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NewDayOranges

(693 posts)
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:48 AM Jul 2020

Sinister effects of the expiration of the Eviction moratorium...

How millions of votes nationwide could be suppressed to benefit Trump and the republicans...

If these millions of people/voters are evicted, how many of these displaced voters will be able to update their voter registration and driver's licenses in time to vote in the elections in November?

Of course, they can go vote at the polling location of the address shown on their license, but with the number of polling places reduced because the Trump virus is still active, people will need to contact their local elections boards to get accurate information about where they should vote as there will be a lot of disinformation on social media about where one should vote...

If you are newly evicted or even only locked out of your rental house or apartment, and dealing with finding a safe place for your family, and short on cash because your unemployment has been greatly reduced or eliminated, would you have time or energy to worry about voting against the Orange menace?

A provisional vote isn't worth the paper it's cast on - provisional votes are only counted provided that the voter can resolve the dispute within x number of days after election day. Will understaffed local elections boards be able to handle the crush of voters that are even aware that they need to resolve the dispute before their vote can be counted?

Fasten your seatbelts, folks. Election Day this November may be a gigantic clusterphuck...

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Sinister effects of the expiration of the Eviction moratorium... (Original Post) NewDayOranges Jul 2020 OP
In some states I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #1

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,496 posts)
1. In some states
Thu Jul 30, 2020, 10:55 AM
Jul 2020

Homeless people can register to vote by using the address of a homeless shelter,a program or offices. etc.

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