PaladinSolo Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, BloodyHell said: I don't know why people get so worked up by ID to vote. What students don't have government ID? I don't even know how people get through life with no form of government ID. Sure if they literally sent everyone an ID whos registered to vote, but they don't, theres zero issues just telling them your name and address then signing your name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Remember kids, you need an ID to buy groceries in a grocery store, so of course it should be easy to have an ID for voting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 In Texas: Election IDs are free, and if there is a reason you can't get one you can just attest to the fact that you can't and still get to vote. You get a regular ballot, not a provisional one Early voting hours statewide are 7a-7p Mon-Saturday, 10a-4p Sunday The university everybody is handwringing over has buses to take students to vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 42 minutes ago, sblfilms said: In Texas: Election IDs are free, and if there is a reason you can't get one you can just attest to the fact that you can't and still get to vote. You get a regular ballot, not a provisional one Early voting hours statewide are 7a-7p Mon-Saturday, 10a-4p Sunday The university everybody is handwringing over has buses to take students to vote Listen, expending calories to vote is ableist if the government can’t tell who I am voting via telepathy it’s just another sign of the neoliberal state working against marginalized people like myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: I mAnAgE tO vOtE aNd If KiDs ReAlLy CaReD tHeN tHeY cOuLd ToO "I've personally never had a problem voting! Therefore, voting in my state is easy! My experience totally matches that of every single person who votes!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 4 hours ago, sblfilms said: In Texas: Election IDs are free, and if there is a reason you can't get one you can just attest to the fact that you can't and still get to vote. You get a regular ballot, not a provisional one Early voting hours statewide are 7a-7p Mon-Saturday, 10a-4p Sunday The university everybody is handwringing over has buses to take students to vote I got turned away on Monday for getting at my early voting station at 6:01 p.m. They said it closed at 6. I came back on Tuesday around 5:30p.m. and voted straight blue. I am wondering if the 7-7 hours is true for every county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 32 minutes ago, Massdriver said: I got turned away on Monday for getting at my early voting station at 6:01 p.m. They said it closed at 6. I came back on Tuesday around 5:30p.m. and voted straight blue. I am wondering if the 7-7 hours is true for every county. I just looked it up, and it turns out the new rules set a minimum number of hours for early voting hours but not a specific schedule the first week. The second week is a minimum 12 hour window each day, some do 7-7, some do 8-8, I don’t see any other windows. I kinda like 8-8 better, tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I don't understand why young voter turnout is so low right now. I thought they were going to be motivated by Roe v. Wade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, CastletonSnob said: I don't understand why young voter turnout is so low right now. I thought they were going to be motivated by Roe v. Wade. It isn’t election day yet, a bit early to be making any proclamations about turnout for any particular demographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 3 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: I don't understand why young voter turnout is so low right now. I thought they were going to be motivated by Roe v. Wade. Young voters have not been consistently reliable in midterm elections. Go and vote, but don’t expect a blue wave when inflation is at multi decade highs and it’s the midterms when the opposite party to the sitting president typically stomps. I get it, abortion, but in Texas I have seen no evidence of anything that is going to take down the GOP leadership here. It could happen and there’s a chance. Beto raised a lot of money and abortion will motivate some voters. It would be a nice surprise. 538 has Abbott’s odds of winning at 97 in 100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I don't think the Democrats are going to do well, because of inflation and gas prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 15 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: I don't think the Democrats are going to do well, because of inflation and gas prices. The economy is cyclical, but man it really motivates people to vote for someone that won't really have much of an impact on it. Local / state elections that have a direct impact on local laws and development....shit why vote for that. Merica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyHell Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 18 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: I don't think the Democrats are going to do well, because of inflation and gas prices. Exactly. To most of America, those things are well above Roe. Abortion is theoretical for most people. Food on the table, rent, education are all far more important, especially at a time like this. And it's not about voting for the opposition, usually, its about voting against the current power structure when times are hard. "They can't be worse than what we have now". Except they can, and will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Wow, Republicans are below 50% in early voting in Texas so far. How bad is that for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: Wow, Republicans are below 50% in early voting in Texas so far. How bad is that for them? How do you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2 hours ago, CastletonSnob said: Wow, Republicans are below 50% in early voting in Texas so far. How bad is that for them? It isn’t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Early voting numbers for Texas. 2022 General Election - Early Voting Report - Day 5 MAILCHI.MP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, CastletonSnob said: Early voting numbers for Texas. 2022 General Election - Early Voting Report - Day 5 MAILCHI.MP Oof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 12 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: Oof How bad is it? Was 2018 a fluke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: How bad is it? Was 2018 a fluke? I read it as more of the same, liberal-middle of the road Texans still don't care enough to vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said: I read it as more of the same, liberal-middle of the road Texans still don't care enough to vote You have to wonder just how bad things have to get for them to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 18 minutes ago, CastletonSnob said: You have to wonder just how bad things have to get for them to vote. Eh, I have to imagine that much of the American population has a similar outlook to Russians, in terms of why they don't actually care about democracy: as long as you "leave them alone," (ie don't restrict the economic freedoms of the dominant class of people) then they will allow basically fascism and oppression of anyone else. It's how Russia runs and how the US basically has been run until the most recent history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 15 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Eh, I have to imagine that much of the American population has a similar outlook to Russians, in terms of why they don't actually care about democracy: as long as you "leave them alone," (ie don't restrict the economic freedoms of the dominant class of people) then they will allow basically fascism and oppression of anyone else. It's how Russia runs and how the US basically has been run until the most recent history. "If it doesn't directly affect me, I don't care". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 5 hours ago, PaladinSolo said: Saw that and have never seen him this fired up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 It’s incredible how easily he cuts through the bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarSolo Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I would have paid good money to see an Obama/Trump debate in 2016. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 Glad someone finally did this, basically GOP pollsers have been releasing FAR more polls than dem pollsters and has been dramatically effecting the aggregates and models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spork3245 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I'm gonna either mail or drop off my ballot tomorrow or Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Check out these numbers from Twitter: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Early vote doesn’t mean anything 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ominous Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I took the election week off this year, like I did in 2020, and will vote in person again like I did in 2021. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 If Brazil can vote out Bolsonaro, Florida can vote out DeSantis. Who's with me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, CastletonSnob said: If Brazil can vote out Bolsonaro, Florida can vote out DeSantis. Who's with me? Me but I'm not Cuban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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