This important piece has me wondering what I can do to help ensure fair elections in NJ in November. I’d love it if you can keep getting the names of organizations out from around the country that need volunteers to do “the grunt work”
Let's say vote-by-mail states continue their easy access operations in the next election. Is there any chance that those states' results will be invalidated by the regime? Will entire states be disenfranchised if they don't prove that in-person, ID-checked voting took place?
I've taken to driving to the local polling station and placing my absentee ballot into the box in front of the polling station directly. Can't fail to be counted, that way.
Also, my state lets me know when it has been received, and counted. I appreciate that. We need Federal Laws to lay down the minimal for helping people vote and know their vote was counted.
The only people who would be 'intimidated' by ICE at the polls would be those who are already intimidated. We started rapidly moving away from the 'chilling' of free speech and civil right when the thugs killed Good and Pretti. We're now far from that.
The old pseudo-journalistic euphemisms are getting pretty irritating.
Call me cynical but I think ICE doesn't have to literally show up at the polls to have a chilling effect on voting. Why would they fight that fight (knowing they'd lose in court) when all they'd have to do is conduct raids in selected neighborhoods in certain states claiming those raids are immigration enforcement and have nothing to do with voting?
Adrian, Thanks for the reporting on this critical issue. The only way a Republican is going to win an election for the foreseeable future is to lie, cheat, intimidate, break the law or outright steal. The American people are starting to wise up to the lies, the corruption and the criminality. Trump, his administration and the Republicans in Congress have assembled themselves a house of cards and there is a hurricane brewing that will sweep them away. Sanity is on the horizon.
Voting by mail makes a lot of sense, until you remember DeJoy is still in charge of the US Postal Service. Remember the ballot sorting machines, even brand new ones, tossed out in the rain in 2020?
We need inside people in the USPS to report back on what is happening in the back rooms, especially in swing states and in the red states.
And confirmation that the ballot was received and counted towards the candidate we actually voted for...
I still think it is the best way to go, but think through some of the likely scenarios, and how to counter and protect against the worst.
You'd better vote REALLY early though because remember, the post office has just said mail will no longer be stamped on the day it is received. Your ballot could sit there for days (just the right amount of days, wink wink) before it's postmarked.
Of all the incredulous attempts to pull us kicking and screaming back to 1915 voting demographics, and amidst all the hope created by today’s ability to educate and resist, I am still left with one incredulous burning question…not to be mean but…Heather Honey. Really?!?! Her name is Heather Honey?!?! But how could it not be in this administration?
“I think lawsuits would be filed that morning, and ICE would be forced to leave the polls.”
Are you kidding me? By the time a judge would hear the suits and make his/her ruling, how many potential voters would have been frightened from the polls and it would be too late!
Local/state law enforcement must be on call to confront ICE agents at the polls *immediately*.
Exactly. Unless there's an armed countering force telling ICE to leave, they're not going to bothered by following any judges orders.
If you can get away with shooting American citizens in broad daylight with zero repercussions, why would a private mercenary army give two chicken-fried fucks what a judge says?
I think the fear has already been planted. The government actions of the last several months have made it difficult to believe voting will be safe. Let’s hope that courage wins over fear. Americans should not fear their government, but look at the effort to help people who were afraid to leave home in Minneapolis. One more vicious ICE action in September or October is probably already planned. Guess where they will strike next. My bet is New York, but that may be too large Philadelphia may be a target. The best bet is to get the primary government threats fired. Steven Miller needs to be silenced.
I would automatically go to the memories of the civil rights movement and daring ICE to come to the polls and look bad, possibly being overwhelmed by a great disciplined group of voters in the precinct coming to vote at once. The two drawbacks are that the potential voters would go to jails that are much worse than the Southern local jails and that relatively new immigrants/citizens need to be educated to know their rights and how all of American history would make this intimidation at the polls look bad.
What B S
I’m a senior and I’m voting
Probably time to exercise the old Boy Scout Motto-Be Prepared.
This important piece has me wondering what I can do to help ensure fair elections in NJ in November. I’d love it if you can keep getting the names of organizations out from around the country that need volunteers to do “the grunt work”
Let's say vote-by-mail states continue their easy access operations in the next election. Is there any chance that those states' results will be invalidated by the regime? Will entire states be disenfranchised if they don't prove that in-person, ID-checked voting took place?
