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LisaM

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9. We can't in Washington State. It's all by mail.

Fri Jan 24, 2025, 02:54 PM

Jan 24

I personally would rather vote in person, but I don't have a choice. And, in the summer, a ballot I timely mailed at a post office did not receive a postmark in time (luckily it was for a one-issue election that passed overwhelmingly). I believe this was due to Post Office cuts. This particular branch (rural) is understaffed and dealing with huge amounts of Amazon package deliveries which have overwhelmed the system.

I took my presidential ballot to a drop box, but there are nowhere near enough of them in Seattle and you can't get to most of them walking or even on transit. They also removed the handy little tab you could pull off to check your ballot.

People who support all mail voting need to know that there are some pitfalls. Vote suppression is easy and there are lots of ways to go about it.

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Magats Stole The Election By Disenfrancement And Purges [View all] gab13by13 Jan 24 OP

Vote in person! Cattledog Jan 24 #1

We can't in Washington State. It's all by mail. LisaM Jan 24 #9

And we can thank Postmaster DeJoy for those personnel cuts Wicked Blue Jan 24 #12

"Most of the people whose votes are purged, never know it." Kid Berwyn Jan 24 #2

Hence, the magical Trump gains in URBAN districts Charging Triceratops Jan 24 #28

"Illegal Votes" he called Detroit in 2020. Kid Berwyn Jan 24 #35

Playing defense is a bad position... DSandra Jan 24 #3

We know about the disenfranchisement and voter purges, but how about Elon's "vote counting computers"? sop Jan 24 #4

Truth will out malaise Jan 24 #5

The depraved, bloated, orange monster knows he lost. ariadne0614 Jan 24 #6

Trump won Pennsylvania by over 100,000 votes Jose Garcia Jan 24 #7

Why the double standard? We had years of GOP 'activists' telling us the election in 2020 was 'rigged' PatrickforB Jan 24 #17

Palast is an American hero expat ! RANDYWILDMAN Jan 24 #8

Because ReRe Jan 24 #25

Greg Palast is Correct, however annielion Jan 24 #10

Since 2016... sanduca Jan 24 #11

Harris would have blown trump out the door, Bluethroughu Jan 24 #13

In My County Mr.Bee Jan 24 #14

The election was stolded!!! Bonx Jan 24 #15

Where is the evidence supporting even one of the claims? Wiz Imp Jan 24 #16

Well, I'm not going back and researching newspaper & other journalistic accounts for you... Hekate Jan 24 #20

In other words, you have none. Wiz Imp Jan 24 #21

Carry on Hekate Jan 24 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Jan 25 #41

That's SickOfTheOnePct Jan 24 #22

I know. Wiz Imp Jan 24 #23

Why not take at look - what's the problem? Ttj Jan 24 #24

Everybody knows there is voter suppression and that is a big part of Republican strategy Wiz Imp Jan 24 #29

You need evidence given all of the open and conspicuous effort of the GOP machine to subvert KPN Jan 24 #26

Absolutely I need evidence. Anybody can just make up numbers and say they show that Trump lost Wiz Imp Jan 24 #32

So you're saying that Palast made up numbers? BTW, nothing in my comment says that I think KPN Jan 25 #37

I'm not saying Palast made up the numbers. I'm saying he gave no evidence for me to trust they are Wiz Imp Jan 25 #39

Voter suppression is real Ttj Jan 24 #27

Post # 2 has the link to the article, evidence included questionseverything Jan 24 #31

I read the article. There is no evidence presented. Just numbers apparently pulled out of thin air. Wiz Imp Jan 24 #33

Vote denial, MAGA will do lore of it uponit7771 Jan 24 #18

This is what I have been saying for well over a year, as the gerrymandering & purging have proceeded... Hekate Jan 24 #19

I wish Democrats in Congress would investigate and hold hearings La Coliniere Jan 24 #30

Hasnt he said the same one way or another with every elections Dems have lost since Kerry? LizBeth Jan 24 #34

What happened to AG Garland's crack team Sewa Jan 25 #38

I voted in person for this reason. yardwork Jan 25 #40