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I just wanted to let people know that there is a strong option in Charles Booker
https://twitter.com/Booker4KY/status/1274345203588096005
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kentucky-cuts-polling-locations-angry-mob-long-lines-georgia-election-day-disaster-confusion-a9577501.html
Vote.org helps you register and request a mail in ballot.
MateriaGirl1
Vote per mail instead?
erlex
Last year in Kentucky 665k total people in Kentucky voted during the primary. There has been 1 million absentee ballots sent in Kentucky.
erlex
In 2016 there was 670k total primary votes cast. This year will probably break state records for number of votes cast during a primary.
Auxilium
How many can and will vote by mail?
nemo3590
Can = most. They aired commercials explaining how to request an absentee ballot at least weeks ago. Will? Who knows.
PutThePRNDLinD
Hey, at least now they are down to just one angry mob...instead of dozens. So *that's* an improvement...right?
FoxyEllie
yeah, when your opponent balls all their units into one spot, you can use something like banelings to take them all out for cheap.
Micro2112
HeretiCorpHasAnDFAcannon
Is it the US constitution that's a joke or is the joke US Congress that applies... I mean abuse the constitution?
rocklemycockle
Yes
thesameasyours
Just saw this from the Booker campaign
Mitch might just close down that polling place as well.
MissSiesta
Another post by an imgurian explained this. Apparently everyone in Kentucky is encouraged to vote by mail.
mbb2012
Everyone got a postcard with instructions for simple online ballot request. This shouldn't be a surprise for anyone.
fowlersleftfoot
Shithole country
FlamingDeathGoat
In full context of fairness, I heard they extended the time to switch to mail in ballots, and voters had tons of notice for this.
DontFilmVerticallyAsshole
In theee laaand of the freeeeee
Edgekrsher
You can check your voter registration and request a mail in ballot at vote.org
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rustyrascal
Exactly, have faith in the system. Vote when you cant vote! And if you can't, then write a letter to those voted in and wait. And if they..
rustyrascal
Don't listen, just go and vote next time!
Kamasu0Tra
Yea! Just keep playing the rigged game, eventually someone with some morals will get into power, right? Fuck that noise.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Bit late to be requesting mail in ballots.
Jagerbeast
Many people havent received theirs....
somethingslightlyclever
I mean.. I have filed taxes on my phone for the last 5 years... why should voting be 100x harder & inconvenient than filing my taxes?
nemo3590
It isn't. It's easy to request an absentee ballot here. System is overloaded and not everyone got theirs, but still pretty good coverage.
Frederf
Because if you filed your taxes 10,000 times it would only hurt you.
somethingslightlyclever
I don’t think you can file your taxes 10k times... unless you had 10k jobs, ss numbers and addresses.
fowly
idontfinishmysentences
If Mitch gets involved, it’ll get fixed!.....pffft
AddictiveTendancies
Putin is loving all of this shit
goflyblind
who's happier: him or xi?
thesameasyours
Trump is just following the Putindemic playbook of 2020
Larkins
our government at work
LeftyLeftLeft
Government of Putin at work.
JustJoshinya9001
“Work” is a strong and pretty inaccurate word for what our government has been doing
Cthulhuchooseyou
No, this is cheating at work.
Attaroo
Show me where Democrats are doing this.
lesliebugs
The executive order that shut down all these Kentucky polling locations was issued by the Democrat governor to avoid spreading COVID...
certainlynotaserialkiller
*republican goverment.
DavidBrooker
Does Kentucky have a rule that if you're in line when polls close the poll has to stay open until the line is exhausted? It's like that 1/2
DavidBrooker
here and I imagine one polling station overwhelmed by 500,000 people who wont leave the line would be quite a protest. 2/2
spiffylookingnerfherder
This country has ways of dealing with protestors, and it involves equivocation and tear gas.
Barantor
Yes, and Louisville's polling place is in the county fairgrounds so the line will be indoors and in an absolutely HUGE convention place.
