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this. I don't think they should be doing this. but it doesn't surprise me.
So they are kicking Senior Citizens out of hearings in Texas over complaints of closing polling places in Tarrant County. I don't blame her for speaking her mind.
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Will citizens take to the streets in the US if a non existent "miracle" happens & maga win in November?
There's no way Trump wins these Elections legally.
But hasn't Trump been ignoring the constitutional role of Congress anyway and just doing what he wants? So the desperate need for votes seems in this instance more of a vanity thing than a real effective change in government.
(Bearing in mind I don't fully get all the complexity of US govt functions in pracrice v in theory, other than to point out that potus apparently has more power than a lot of actual kings these days)
(Bearing in mind I don't fully get all the complexity of US govt functions in pracrice v in theory, other than to point out that potus apparently has more power than a lot of actual kings these days)
Proper Cult talk..
I'm currently watching a load of Netflix documentaries of religious nutcases saying the same thing .....
I'd imagine a shitload of these will be tossed into King Donald's reflecting pond as folk make a wish.
Will they ever enter circulation though
Will they ever enter circulation though
The proverbial 'only in america'... the arrest photo of a convicted fraudster featuring on the nation's currency, yet there are those who still somehow think that this is not the most corrupt regime in US history.I'd imagine a shitload of these will be tossed into King Donald's reflecting pond as folk make a wish.
Will they ever enter circulation though
Crazy Roman Emperors used to stick their faces on coins & make their horses Senators too.
An executive summary of Trump winning against Canada, the genius moves
This bit I think perfectly encapsulates the unarguable prowess,
and of course 'American Pancake Juice'.
This bit I think perfectly encapsulates the unarguable prowess,
and of course 'American Pancake Juice'.
The Temu Wolverine is tit-stirring again, now that Trump has stuck his oar into the Falklands issue.
and they are being sold for more than a dollar, in rolls by the US Mint.I'd imagine a shitload of these will be tossed into King Donald's reflecting pond as folk make a wish.
Will they ever enter circulation though
25 roll for $61
100 Roll for $154.50 and both are unavailable at this time.
and yes they are suppose to enter circulation.
" These coins are also in circulation, so check your pocket change,” the mint said on social media when announcing the sale."
source
This is terrible what Mike Johnson has gone. I think they should be their working to get some things passed.
It’s nothing new though. Every political party has done this.
In 2020 the dems closed polling stations in various counties and cities. In Wisconsin it went from 180 to 5. In Fulton county GA, it went to just 5 being opened for the primaries. And LA county closed 3500 leaving just under 1000 open. LA!!
every political party does this. Maybe there’s a reason. Maybe it’s tactical. But it’s not just a GOP party play.
Steil: Where was the outrage when Democrat-run cities closed hundreds of polling places in 2020 primaries?
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration
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fYi - March 2020 is when the CDC COVID-19 Timeline and global health groups marked major turning points for the outbreak.It’s nothing new though. Every political party has done this.
In 2020 the dems closed polling stations in various counties and cities. In Wisconsin it went from 180 to 5. In Fulton county GA, it went to just 5 being opened for the primaries. And LA county closed 3500 leaving just under 1000 open. LA!!
every political party does this. Maybe there’s a reason. Maybe it’s tactical. But it’s not just a GOP party play.
Steil: Where was the outrage when Democrat-run cities closed hundreds of polling places in 2020 primaries?
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration
It looks like it was due to COVID -19 pandemic for social distancing.
FULTON REGISTRATIONS AND ELECTIONS ANNOUNCES POLLING SITE CHANGES FOR PRIMARY
May 15, 2020
Fulton Registrations and Elections Announces Polling Site Changes for Primary
Fulton Registrations and Elections Announces Polling Site Changes for Primary
fultoncountyga.gov
Approximately 40 Election Day polling places will change for voters in Fulton County for the June 9, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary, General Primary, and Special Election.
Fulton County encourages all voters to cast their ballots through Absentee Ballot by mail, which is safe, secure and consistent with social distancing. But for those who choose to vote in person on Election Day, they should check the list in case polling places changed.
Some polling locations changed due to date conflicts after the Election Day changes. Other sites, particularly senior centers and assisted living facilities expressed concerns about members of the public visiting those locations.
