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What is wrong with people these days?
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So, roughly 1/10th of the number of people who voted in Georgia in 2020?
And they're claiming this is a 'success'? Give me a break.
Chief
And when GA just decides to wantonly throw many of them out, or overturn the election in the state legislature, what will your response be?
It’s almost like you want bad things to happen just so you can complain about it
Looking forward to seeing the final results and information on how many were turned away or prevented from voting. Saying “people are more engaged in politics” when the baseline was low and significant effort went into preparing isn’t a worthwhile comparison. Just because a challenge is met doesn’t mean the challenge should exist.
Voter ID is racialist
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So look. A few things from an actual Georgia voter.
Georgia makes it very easy to vote early in person. There's something like 22 days of early voting including Saturdays and Sundays. We voted on Mother's Day. You just show up and vote (btw, those Dominion machines are cool AF). You do need an ID though. I can't truly speak to how difficult it is for underprivileged Georgians to obtain an ID.
Simultaneously, Georgia has made it very hard to vote absentee. We didn't submit applications but compared to two years ago, it was going to be much harder.
To Ds points above, we won't really know until election day. So far, turnout is like 220% above 2018 numbers but there's still a LOT of people to vote on election day. I almost guarantee there will be problems.
Let's circle back Tuesday
You guys should really avoid only reading headlines
Keep in mind,it is only a primary election and unlike previous GA non-presidential primaries, there are serious challenges for all the statewide Republican races pitting Trump candidates against the ones who wouldn't overturn the election results for him.
Suspect the Democrat primary numbers will be flat since most of those races are pretty one-sided. Also Georgia is an open state, so a voter can decide which party primary they want and I expect a number liberals will vote in the Republican primary just to vote for the non-Trump candidates
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Oh. Fox News. Ok then. “Dems” — they’re getting too lazy to spell words now?