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Denis M.'s avatar

I worked the polls in 2020/2022 and it was a fantastic experience. A bonus was that I was assigned to the polling place at NC State so I got to sign up a TON of first-time voters. I cannot recommend it highly enough, and it is critical to making sure our elections run smoothly.

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JennSH from NC's avatar

I attended an alumni event at NC State during the 2020 election. Those young people stood in very long lines at the campus polling places in order to cast their ballots. If anyone thinks that their vote doesn't count for anything now, if the orange putrescence wins, elections will be over. Life on earth could come to an end.

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Denis M.'s avatar

Yep. The line at Talley was long.

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JennSH from NC's avatar

Yep, the lines were long, but bless 'em, they preserved and waited their turn to vote. Unfortunately, Biden didn't carry NC, but those young people tried. I voted early at the Board of Elections; I tried too.

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Denis M.'s avatar

And we will keep trying. We need to keep that lunatic Robinson from winning the Governor's race. The damage he could do with the Republican supermajority in the state legislature is terrifying.

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ScottG's avatar

Wow, The NC legislature hasn't banned on-campus registration yet? I thought that was the GOP's big initiative; can't let those educated uppity college types vote as they usually don't vote Republican.

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Denis M.'s avatar

I wouldn't put it past them, but current law allows for in person registration. Students can even use their student portal login and student ID as proof of residence.

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Maryah Haidery's avatar

Not for lack of trying! TheyтАЩre not even subtle about strategies for voter suppression as if they werenтАЩt perfectly aware that despite AmericaтАЩs myriad problems, the issue of тАЬrigged electionsтАЭ, thousands of тАЬfake ballotsтАЭ or ineligible voters is definitely NOT a thing!

This blatant encouragement of voter suppression by Cleta Mitchell here never fails to amaze me!: https://youtu.be/BQVwXxP99qc?si=c-_7WSy7t0u0OAoZ

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