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DaisyTom

(57 posts)
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 12:34 AM Sep 2020

See the trump goons at the polling place? Not possible if you vote by mail.

Greg Abbott learned this years ago - has coordinated and publicly embraced white militias (KSP) of True the Vote showing up at polling places with long guns, trying to intimidate voters.

That's one reason Barr doesn't like vote by mail. Can't have the terrorist goons with long guns show up to interfere with voters.

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See the trump goons at the polling place? Not possible if you vote by mail. (Original Post) DaisyTom Sep 2020 OP
For once Florida is not, well, Florida. GulfCoast66 Sep 2020 #1
I'll never vote by mail Polybius Sep 2020 #2
Someone posted another thread on this somewhere. After security showed up they moved away JI7 Sep 2020 #3
Are you referring to Virginia? Princess Turandot Sep 2020 #4
Try and block me vercetti2021 Sep 2020 #5
Facing those lowlifes down with the massive contempt they deserve Hortensis Sep 2020 #6
Did you request a ballot through GA Secretary of State website? CottonBear Sep 2020 #7
Great point, Cotton. Yes to using the "My Voter Page," all too often. Hortensis Sep 2020 #8
I requested an absentee ballot for the last primary here in GA. CottonBear Sep 2020 #10
Putin (Rat Face) and Trump could be trying to scare people. gulliver Sep 2020 #9

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
1. For once Florida is not, well, Florida.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 12:46 AM
Sep 2020

You show up with a gun here you will arrested. Maybe shot. Open carry is illegal here.

We don’t have nuts with ARs parading around.

Thank the theme parks. And the tourists industry as a whole. They work hard to keep from looking like, well, Wisconsin.

No Wisconsin man here over running the state house with guns.

JI7

(89,247 posts)
3. Someone posted another thread on this somewhere. After security showed up they moved away
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 01:06 AM
Sep 2020

Voters should not engage with them. Keep them isolated and if they get in the way have security desl with it.

But do take pics and videos if possible and without distracting others.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
4. Are you referring to Virginia?
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 02:22 AM
Sep 2020

The 'goons' were dopes waving Trump signs. They moved when ordered to do so, because they were blocking the path.

People should vote however they feel comfortable doing so.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
6. Facing those lowlifes down with the massive contempt they deserve
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 04:09 AM
Sep 2020

is something I regret missing by voting by mail.

If I do. In our GA county, mail-in ballots were supposed to start being sent to us Sept. 18. Still have to see if ours arrive at all. Mine didn't for the runoff in summer.

So just yesterday I checked to make sure there's (so far) no regulation against bringing chairs to the lines. If it comes to it, those very bad losers can watch my husband and me read and chat with other voters come to continue the march of progress over their hateful bodies.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
7. Did you request a ballot through GA Secretary of State website?
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 05:07 AM
Sep 2020

I requested a ballot and got this email verification:



We have received your request for an absentee ballot for the upcoming 2020 General Election.

Once your county mails your ballot, you can login to the Secretary of State's My Voter Page to view your Absentee Ballot status.

If you have questions about voting, please contact your county's Board of Registrar's Office. To find their contact information, please click here.

Thank you for your interest and participation in Georgia's elections.

This e-mail is an automated notification and is unable to receive replies. Please communicate directly with your county elections office. They will be happy to assist you with any questions or concerns you may have.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Great point, Cotton. Yes to using the "My Voter Page," all too often.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 11:00 AM
Sep 2020

I was thrown off the registered voter rolls a few years ago, presumably because we winter in Florida and had a temporary forwarding order on our mail. If it happens again, I want to know well ahead of time.

When I checked yesterday, it said our ballots were issued on the 18th, but what's that mean? That the third-party vendor who handles them (and cannot be contacted) had millions of prior requests all ready to go and sent them all out that day? Or had just begun the "issuing" process?

I've felt our county registrar's office is conscientious, but this county is so deep red that election theft would be completely unnecessary, barring any theft among thieves.

So we actually don't exactly expect to see any Trump goons hooting and leaping about, hoping to harass the lines of good Christian voters here. They just make me wish I could be part of the turnout in one of the counties that'll draw them. If it weren't for Covid and my high risk, I'd be there as an election monitor. Oh, well.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
10. I requested an absentee ballot for the last primary here in GA.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 12:04 PM
Sep 2020

I carefully filled out my ballot, and then returned my ballot to a secure drop box! Our blue county had 4 or 5 drop boxes around the county, including one downtown in front of the board of elections office. I then tracked my ballot through the process. Fingers crossed that all goes smoothly this time around.

I always voted on Election Day, until early voting was established. Then, I always early voted. Now, I’ve transitioned to absentee voting.

0ur little County is a blue island 🔵 in a sea of red 🔴.

Good luck!🍀👍 🇺🇸

gulliver

(13,180 posts)
9. Putin (Rat Face) and Trump could be trying to scare people.
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 11:04 AM
Sep 2020

They should be ignored. I'm voting in person.

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