Voters who choose to vote in person during early voting or Election Day voting, will see some differences as Fulton County makes efforts to protect voters and poll workers from COVID-19. Out of consideration for fellow voters and poll workers, voters are asked to wear a face covering. Those in line will also be asked to stand at least 6 feet apart in accordance with social distancing recommendations. The number of voters inside the poll at a given time will also be limited.
Early voting will take place weekdays at 5 locations beginning Monday, May 18, 2020 through Friday, June 5, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday, May 30 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Polls will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2020. Those locations may be found here.
- It looks like Fulton County had staffing shortages and shortage of locations due to churches and senior centers who declined to open for voting and hundreds of poll workers backed out due to health concerns.
- During the June 2020 primary elections, Fulton County sharply consolidated its in-person voting locations due to severe staffing shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to massive lines and widespread reports of limited sites open in parts of the county, though the exact number operated as centralized or emergency hubs varied by specific type of service (with some reports citing dramatic reductions down to a handful of mega-sites or very few locations in specific areas/cities like Atlanta proper during early phases). [1]
Key Factors in 2020- Pandemic Disruptions: Hundreds of poll workers backed out due to health concerns, and many regular facilities (like senior centers and churches) declined to open.
- Consolidation: The Fulton County Government scrambled to staff locations, resulting in fewer than normal operational precincts on election day (down to 164 overall for the June primary, compared to over 250 normally, with severe localized bottlenecks). [1]
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Wisconsin voters face long waits, lines amid coronavirus outbreak
"This is so wrong," one voter told NBC News. "This election should have been called off."
Wisconsin voters face long waits, lines amid coronavirus outbreak
"This is so wrong," one voter told NBC News. "This election should have been called off."
April 7, 2020, 6:54 AM CDT / Updated April 7, 2020, 11:07 PM CDT
By Rebecca Shabad, Shaquille Brewster and Lauren Egan
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin voters braved extensive lines and hourslong waits as they defied the state's stay-at-home order to vote Tuesday after two courts ruled that the primary election couldn't be postponed.
"This is so wrong," a voter told NBC News. "This election should have been called off. They're telling us to stay in the house and 6 feet from each other, but then, during one of the most important times, they're forcing us to come out here in a group. Stop playing politics with our lives"
State Democrats sought to delay the contest but failed.
Polls are open until 9 p.m. ET for voters to cast ballots in person, although according to the state Elections Commission, voters' designated polling places may have changed because of poll worker shortages. Voters in Milwaukee, many donning masks, faced long lines and large crowds after thousands of poll workers stepped down, forcing the city to reduce the number of polling sites from 180 to just five.
As a result of one of the court rulings Monday, many voters who applied for absentee ballots but didn't get them by Tuesday had only the option of voting in person. Voters who did get absentee ballots had only until 8 p.m. Tuesday to hand them in in person, or they could postmark them so they arrive by Monday.
Wisconsin's chief elections official, Meagan Wolfe, said in a statement Monday that voters who show up to the polls Tuesday should "be careful and patient" as social distancing procedures would be implemented at each site. The state also recommended that voters wash their hands before heading to their polling places and wash or sanitize their hands when they arrive at the location before they vote.
"This is very unjust. There's no way that there should be thousands of people during a pandemic and five locations," Briana Stevens said before handing out Clorox wipes and other supplies to voters waiting in line. "That's terrible. It's inhumane, and as people we have a stick together, and this is what we can do by helping each other out."
In an interview Tuesday on NBC News' "TODAY" show, Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged voters to exercise their right to vote as safely as possible.
"As a black man, I know that people have died for the right to vote. This is very important to our entire country. And if people are going to go out there and vote, then please do it as safely as possible — maintain 6 feet," he said. "Please, especially in Wisconsin, consider wearing a cloth facial covering to protect your neighbor."
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the only candidate left challenging the front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden, for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a statement Monday night that his campaign would not participate in get-out-the-vote efforts Tuesday.
"Let's be clear: Holding this election amid the coronavirus outbreak is dangerous, disregards the guidance of public health experts, and may very well prove deadly," he said.
Biden said on CNN Tuesday night that the in-person election should not have been held.
"Well, my gut is that we shouldn't have had the election in the first place — the in-person election," Biden told CNN's Chris Cuomo. "It should have been all mail ballots in, it should have been moved in a way that five other states have done it."
