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peacebuzzard

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26. And politics has become a circus because of this...

Reply to DFW (Reply #21)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:39 AM

11 hrs ago

In particular, the crucial Gore-Bush standoff. Those overseas votes mattered. It was down to the double digits, and the race was called, unfortunately and prematurely, by the SC. To hell with the overseas voter. And now we have this present-day circus running and ruining what is left of this great country. This subject has forever been ignored. Thanks for verifying my feelings...
I have also spent quite a bit of time overseas, and I remember the difficulties involved with the voting process in the early 80s. Since then, I suspected those votes were never counted.
They surely were not counted or reported during Gore-Bush. Those votes were in transit when the SC ruled for Bush.

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I was caged in TX myself iemanja Tuesday #9

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I would if it were possible DFW Yesterday #18

I have always wondered why the overseas voter tally is a non-topic. peacebuzzard Tuesday #15

We Americans Abroad are a convenient group to ignore. DFW Yesterday #19

That is a huge number. 5-9 million. The overseas US troop vote at one time peacebuzzard Yesterday #20

My number didn't even include the military DFW Yesterday #21

And politics has become a circus because of this... peacebuzzard 11 hrs ago #26

I think that decision haunted O'Connor to her grave DFW 10 hrs ago #27

The SAVE Act is designed to hurt American living abroad LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #24

Republicans are not all complete idiots DFW 23 hrs ago #25

Yeah, Texas is just about dead last in helping citizens vote. summer_in_TX Yesterday #17

Thanks for the reminder Saoirse9 Yesterday #23