Mike Johnson might use it as an excuse not to seat the new Congress.
I've taken to driving to the local polling station and placing my absentee ballot into the box in front of the polling station directly. Can't fail to be counted, that way.
Also, my state lets me know when it has been received, and counted. I appreciate that. We need Federal Laws to lay down the minimal for helping people vote and know their vote was counted.
The only people who would be 'intimidated' by ICE at the polls would be those who are already intimidated. We started rapidly moving away from the 'chilling' of free speech and civil right when the thugs killed Good and Pretti. We're now far from that.
The old pseudo-journalistic euphemisms are getting pretty irritating.
Call me cynical but I think ICE doesn't have to literally show up at the polls to have a chilling effect on voting. Why would they fight that fight (knowing they'd lose in court) when all they'd have to do is conduct raids in selected neighborhoods in certain states claiming those raids are immigration enforcement and have nothing to do with voting?
Adrian, Thanks for the reporting on this critical issue. The only way a Republican is going to win an election for the foreseeable future is to lie, cheat, intimidate, break the law or outright steal. The American people are starting to wise up to the lies, the corruption and the criminality. Trump, his administration and the Republicans in Congress have assembled themselves a house of cards and there is a hurricane brewing that will sweep them away. Sanity is on the horizon.
Voting by mail makes a lot of sense, until you remember DeJoy is still in charge of the US Postal Service. Remember the ballot sorting machines, even brand new ones, tossed out in the rain in 2020?
We need inside people in the USPS to report back on what is happening in the back rooms, especially in swing states and in the red states.
And confirmation that the ballot was received and counted towards the candidate we actually voted for...
I still think it is the best way to go, but think through some of the likely scenarios, and how to counter and protect against the worst.
You'd better vote REALLY early though because remember, the post office has just said mail will no longer be stamped on the day it is received. Your ballot could sit there for days (just the right amount of days, wink wink) before it's postmarked.
Of all the incredulous attempts to pull us kicking and screaming back to 1915 voting demographics, and amidst all the hope created by today’s ability to educate and resist, I am still left with one incredulous burning question…not to be mean but…Heather Honey. Really?!?! Her name is Heather Honey?!?! But how could it not be in this administration?
I sort if thought the same thing....i mean if it weren't so serious this whole thing cld be a distopian novel
“I think lawsuits would be filed that morning, and ICE would be forced to leave the polls.”
Are you kidding me? By the time a judge would hear the suits and make his/her ruling, how many potential voters would have been frightened from the polls and it would be too late!
Local/state law enforcement must be on call to confront ICE agents at the polls *immediately*.
Absolutely, and besides they ignore laws and the courts
Exactly. Unless there's an armed countering force telling ICE to leave, they're not going to bothered by following any judges orders.
If you can get away with shooting American citizens in broad daylight with zero repercussions, why would a private mercenary army give two chicken-fried fucks what a judge says?
I think the fear has already been planted. The government actions of the last several months have made it difficult to believe voting will be safe. Let’s hope that courage wins over fear. Americans should not fear their government, but look at the effort to help people who were afraid to leave home in Minneapolis. One more vicious ICE action in September or October is probably already planned. Guess where they will strike next. My bet is New York, but that may be too large Philadelphia may be a target. The best bet is to get the primary government threats fired. Steven Miller needs to be silenced.
I would automatically go to the memories of the civil rights movement and daring ICE to come to the polls and look bad, possibly being overwhelmed by a great disciplined group of voters in the precinct coming to vote at once. The two drawbacks are that the potential voters would go to jails that are much worse than the Southern local jails and that relatively new immigrants/citizens need to be educated to know their rights and how all of American history would make this intimidation at the polls look bad.
If ONE provable citizen is prevented from voting they look bad to anyone who has not bought the Great Replacement theory already.
Even better if the setup is like the one in St. Louis County where you can now vote at any polling place even if it is not your precinct.
That wld indeed help...or handout white middle class outfits
to everybody ---including blond wigs mags hats and sunglasses...
I should not have read this right before bedtime. But, I do appreciate the reporting!!
Amen to this-“Investing in our communities is investing in democracy for the long run,” she said. “Latino issues are everyone’s issues.” Eso es!
Why would anyone believe anything anyone from this administration says about anything?