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Texas is not a red state or a blue state but a non-voting state (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 OP
Excellent strategy. Feel good about GA, but not quite ready to call it Blue, tho close. Silent Type Jul 2023 #1
I will never understand why people willfully do not vote. LoisB Jul 2023 #2
It's easy to know. just ask people who don't want to serve on Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #3
...and the first to bitch! demosincebirth Jul 2023 #4
Exactly! LoisB Jul 2023 #8
Reasons I've heard. IbogaProject Jul 2023 #7
I have heard those too. "our vote doesn't matter" is one I used to hear from my mother. When my LoisB Jul 2023 #9
When they throw out voters registration cards And Ballots too flying_wahini Jul 2023 #5
From above article flying_wahini Jul 2023 #6
It's unacceptable that we're in the bottom ten of states every election in voter turnout LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2023 #10

Tetrachloride

(7,865 posts)
3. It's easy to know. just ask people who don't want to serve on
Wed Jul 26, 2023, 01:35 AM
Jul 2023

DU juries or a real jury or say please and thank you or kick a dog.

All kinds of situations.

IbogaProject

(2,840 posts)
7. Reasons I've heard.
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 02:38 PM
Jul 2023

These aren't mine, I vote.
They hope to avoid Jury service,
"it only encourages them",
"they just pick who they want, our vote doesn't matter".
It consistently angers me, but can I make someone vote? I can't.

LoisB

(7,229 posts)
9. I have heard those too. "our vote doesn't matter" is one I used to hear from my mother. When my
Thu Jul 27, 2023, 03:20 PM
Jul 2023

granddaughters turned 18, I made sure they registered to vote and I make sure they vote in EVERY election. Hopefully, they will continue after I'm gone.

flying_wahini

(6,646 posts)
6. From above article
Wed Jul 26, 2023, 12:49 PM
Jul 2023

Figures released by the Texas secretary of state show that more than 24,000 Texas voters had their ballots rejected in the March primary. The rejection rate is a significant increase over previous elections.

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