuit's (and I think at least one other circuit's) ruling on that. Drop boxes are at least debatable but that's a blatant violation of the plain text of the Constitution. The 26th Amendment was worded identically to the 15th Amendment, so it demands the same level of scrutiny that would be given to an explicit whites-only absentee voting law. (Though maybe I shouldn't expect that the court would stop that either.)

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

We are so packing the supreme court. These people are traitors to democracy.

[RussFeingoldWasRobbed]

But I'm confident people will do whatever they need to do get Trump out.

[Ferguson97]

We are so packing the supreme court. These people are traitors to democracy.

God, I wish -  but it won't happen.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/wusa9/status/1316022991671619588

"Accidentally"

[Skill and Chance]

Weird that we still haven't heard from SCOTUS on the PA case.

[jimrtex]

Texas limits by-mail early voting to:
   (1) Those over 65.
   (2) Those with disabilities.
   (3) Those who are incarcerated (non-felons awaiting trial in jail)
   (4) Those who will be outside the county for the entire early-voting period.

I'm actually way more mad about the 5th Circuit's (and I think at least one other circuit's) ruling on that. Drop boxes are at least debatable but that's a blatant violation of the plain text of the Constitution. The 26th Amendment was worded identically to the 15th Amendment, so it demands the same level of scrutiny that would be given to an explicit whites-only absentee voting law. (Though maybe I shouldn't expect that the court would stop that either.)

Texas has never had "drop boxes". A mail voter could take their ballot to the county clerk on election day, and after showing an ID, could hand deliver it. Most voters, like, mailed their mail ballot.

You'd think that if someone thought that the 26th Amendment was applicable, they would have filed suit in the past 48 years. I'm pretty sure someone would have filed suit against a mail ballot for whites-only before 1913, or a male-only mail (male?) ballot before 1968.

Texas could simply eliminate the dispensation for those over 65. Many elderly have mobility or other disabilities.

[BidenHarris2020]

We are so packing the supreme court. These people are traitors to democracy.

God, I wish -  but it won't happen.

Harris might..

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1316181931034374147?s=21

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1316181931034374147?s=21

If this happens, we're no longer a democracy.

[Brittain33]

Texas limits by-mail early voting to:
   (1) Those over 65.
   (2) Those with disabilities.
   (3) Those who are incarcerated (non-felons awaiting trial in jail)
   (4) Those who will be outside the county for the entire early-voting period.

I'm actually way more mad about the 5th Circuit's (and I think at least one other circuit's) ruling on that. Drop boxes are at least debatable but that's a blatant violation of the plain text of the Constitution. The 26th Amendment was worded identically to the 15th Amendment, so it demands the same level of scrutiny that would be given to an explicit whites-only absentee voting law. (Though maybe I shouldn't expect that the court would stop that either.)

Texas has never had "drop boxes". A mail voter could take their ballot to the county clerk on election day, and after showing an ID, could hand deliver it. Most voters, like, mailed their mail ballot.

You'd think that if someone thought that the 26th Amendment was applicable, they would have filed suit in the past 48 years. I'm pretty sure someone would have filed suit against a mail ballot for whites-only before 1913, or a male-only mail (male?) ballot before 1968.

Texas could simply eliminate the dispensation for those over 65. Many elderly have mobility or other disabilities.

Perhaps this being the first election in a mass pandemic is a factor, Jim.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Is the 5th circuit likely to have had the final word on this?

[jimrtex]

Texas limits by-mail early voting to:
   (1) Those over 65.
   (2) Those with disabilities.
   (3) Those who are incarcerated (non-felons awaiting trial in jail)
   (4) Those who will be outside the county for the entire early-voting period.

I'm actually way more mad about the 5th Circuit's (and I think at least one other circuit's) ruling on that. Drop boxes are at least debatable but that's a blatant violation of the plain text of the Constitution. The 26th Amendment was worded identically to the 15th Amendment, so it demands the same level of scrutiny that would be given to an explicit whites-only absentee voting law. (Though maybe I shouldn't expect that the court would stop that either.)

Texas has never had "drop boxes". A mail voter could take their ballot to the county clerk on election day, and after showing an ID, could hand deliver it. Most voters, like, mailed their mail ballot.

You'd think that if someone thought that the 26th Amendment was applicable, they would have filed suit in the past 48 years. I'm pretty sure someone would have filed suit against a mail ballot for whites-only before 1913, or a male-only mail (male?) ballot before 1968.

Texas could simply eliminate the dispensation for those over 65. Many elderly have mobility or other disabilities.

Perhaps this being the first election in a mass pandemic is a factor, Jim.

And ... Orange Man Bad? Perhaps?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Texas limits by-mail early voting to:
   (1) Those over 65.
   (2) Those with disabilities.
   (3) Those who are incarcerated (non-felons awaiting trial in jail)
   (4) Those who will be outside the county for the entire early-voting period.

I'm actually way more mad about the 5th Circuit's (and I think at least one other circuit's) ruling on that. Drop boxes are at least debatable but that's a blatant violation of the plain text of the Constitution. The 26th Amendment was worded identically to the 15th Amendment, so it demands the same level of scrutiny that would be given to an explicit whites-only absentee voting law. (Though maybe I shouldn't expect that the court would stop that either.)

Texas has never had "drop boxes". A mail voter could take their ballot to the county clerk on election day, and after showing an ID, could hand deliver it. Most voters, like, mailed their mail ballot.

You'd think that if someone thought that the 26th Amendment was applicable, they would have filed suit in the past 48 years. I'm pretty sure someone would have filed suit against a mail ballot for whites-only before 1913, or a male-only mail (male?) ballot before 1968.

Texas could simply eliminate the dispensation for those over 65. Many elderly have mobility or other disabilities.

Perhaps this being the first election in a mass pandemic is a factor, Jim.

And ... Orange Man Bad? Perhaps?

Jim, we all know you're not actually this obtuse.