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In reply to the discussion: Donald Trump campaign's poll-watching plans spark fears of voter suppression [View all]yellowdogintexas
(22,270 posts)26. don't you have dedicated drop boxes in AZ? Those do not involve the mail
You can verify with your county elections office but if I understand what my daughter tells me (she lives in Phoenix) these special ballot boxes are all over the place and are emptied daily by elections workers.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Aug 2020
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Not only that, will they be conducting "exit polls" which shows trumpo winning in a landslide?
KS Toronado
Aug 2020
#22
We also need to line up precinct captains, poll watchers and lawyers like never before.
JudyM
Aug 2020
#16
In Texas, poll watchers have register with the county elections office
yellowdogintexas
Aug 2020
#24
That's so wrong. What a shame they got by with it. They should have been arrested for all of that.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2020
#39
they are not allowed to do that stuff and a lot of it was probably the poll workers themselves
yellowdogintexas
Aug 2020
#44
COVID 19 has thrown a gigantic monkey wrench into the number of poll workers
yellowdogintexas
Aug 2020
#43
What a radical concept it is to move elections in the direction of increasing accessibility.
JudyM
Aug 2020
#46
So, if we mail our ballots-they might not arrive on time & if show up at polls, #Trump thugs will
riversedge
Aug 2020
#9
Just drop the ballots into dedicated ballot boxes if voting by mail..period
Thekaspervote
Aug 2020
#12
you left off the most important part: mail it back the day you receive it.
yellowdogintexas
Aug 2020
#28
This is how they want us to feel..doomed without hope or options don't believe that!!
Thekaspervote
Aug 2020
#11
These thugs don't scare me one bit. No one will stop me or mine from voting, period.
SWBTATTReg
Aug 2020
#14
I'll bet this was the plan all along, but the surge in mail voting threw a wrench in their plans.
C Moon
Aug 2020
#15
Ironically we all have been home the last 5 months watching BLM protests and awful
kimbutgar
Aug 2020
#19
don't you have dedicated drop boxes in AZ? Those do not involve the mail
yellowdogintexas
Aug 2020
#26
Will they be civilians or military clad government contractors with chemical agents?
EarthFirst
Aug 2020
#27
I have an immediate solution for these thugs, but I won't print it out loud here.
NBachers
Aug 2020
#33
I know of no State that allows a non-resident to be inside the polling place...
brooklynite
Aug 2020
#47