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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Chairwoman of Election Board in Gwinnett County, Ga., Calls for Election Laws to Be Changed
So Her Party Can WinRepublicans are still peeved at the powerful showing of historically marginalized votersBlack people, specificallywho gave Democrats the win in the White House and the Senate. This was evidenced recently by the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, aka a tantrum thrown by white people mad that they dont have a monopoly on choosing who runs this country.
Alice OLenick, the chairwoman of the Gwinnett County Board of Registrations and Elections in Georgia, is not hiding her anger with the democratic process that allowed voters in the region (which is a suburban part of Atlanta) to help turn the state blue by voting for Biden as president and Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for the U.S. Senate.
OLenick told her fellow party members at a recent GOP meeting that her sights are set on changing election laws so they can win next time.
Im like a dog with a bone. I will not let them end this session without changing some of these laws, OLenick said, according to a report from the Gwinnett Daily Post. They dont have to change all of them, but theyve got to change the major parts of them so that we at least have a shot at winning.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/republican-chairwoman-election-board-gwinnett-183400584.html
A dog with a bone? Meaning you'll growl, piss and shit all over the place.
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GOP Chairwoman of Election Board in Gwinnett County, Ga., Calls for Election Laws to Be Changed (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jan 2021
OP
+1, ... and the reason why attempts at voter suppression even via legislation should be a felony
uponit7771
Jan 2021
#11
If there's anything Republicans hate, it's a fair fight and a level playing field
gratuitous
Jan 2021
#8
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)1. Clearly, she's fine with voter suppression. nt
uponit7771
(90,367 posts)11. +1, ... and the reason why attempts at voter suppression even via legislation should be a felony
FakeNoose
(32,787 posts)2. They don't know how to win unless they cheat
Or maybe ... it's that they know they can't win unless they cheat.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)5. Both!
Karadeniz
(22,577 posts)3. ...change so we'll have a shot at winning....oh, I see, rig, you mean rig!
DBoon
(22,401 posts)4. if you can't in an election, just change who is allowed to vote
Gothmog
(145,630 posts)6. The GOP is the party of Voter suppression and can not win fair elections
BadGimp
(4,019 posts)7. forgive me for repeating the obvious...
again
If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.
― David Frum, Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic 2019
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)8. If there's anything Republicans hate, it's a fair fight and a level playing field
This is an easy case to make, and Democrats should make it at every opportunity.
Celerity
(43,577 posts)9. "I'm like a dog with a bone."
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,467 posts)10. Surely football teams would like to rig the rules in their favor, too.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)12. Let's put that idea to the voters.
If you lose, you leave.