We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
Republicans don't have control over that. Elections, places, voting machines, workers are all decided by the county. So if any place closed or you had to wait a long time, it was Democrats who did it, not a Republican Governor.
Yes, Republican governors and secretaries of state indeed have control over elections.
Georgia's state leadership and elections officials have largely ignored complaints about poll consolidations even as they tout record growth in voter registration. As secretary of state from 2010 to 2018, when most of Georgia's poll closures occurred, Brian Kemp, now the governor, took a laissez-faire attitude toward county-run election practices, save for a 2015 document that spelled out methods officials could use to shutter polling places to show "how the change can benefit voters and the public interest."
Kemp's office declined to comment Thursday on the letter or why poll closures went unchallenged by state officials. His spokesperson referred to his previous statements that he did not encourage officials to close polling places but merely offered guidance on how to follow the law.
The state's voter rolls have grown by nearly 2 million since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, but polling locations have been cut by almost 10%.
www.npr.org
Need more? Because closing polling places, removing drop-off locations, and purging voter rolls is what Brian Kemp did as Secretary of State and it is what he is now controlling as governor. Pretty shitty to do this in majority black and brown districts.
Georgia is one of 18 states that requires a voter to show photo ID to cast a ballot. Voters must also pay postage to both request and send mail-in ballots.
This year alone, 10 counties with large black populations in Georgia closed polling spots after a white elections consultant recommended they do so to save money.
Raffensperger's office blames Democrats and county elections officials for opposing his efforts to improve access. "As Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger pushed legislation that would force counties to expand polling locations and directly address these issues," Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs said in an email.
"Unfortunately, every single Democratic Senator and Representative voted against this proposal saying that it would cause 'confusion.' Georgia voters deserve to know who is actually holding back progress and it isn't the Secretary of State's Office."
So what does this tell us? It tells us counties are responsible for polling places and their operations--not the state. Your second article mentioned nothing about the state being the primary cause for voting problems; again, those are county decisions. It also stated most of the problem were with new voters registering in the millions. And it said that white areas had the same problems. Unless you can tell me there's something in your third link that shows how it's the Republican Governors actions that caused problems, I'm not going to waste my time on it as I did the first two articles.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
It’s not people on welfare that need expanded voting opportunities. They have plenty of time off to vote. It’s people working two jobs at places that don’t give you three hours off paid to wait in line.
In all the elections I ever voted in, the most I waited was a half-hour. Usually it's only about ten minutes. The law in most states is an employer has to allow you time to vote. You want to see mail in because one person out of 30,000 may have a second job? Ridiculous.
I'm betting you don't live in the inner city where Republican governors have been cutting the number of polling places in half.
Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Long lines formed Monday as in-person early voting for a pair of U.S. Senate runoff elections began in Georgia with control of the upper chamber hanging in the balance.
Hundreds of voters were queued early in the day at the main Cobb County polling site in Marietta, Ga., where officials said wait times of two hours were expected, WSB-TV reported.
Long lines were also observed in Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta.
Long lines formed Monday as in-person early voting for a pair of U.S. Senate runoff elections began in Georgia with control of the upper chamber hanging in the balance.
I sort of agree with you -
I know that inner city SH's cant get ID, can't get to the polls - don't know who to vote for
I'm starting to think that whole lets bring workers over here from across da sea might have not been a great idea.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
It’s not people on welfare that need expanded voting opportunities. They have plenty of time off to vote. It’s people working two jobs at places that don’t give you three hours off paid to wait in line.
In all the elections I ever voted in, the most I waited was a half-hour. Usually it's only about ten minutes. The law in most states is an employer has to allow you time to vote. You want to see mail in because one person out of 30,000 may have a second job? Ridiculous.
I'm betting you don't live in the inner city where Republican governors have been cutting the number of polling places in half.
Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Long lines formed Monday as in-person early voting for a pair of U.S. Senate runoff elections began in Georgia with control of the upper chamber hanging in the balance.
Hundreds of voters were queued early in the day at the main Cobb County polling site in Marietta, Ga., where officials said wait times of two hours were expected, WSB-TV reported.
Long lines were also observed in Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta.
Long lines formed Monday as in-person early voting for a pair of U.S. Senate runoff elections began in Georgia with control of the upper chamber hanging in the balance.
I sort of agree with you -
I know that inner city SH's cant get ID, can't get to the polls - don't know who to vote for
I'm starting to think that whole lets bring workers over here from across da sea might have not been a great idea.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
We never voted by mail before
This was a one off
For a specific reason.
The Left knew that President Trump was unbeatable in a normally conducted election.
Republicans have been programmed to deny the facts. Facts don’t matter.
Let me give you an example. Global warming is a fact. The entire world knows it. Half of American voters know it. The lobbyists and Mitch McConnell know it.
But as long as half the voters don’t know it, republicans will continue to pretend they don’t know because she’ll and bp pay them to deny the science.
No different than lead and tobacco. They used to deny cigarettes caused cancer remember? So then why do we continue to believe republican liars?
Republican voters have been convinced it’s the government scientists who are lying to keep their funding. It’s insane
"They" used to deny cigarettes caused cancer? Have proof it was Republicans that denied it while democrats believed it? It would seem you got caught up in your fever swamp there a little bit.
"Trumptard"? Wow, that's just unbelievable. I'll never recover from that. Man, that's just devastating, and so mature too! I mean, I expected something along the lines of a playground insult from a five year old, but you came out with one from a 6 year old! That was unexpected. You kids just grow up so fast.
Now, your contention was that "they" denied tobacco causes cancer. That's not what Pence said, is it? He said that 9 out of 10 smokers don't develop lung cancer. If that is true (oops, it is since 10 to 15% of smokers develop lung cancer), then you can't truthfully claim that he said smoking doesn't cause cancer. You really shouldn't let your 6 year old emotions run so wild with you. Please try again, and remember, it wasn't very long ago that Republicans and democrats alike smoked while ignoring warnings and not believing they would develop cancer, and most did not.
Yep,I think Trumptard is a reasonably apt description of you ;-)
First, Pence asserts that smoking doesn’t kill. To back this up, he bafflingly concedes that a huge fraction of smokers — one in three! — die from smoking-related illnesses, a fact that a casual observer could be forgiven for interpreting as proof that smoking does, in fact, kill, and kills a lot of people at that. (Only one problem: Subsequent research has found that twoout of three smokers die from a smoking-related illness — not one in three, as Pence insisted.)
Wow, you doubled down on the 6 year old's insult. What a surprise. And here you started out whining about a whole lot of people saying smoking doesn't cause cancer, but now are just whining about one person saying something else. Gotta move the goal posts in a hurry sometimes I guess.
In recent days, the media has taken to sounding the alarm bells over a “second wave” of coronavirus infections. Such panic is overblown. Thanks to the lead
I'm holding you accountable to what you said, and you keep deflecting to something else. Pence never said smoking doesn't cause cancer, which is what you claimed.