2020 Texas Early Voting Numbers

[Biff Tannen 45,499]

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

In future elections you should bring all your shoes- so that you have them. 

I went to the Empire State Building and I can't see god dammit.

[Ted Lange 16,052]

6 minutes ago, slorch said:

+1 on folks upset by shenanigans on 'technicalities towards otherwise properly cast ballots.

WE should be better than that.  Do it fucking right.

 

They aren’t. 

[Pancho 44,487]

I posted on twitter that it doesn't seem like the judge can just toss the ballots, can he?

Poli Sci prof friend of mine responded with this:

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They can and I'm almost certain they will. I read somewhere else that this judge is going to apply Kavanaugh's logic in a case from last week and it will nullify the votes...and with it being so close, the county may not have time to tell people they need to revote.

 

[Guest Lobo]

I went to the Harris County dropbox and because of these lines, I can't vote goddamnit!  

SOL..........ROSENBERG! 

Edited October 31, 2020 by Lobo

[Guest]

I still say we will not know the winner(as if there will be one) until December.

Shitshow will ensue, regardless of results/ actual tally.

[Ted Lange 16,052]

2 minutes ago, slorch said:

I still say we will not know the winner(as if there will be one) until December.

Shitshow will ensue, regardless of results/ actual tally.

I mean it is 2020, so that’d be on f-ing brand....

If 2020 stays on its game, the race will come down to Texas, like Gore/Bush Florida.    The center of it GOP sycophants arguing to highly partisan GOP judges that votes cast shouldn’t count.  The popular vote in the nation will be millions and millions in favor of Biden.  The electoral college will have gone to Biden as well, except for some GOP dickassness.   
 

winter is coming.   

[StassneyHorn 6,540]

30 minutes ago, slorch said:

254 counties, there Hoss.  We've found a prime candidate to tabulate ballots...

Lulz looks like I counted the two rows for county and for total on my excel second go around . I’ll hang myself with my bootstraps 

[burntorangebongos 10,681]

2 hours ago, Bruh Man said:

Sign up for a textbank/phonebank shift with Beto's org this weekend and you can find out for yourself. They have several shifts open over the next three days. We need to touch base with all these missing voters. My guess most of them are still D's.

https://poweredxpeople.org/

haha, right after you posted this, I got a text from powered by the people asking me to phone bank on Sunday so I said yes for the Sarah Silverman shift. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,414]

I signed up for the noon shift just because it worked with my schedule. Then I read the “celebrity” guest for that time slot is Christian Cooper. Who? Googled him and it’s the NYC bird watcher who had the cops called on him by a Karen.  So I got that going for me.

[Bruh Man 3,160]

2 minutes ago, burntorangebongos said:

haha, right after you posted this, I got a text from powered by the people asking me to phone bank on Sunday so I said yes for the Sarah Silverman shift. 

I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday, so I'm on the couch for a few days. Picked up two shifts for tomorrow and one on Monday w/ AOC.

With the extended early voting period (we'll never see that again under a Republican governor) and an extremely unpopular Republican candidate, I think this year is a unique opportunity for Dems and we need to "strike while the iron is out".

I'm not as confident as others that Texas will continue to trend blue at the current rate as time passes and demographics change. Fast forward four years - substitute clean-cut Hawley for Trump, covid is an afterthought, and cut the early voting period by half, I could very easily see Republicans win TX by >10pts again (even with the demographic shifts).

Therefore, I think it's all of our responsibility to make sure we're doing all we can to win this state now. Salute to you for doing what you can.

[burntorangebongos 10,681]

Oh man, my sister and cousin voted by drive thru in RGV. My sister had covid and wanted to protect everyone but still vote and my cousin is in her 60s and has bad knees. Are they going to disqualify their votes? That is bullshit! It is in person so I don't understand. Fuuuuck, guess I need to sharpen my machete already. I think my Trumpy neighbor's shrubbery will know my wrath. 

[Biff Tannen 45,499]

1 hour ago, burntorangebongos said:

Oh man, my sister and cousin voted by drive thru in RGV. My sister had covid and wanted to protect everyone but still vote and my cousin is in her 60s and has bad knees. Are they going to disqualify their votes? That is bullshit! It is in person so I don't understand. Fuuuuck, guess I need to sharpen my machete already. I think my Trumpy neighbor's shrubbery will know my wrath. 

Well it's just being challenged in Harris county for now, but probably yes.

[SubliminalHorn 6,674]

Fucking republicans 

[APMP 685]

I’ve also read stories about how people who had no intention of doing curbside were directed to that line by poll workers to speed things up. This is nuts.

