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Murphyb849

(572 posts)
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:00 AM Jun 2022

I would like to believe the members of DU will vote even if crawling on ground glass.

Tonight on Twitter and MSM was all the news on how the Repugs will be intimidating voters, sending goon squads, all this directed towards Democratic districts and voters. Will this scare good people away from voting? Is this the point? Because as far as I know voter intimidation is a crime.

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I would like to believe the members of DU will vote even if crawling on ground glass. (Original Post) Murphyb849 Jun 2022 OP
I am not easily intimidated.. luvs2sing Jun 2022 #1
I am much too old, onery, and pissed off to be intimidated. LoisB Jun 2022 #2
Vote by mail Timewas Jun 2022 #3
That won't happen where I live FelineOverlord Jun 2022 #4
Ha! Cheezoholic Jun 2022 #5
👏👏👏👏👏 Murphyb849 Jun 2022 #6
This fall will tell us how important women's rights and the gun issue are to people Kaleva Jun 2022 #7
i live in FL in a very mixed district. lark Jun 2022 #8

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
1. I am not easily intimidated..
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:05 AM
Jun 2022

when I know I’m doing the right thing.

I also dealt for several years with an old poll worker who was absolutely evil to anyone younger than her. I nicknamed her Helga the Voting Nazi. After reporting her two or three times, she no longer works our precinct..if she’s even still alive. She’d have to be well into her 90s by now.


lark

(23,105 posts)
8. i live in FL in a very mixed district.
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 09:32 AM
Jun 2022

Mine could easily be targeted by the new fascist poll watchers and Death Sentences' personal police force. I'm old and white so should escape harassment, but just the thought of this happening around me makes me sick. I will vote and vote early to ensure my vote counts. There were no issues at my precinct in 2018 when I was a poll watcher and I saw no disturbance when I early voted in 2020 and 2022. If something happened and I couldn't get to the polls for early voting, I'd go on election day, in the middle of the day to avoid crowds or if I knew early enough would vote by mail. I have voted D in every election since I was 18 and WILL continue this trend.

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