• wjrii@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The main thing they seem to be doing that’s officially illegal is that they are taking their own databases of dubious quality, and then manually inputting that information into state voter registration verification sites. These sites by and large make the user legally certify they either are the voter or have their express authorization (e.g. “Hey, bud, will check my voter registration for me?”). They’re basically asking the entire staff to engage in a bit of light identity theft 40 times a day.

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      At this point, anyone who works for or with this regime needs to be destitute and in prison after this admin. I don’t care if “they had mouths to feed” or other bullshit - without the people powering it this dictatorship wouldn’t exist.

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    9 days ago

    Voter suppression is what it is, targeted at liberal areas. Closing polling places, trying to disqualify women because of their married names, screwing with the USPS. It’s all suppression.

    When dealing with MAGA always remember every baseless accusation is a confession. When they cry election fraud, they are plotting or doing election fraud.

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    Wait, it’s not legal to bribe voters with 5000 USD so you can keep your corrupt friends in power to protect your treacherous and corrupt old shitty ass from prison?

    Next, you’re gonna tell me that The “United” States of America aren’t the lamest & angriest mofos on Earth?

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    I never understood the practice of registering to vote. Why that extra step? Are not every US citizens registered? Why not just sending everyone of these the ballots?

    This is working in other countries, why not in the US?

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      Your vote is tied directly to where you live here, all political offices cover some territory (a state, city, district, village, town, etc). So your vote is directly tied to where you live.

      But it’s not necessarily the case that the state always knows where someone lives. Yes, there are property deeds and utility bills and what-not, but there is no official place where everyone’s addresses are held.

      Therefore, “Registering to Vote” is really more like registering your address, so they know which ballot you need to vote on. Even ex-pats what no longer live in the country (but are still citizens) get to vote at the last US address they lived at.

      There isn’t always an “unregistration” process either. When you move, you just re-register. Since most of these are administered at the State level, if you move between States you may end up registered in two places. In most cases, that is perfectly legal! You only break the law if you actually vote in the same election in more than one place.

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      9 days ago

      elections in the US are run by the states, not the federal government. a handful of states (specifically California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington) automatically register eligible voters and send a mail ballot to every registered voter

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      We register to vote in other countries too, it’s just an automatic process that happens alongside other things like filing your taxes.

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    8 days ago

    So, I’ve never really heard this theory, I’d be surprised if someone hasn’t talked about it before though.

    I 100% think Trump committed voter fraud and cheated every step of the way when he lost to Biden. He was freaking the fuck out way too much, even for him. I think he cheated, and still lost. So his only conclusion was Biden must have cheated to win. I think he went fucking berserk that he cheated and STILL lost.

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      7 days ago

      Back in the day I always loved sniping cheaters in Quake 2. They always accused me of cheating haha.