Someone like this needs to be a countersuit plaintiff. Immediately. Add in people who may be going through chemo, etc. and would have been a lot more as risk voting in person after Abbott refused to mandate masks at the polls.

[Voldemort86 2,259]

49 minutes ago, Bruh Man said:

I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday, so I'm on the couch for a few days. Picked up two shifts for tomorrow and one on Monday w/ AOC.

With the extended early voting period (we'll never see that again under a Republican governor) and an extremely unpopular Republican candidate, I think this year is a unique opportunity for Dems and we need to "strike while the iron is out".

I'm not as confident as others that Texas will continue to trend blue at the current rate as time passes and demographics change. Fast forward four years - substitute clean-cut Hawley for Trump, covid is an afterthought, and cut the early voting period by half, I could very easily see Republicans win TX by >10pts again (even with the demographic shifts).

Therefore, I think it's all of our responsibility to make sure we're doing all we can to win this state now. Salute to you for doing what you can.

Hawley is way too far right on abortion to appeal to swing states. I wouldn’t worry about him winning the presidency.

[CTC2 2,745]

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

I posted on twitter that it doesn't seem like the judge can just toss the ballots, can he?

Poli Sci prof friend of mine responded with this:

 

Some shit is going to get broken if they see this through.

[Irieguy 1,059]

56 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

Some shit is going to get broken if they see this through.

It appears the far right judge they pulled will allow it and then it will quickly lose on appeal. I highly doubt the votes will actually be thrown. But just this attempt could encourage 400,000 Democratic votes around the country. Thank God the Republicans aren’t good at this. 

[Disco Strangler 1,865]

58 minutes ago, Voldemort86 said:

Hawley is way too far right on abortion to appeal to swing states. I wouldn’t worry about him winning the presidency.

That’s why a lot of people like me come forward.  Harley told me there were others just like me.   
 

i fucked Josh Hayley in the ass.  For money.   He insisted on me calling him my sister.

I have pictures, but sent them to a guy named Tucker, who says his mail got stolen. 

Now I have crab lice.  Heading to CVS.  

[Ghost of LL 15,492]

Someone like this needs to be a countersuit plaintiff. Immediately. Add in people who may be going through chemo, etc. and would have been a lot more as risk voting in person after Abbott refused to mandate masks at the polls.

Are the drive-through votes segregated? Because if they’re not, I’m not sure what your remedy could be.


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[APMP 685]

Are the drive-through votes segregated? Because if they’re not, I’m not sure what your remedy could be.


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I believe that they are either segregated or are marked in a way that enables separation.

Otherwise maybe some forgetful or clumsy employee will accidentally knock over a couple of baskets onto the floor...wouldn't that be a tragedy?

[BradInATX 9,208]

% points. 

I'm in for this for $100 or $2000 or anything in between. You pick which mod is escrow.

[Dahobbs 17,447]

12 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Are the drive-through votes segregated? Because if they’re not, I’m not sure what your remedy could be.


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It's all electronic. I'm not sure if the individual tablets are reserved specifically for drive through or mixed and matched. Of course, I'm sure the GOP remedy is just to throw out all ballots from the polling location. 

Edited October 31, 2020 by Dahobbs

[Michael Knight 12,898]

There were like 8 straight political ads after the Texas game

[CTC2 2,745]

2 hours ago, Irieguy said:

It appears the far right judge they pulled will allow it and then it will quickly lose on appeal. I highly doubt the votes will actually be thrown. But just this attempt could encourage 400,000 Democratic votes around the country. Thank God the Republicans aren’t good at this. 

I don't know about that.  The 5th Circuit is just as partisan and just as nuts.

[kevwun 15,653]

Harris County should have made sure they were indistinguishable from other early votes.

[Ted Lange 16,052]

Seems that @Caddox has gone Momo 

[Valmy77 13,094]

1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

There were like 8 straight political ads after the Texas game

That is the only time I still see political ads anymore. I don't miss them. Even if they are for a candidate you support they are cringey as hell.

[Neonmoon 38,127]

32 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Seems that @Caddox has gone Momo 

I’ve heard one can lose internet connection in Canada 

[Bama Chick 28,596]

Interesting angle from MJ Hegar RE the lawsuit over drive through voting.

It was apparently used during the run offs yet there was no complaint filed.

And that the SoS approved the plan months ago and that Republicans knew this was happening yet waited till literally the final hours to file a complaint.

This initial judge may go along with this bullshittery (if he is a partisan hack) but I have a feeling it will be thrown out on appeal.

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

So the timeliness question will come up again?

[Bama Chick 28,596]

I would have to think so.

Apparently the plan was approved in July.

That’s 3-4 months ago.

But Republicans don’t challenge it until polling starts showing Texas might actually be close?

