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Democracy Matters :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@thisisgww/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thisisgww</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailBallots</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SaveYourVote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveYourVote</span></a></p>
Grinning Cat :neocat_flag_bi: :neocat_flag_polyam:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> A downside to mail voting: a controlling or abusive husband can insist on supervising his wife's vote, or even commit a felony by filling out her ballot himself. </p><p>There's a lot to be said for the comfort and convenience of voting by mail, as one graphic meme had it, "at your kitchen table, with a cat in your lap, and a big book of information about the candidates and ballot questions provided by the state."</p><p>There's also a lot to be said for the privacy of the voting booth. </p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/VoteByMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteByMail</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailBallots</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AbsenteeBallot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbsenteeBallot</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AbusiveRelationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbusiveRelationships</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SecretBallot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretBallot</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Another lawsuit seeks to throw out <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailBallots</span></a> when their outer envelopes are undated or misdated, even if they arrive by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> Day. If voters aren’t able to fix their mistakes, tens of thousands of ballots could be thrown out in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>.<br>
“It is really a brazen voter suppression effort,” said Vic Walczak, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> director of the ACLU of PA.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Such a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruling would have significant implications for the presidential race, as well as some closely fought congressional contests.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are fighting over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailBallots</span></a> on many fronts even as the days dwindle until the Nov vote.<br>
In <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>, a battleground state that could decide the presidential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a> last week filed a lawsuit arguing that voters should not get a chance to fix errors on their mail ballots to make sure their votes get counted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At issue is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> that allows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailBallots</span></a> to be counted if they arrive up to 5 days after Election Day &amp; are postmarked by Election Day or earlier. 17 other states &amp; DC, have laws allowing postmarked mail ballots to be counted if they arrive after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> Day.<br>
The case is one example of a nationwide effort by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> to invalidate mail ballots over issues unrelated to whether they were cast by a legitimate voter.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The case in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> is one example of a nationwide effort by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> to invalidate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailBallots</span></a> over issues unrelated to whether they were cast by a legitimate voter.

A panel of federal judges heard arguments Tues in a case that could upend the rules for counting a sliver of mail ballots in Mississippi just weeks before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> Day, w/possible ramifications for all states.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/24/mississippi-mail-ballots-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/09/24/mississippi-mail-ballots-trump/</span></a></p>
GiddingsMJ<p>Got my ballot!!</p><p><a href="https://syringa.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://syringa.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://syringa.social/tags/mailballots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mailballots</span></a> <a href="https://syringa.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p>These Republican idiots are setting themselves up for another "<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/redMirage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redMirage</span></a>" that they'll promptly blame of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electionFraud</span></a>. What happens is that same-day <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/votes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votes</span></a> are counted first. So, they'll get excited when they hear the early results, thinking they're on track for a blow-out. But then the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mailBallots</span></a> are tallied, which tend to be predominantly <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a>. The earlier red lead will vanish, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> will win, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> will get out their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/TikiTorches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikiTorches</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/09/20/after-years-of-attacks-on-election-integrity-by-trump-poll-finds-republicans-much-less-likely-to-vote-by-mail/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sun-sentinel.com/2024/09/20/af</span><span class="invisible">ter-years-of-attacks-on-election-integrity-by-trump-poll-finds-republicans-much-less-likely-to-vote-by-mail/</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>Court Finds that Texas Law Requiring the Rejection of Mail Ballots and Applications Violates the Civil Rights Act</p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/court-finds-texas-law-requiring-rejection-mail-ballots-and-applications-violates-civil" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">justice.gov/opa/pr/court-finds</span><span class="invisible">-texas-law-requiring-rejection-mail-ballots-and-applications-violates-civil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TexasLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MailBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MailBallots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TexasCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VoterSuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSuppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
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