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sunonmars

(8,656 posts) Thu Oct 25, 2018, 06:46 PM Oct 2018

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4700 mail in ballots suddenly go missing in Dekalb co Georgia

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/politics/senate-house-elections.html

Funny that, biggest dem county, fuckers ain’t even hiding it now

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4700 mail in ballots suddenly go missing in Dekalb co Georgia (Original Post) sunonmars Oct 2018 OP

they threw away ballots in Racine, WI last time jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #1

They need a taste of their own medicine sunonmars Oct 2018 #2

There is NO possibility at this point Brainstormy Oct 2018 #3

The subject line is false. It is absentee ballot request forms, not ballots. Renew Deal Oct 2018 #4

Link worked for me. And yes, they're applications, but it's yet another facet of voter suppression. VOX Oct 2018 #6

Shit, and when will this be sorted? BSdetect Oct 2018 #5

Like many BOE, Igel Oct 2018 #7

I have a woman in my precinct she wanted to vote by mail LeftInTX Oct 2018 #8

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)

1. they threw away ballots in Racine, WI last time

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 06:48 PM

Oct 2018

people saw them put them in bags and toss....why I will NEVER vote early again....

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)

2. They need a taste of their own medicine

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 06:50 PM

Oct 2018

Brainstormy

(2,380 posts)

3. There is NO possibility at this point

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 07:02 PM

Oct 2018

that there will be a fair election in Georgia.

Renew Deal

(81,861 posts)

4. The subject line is false. It is absentee ballot request forms, not ballots.

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 07:19 PM

Oct 2018

And the link doesn’t go to the story.

VOX

(22,976 posts)

6. Link worked for me. And yes, they're applications, but it's yet another facet of voter suppression.

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 07:30 PM

Oct 2018

Try this: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/politics/senate-house-elections.html?nytapp=true&smid=nytcore-ios-share

And note this:
“...state Democratic officials said that more than 4,700 vote-by-mail applications were missing in DeKalb County, one of Georgia’s most populous and liberal-leaning regions...”

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)

5. Shit, and when will this be sorted?

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 07:20 PM

Oct 2018

Igel

(35,320 posts)

7. Like many BOE,

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 07:33 PM

Oct 2018

the Dekalb county BOE is split partisan: 2 (R), 2 (D) and an (NP). https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/voter-registration-elections/board-registration-elections

LeftInTX

(25,383 posts)

8. I have a woman in my precinct she wanted to vote by mail

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2018, 09:39 PM

Oct 2018

So, I ordered the application for her.

She received the application, but she has not sent it in.
Now it's too late.

I don't know why she didn't fill it out.

Maybe she thinks the application is the actual ballot.

I wish she would have just figured this out on her own instead of me doing it for her.

You can get on my case about not following up, but I've had conversations with 282 voters in the past three weeks. I'm a lone precinct chair and I've got 3,200 registered voters in my precinct.

(The woman is 68 and appears to be in good health along with her spouse who is the same age. I think between the two of them one can drive to the polls)

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