[Bama Chick 28,596]

FYI for any of y’all that voted drive through -

[Pato del Muerto 52,342]

10 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

I would have to think so.

Apparently the plan was approved in July.

That’s 3-4 months ago.

But Republicans don’t challenge it until polling starts showing Texas might actually be close?

Until after all the drive up votes have been made, actually. 

[CTC2 2,745]

1 hour ago, Bama Chick said:

Interesting angle from MJ Hegar RE the lawsuit over drive through voting.
 

 

It was apparently used during the run offs yet there was no complaint filed.

And that the SoS approved the plan months ago and that Republicans knew this was happening yet waited till literally the final hours to file a complaint.

This initial judge may go along with this bullshittery (if he is a partisan hack) but I have a feeling it will be thrown out on appeal.

This is the POS behind the case.  http://woodfilllaw.com

[Paper_jam 831]

21 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

This is the POS behind the case.  http://woodfilllaw.com

They have a "Contact Us" section of their website that allows users to send in questions. I have some questions.

http://woodfilllaw.com/contact-us/

 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19,092]

They have a "Contact Us" section of their website that allows users to send in questions. I have some questions.
http://woodfilllaw.com/contact-us/
 

Founding partner is a Texas Ex.

[Biff Tannen 45,499]

7 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

They have a "Contact Us" section of their website that allows users to send in questions. I have some questions.

http://woodfilllaw.com/contact-us/

 

I asked if they had no soul. Was that wrong?

[tx 3 putt 76,401]

11 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

17 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

They have a "Contact Us" section of their website that allows users to send in questions. I have some questions.
http://woodfilllaw.com/contact-us/
 

Founding partner is a Texas Ex.

All schools have shitty grads 

[tx 3 putt 76,401]

I was going to use this service but was afraid of some bullshittery like this. I voted in person 

[Valmy77 13,094]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I was going to use this service but was afraid of some bullshittery like this. I voted in person 

Yeah anybody not incredibly paranoid about their right to vote after the President has gone on about how he sees fraud everywhere is living under a rock...and frankly I envy their innocence.

[tx 3 putt 76,401]

3 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Yeah anybody not incredibly paranoid about their right to vote after the President has gone on about how he sees fraud everywhere is living under a rock...and frankly I envy their innocence.

My precinct votes 90% Dem, I’m worried about the whole neighborhood being thrown out. I almost went and voted in an R precinct. 

Edited November 1, 2020 by tx 3 putt

[Ted Lange 16,052]

They know who voted.  If those votes end up being the difference the remedy has to be to let them vote in a new fashion. 

[Chuckie Finster 22,600]

They know who voted.  If those votes end up being the difference the remedy has to be to let them vote in a new fashion. 

Forcing 100k voters, most of whom chose drive thru voting due to physical/time constraints, to stand in line on Election Day is not an acceptable solution.

[Dahobbs 17,447]

Just now, Chuckie Finster said:

Forcing 100k voters, most of whom chose drive thru voting due to physical/time constraints, to stand in line on Election Day is not an acceptable solution.

It also may be logistically impossible. You're talking about significantly increasing election day throughput in Harris Country on at most a one days notice. How are you even going to notify everybody? 

Again, this lawsuit is baseless. It distorts and misrepresents Texas law. 

[tx 3 putt 76,401]

That judge is a hack, I’m worried 

[Ted Lange 16,052]

21 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Forcing 100k voters, most of whom chose drive thru voting due to physical/time constraints, to stand in line on Election Day is not an acceptable solution.

Well obviously.

[Valmy77 13,094]

14 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

That judge is a hack, I’m worried 

You should be.

But this is just a stop on the way to fifth circuit. No matter what happens I am pretty sure it goes there.

[atomheartbevo 89,449]

25 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

It also may be logistically impossible. You're talking about significantly increasing election day throughput in Harris Country on at most a one days notice. How are you even going to notify everybody? 

Again, this lawsuit is baseless. It distorts and misrepresents Texas law. 

Given what I have seen of Lina Hidalgo, I'm guessing they are fully prepared for any and all shenanigans, and are wargaming this right now.

[CTC2 2,745]

42 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

You should be.

But this is just a stop on the way to fifth circuit. No matter what happens I am pretty sure it goes there.

Oh good, a full panel of hacks.

[Caddox 952]

Do yall need a villain? Seems like the echo chamber in here could use one. 

I know I blew it with the ban bet, Ive been here since shaggy. I just dont post. Losing the ability would bother me greatly. 

The 100 dollar bet, i'm out. Like a guy earlier mentioned, an avatar bet would be fun. Maybe I'll just start a thread and talk in my own echo chamber?