Biden has a big lead over Sanders in the state, according to recent polls; one from Marquette Law School last week showed him ahead by 62 percent to 34 percent. The NBC News delegate tracker shows that Biden has 1,196 delegates to Sanders' 883. A candidate needs to secure 1,991 delegates to win the nomination.
More than 2,500 National Guard troops were dispatched to staff the polls, where they were expected to help perform the normal functions of poll workers while also distributing hand sanitizer. In Madison, city workers erected Plexiglas barriers to protect poll workers, and voters were encouraged to bring their own pens to mark the ballots.
"I haven't seen anything like this in my lifetime. I'm almost 60. You know, it's almost unbelievable. I remember long lines during the Reagan years, but the confluence of events is ridiculous. It's amazing. And I do think Fitzgerald and Vos are setting people up to be killed," said Todd Marsh, a Milwaukee voter, referring to the Republican leaders of the state Legislature, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
"They forced us into having this election. It's, it's ridiculous," Marsh added.
After a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, absentee ballots in Wisconsin had to be hand-delivered by 8 p.m. Tuesday or postmarked Tuesday and received by 4 p.m. next Monday to be counted. Any other ballots won't be counted, the state says.
Many requests for ballots hadn't been fulfilled, and many voters who received them hadn't returned them yet. As of Monday night, 1,275,154 applications for absentee ballots had been submitted; 1,264,064 were sent out to voters, but only 724,777 had been returned, according to the Elections Commission.
The Supreme Court voted along ideological lines in a 5-4 decision, overturning a lower federal court's ruling to extend the deadline for the absentee ballot process. The court's four liberal justices dissented, saying it would lead to "massive disenfranchisement" Tuesday. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the ruling "forces voters to choose between endangering their safety by showing up in person or losing their right to vote."
Wisconsin's Supreme Court on Monday also overturned an executive order issued by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers only hours earlier after he tried to delay the election until June 9 because of the coronavirus.
In addition to the Democratic presidential primary, the state was also holding general elections for a number of down-ballot races. Results won't be released until Monday.
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Los Angeles County did not "close" 3,500 traditional polling places due to COVID-19 to restrict voting; instead, the county intentionally transitioned to a completely new voting system under the California Voter's Choice Act. Look at the chart below.
Prior to 2020, LA County typically operated around 4,500 traditional, single-day polling places [5]. In 2020, the county replaced them with around 1,000 multi-day "Vote Centers" where any registered voter in the county could vote, rather than being restricted to a single assigned precinct [5].
Key Facts About the 2020 LA County Election Changes
- The Shift to Vote Centers: Under the Voter's Choice Act (passed before the pandemic), LA County shifted from thousands of tiny precinct polling places to roughly 1,000 localized Vote Centers [5]. These centers were larger, stayed open for up to 11 days, and allowed voters to cast a ballot anywhere in the county [5].more options for where you can vote.
- Universal Mail-In Ballots: Because of COVID-19, California mailed a vote-by-mail ballot to every active registered voter in the state, expanding access rather than limiting it. another good thing imo.
- Drop Boxes: The county installed hundreds of secure ballot drop boxes to give voters an alternative to mailing or voting in person. made it easier to securely return mail in ballots.
- I think this new system in LA was better because you had more flexibility as to where you could vote.( Any voting center across LA county instead of just only your specific assigned precinct. ) It was planned before the covid 19 situation started. Instead of just one day to vote you had between 4 to 11 days including weekends.
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it's mostly due to covid 10 and staffing shortages. sorry about the long post. but I wanted to go thru each part of your post. But it wasn't to stop people from being able to vote but it was to comply with the social distancing that democrats like the follow during covid 19.It’s nothing new though. Every political party has done this.
In 2020 the dems closed polling stations in various counties and cities. In Wisconsin it went from 180 to 5. In Fulton county GA, it went to just 5 being opened for the primaries. And LA county closed 3500 leaving just under 1000 open. LA!!
every political party does this. Maybe there’s a reason. Maybe it’s tactical. But it’s not just a GOP party play.
Steil: Where was the outrage when Democrat-run cities closed hundreds of polling places in 2020 primaries?
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration
that's a good question. Im hoping that people go to the polls and vote blue just to get all or most of the republicans out of office.
I agree that there is no way that Trump will win these Elections legally.
He'll instigate a 7-day working week for workers next..
I'm sure there are at least two different holidays, I'm sure that he wants to get rid of.
It makes no sense to be yelling at President Obama, he's not in office right now.