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Re:Postal Service Warns Mail-In Ballots in 46 States May Not... by kanobo on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:11PM (#24165303)
I know there are studies that suggest elections tend to favor Republicans when voting becomes more restrictive but my intuition is that in this unique case this is just as devastating to Republicans as Democrats since older folks are not going to stand in line during a pandemic. I see this as a completely idiotic move by the executive branch. Or am I misunderstanding something obvious?
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Re:Postal Service Warns Mail-In Ballots in 46 States May Not... by IvyMike on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:13PM (#24165315)
May the goal isn't so much to win as to undermine the very legitimacy of the election.
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Re:Postal Service Warns Mail-In Ballots in 46 States May Not... by kanobo on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:15PM (#24165325)
Oh right, I can't believe that didn't cross my mind. I also sad that I now live in a country where I have to worry about that.
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Re:Postal Service Warns Mail-In Ballots in 46 States May Not... by jrjrjrjr on Friday August 14, 2020 @11:45PM (#24165729)
donnie deported to gitmo.
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Re:Postal Service Warns Mail-In Ballots in 46 States May Not... by iron0013 on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:35PM (#24165408)
If the intentional mail slowdowns were evenly distributed that would be true, but if some areas (eg cities in battleground states) are targeted for heavier service disruptions, then the postal sabotage will have the desired effect of decreasing Democratic votes while leaving Republican votes less affected.
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Re:Postal Service Warns Mail-In Ballots in 46 States May Not... by fallingfrog on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:57PM (#24165494)
Old liberals might not want to go out during a pandemic, but old conservatives are convinced that it’s all pretend and even if they thought it was real they’d still go out and expose themselves to corona in order to win.
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Re:Postal Service Warns Mail-In Ballots in 46 States May Not... by mindslight on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:47PM (#24165456)
The older folks that accept the existence of the pandemic wouldn't be voting for Trump anyway. It's a doubling down on the same con.
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