SomeDetroitGuy
It is shitty - if you live in Kentucky, you can get an absentee ballot and you can vote early to help avoid this a bit though.
nemo3590
It's past the deadline to request one, but I did request mine and voted that way. Commercials have aired explaining how to request one.
thesameasyours
people have tried
AnIPAisMyFavorite
This is an edge case the same as the dozen or so other ones easily found. It worked for the VAST majority. Me included.
thesameasyours
Lets come back to this in 24 hours
AnIPAisMyFavorite
Sure, but for those that did request a mail in ballot, it worked just fine to a large degree.No need to wait until election day to determine
activeracer28
And Trump still thinks mail in voting is more rigged. Voter suppression, nah that's fine. Screw trump
nemo3590
As a Kentuckian, they made a huge push for absentee voting. I voted via absentee. They didn't do it perfectly, but I think in good faith.
PecosBill
But when Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams work together it doesnt fit the narrative.
Metallica93
The only thing better than Trump losing would be Booker beating McGrath and then McConnell. That's state's politics are fucking insane.
Chalybos
A toenail clipping would be an improvement over Mitch McConnell.
Metallica93
Very true. I'm just not a fan of who the Democratic party have put forth over the past 5-6 years. It's easy to tell the establishment picks.
randydurate
I’m hoping to have the chance to vote for him
Ninjainslippers
I don't care who beats McConnell, but that's about as important as the presidential race for sure.
Metallica93
Yeppers. I'd obviously like the progressive to win as it's like a mini Hillary vs. Bernie race, but I'd take McGrath over prick any day.
Ninjainslippers
My only concern is that a progressive in KY might just get slaughtered in the general, no matter how bad the (R) is.
Metallica93
I believe the one poll that came out had Booker ahead of McGrath in terms of beating McConnell, though. I'll need to look for that.
Ninjainslippers
I'd be interested to see it. My understanding was that she was looking way better in head to head vs turtle.
thesameasyours
Theyre making sure that doesnt happen
mardukkur
That's 100% bullshit. McGrath is not supported by KY dems, she's quite unpopular at the capital. Booker's surge has been a big surprise.
mardukkur
When the decision was made to limit primary polling places there were no competitive races and controlling virus spread was paramount.
mardukkur
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/06/suppression-of-a-different-kind
Metallica93
I was going to ask "Democrats or Republicans?" until I remembered that McGrath was the establishment pick. Fucking two-party system...
Stefnos
as someone else once said... dosent matter if it's left wing or right wing when it is on the same eagle
Metallica93
That reads like "both parties are the same", which is hilariously untrue. Democrats have no one as batshit as Trump or as dead as McConnell.
Stefnos
but it's still just a bunch of out of touch rich people, servering rich people interests
adamant
I was surprised they backed her so far ahead of the primary
Metallica93
Because of that, I was all on board. The second I looked up Booker? Instantly switched to him. It's like a mini Clinton vs. Sanders race.
Jagerbeast
Wait what, i didnt hear they went to Booker. When/why!?!?
niceantlers
Requested an absentee ballot and already voted for him!
Voidkeeper
The 1 polling in Jefferson County has been open all last week and today, As well as voting day.
jwillywill
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CertifiedPreOwnedButtPlug
Thanks, friend.
Arrowheadx1
*Boog boi intensifies*
ChaoticHeathen
Boogalations intensifies
MrBEC
SINK?
easyoneundone
you should have, a while ago...
indigoroyalblue
https://elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Absentee-Voting.aspx
EinElchsaft
If people can't vote the government is illegitimate and does not govern with the mandate of the people.
Canofminus
Man, I miss the early 90's. I got to get my lil'bro to send me my mom's photo albums so I can relieve my pink & neon green clothes choices
thisisjustadrill
Personally I thought he was the worst genie.
SingaporeanHoodian
Nice
Aelio
No shit right? As bad as things are, my guess is it'll have to get much worse for the kind of participation we need. Not sure tho
IveGotRedOnMe
"Every society is three meals away from chaos." - Lenin. If we could collectively smack the screens and snacks out of ppls hands...
Aelio
Pretty much. Also, people need a leader or a movement to get behind unless it's so bad everyone's basic needs cant be met, self motivation
HeretiCorpHasAnDFAcannon
Seriously, buy a old Yellow Schoolbus and slap that pic on every side and just drive to Washington DC, I bet halfway you're full with Ppl.
Dondarian
That can also be considered a threat against the president, and THAT is still illegal. So, please don't do that. No need to get arrested
DazzlingCockroach
Like they still wait for you to do something illegal.
Dondarian
Wait, are you disagreeing and saying that threatening the president isn't illegal? Your response is ambiguous.
jrntn
It's not ambiguous. They're saying whether it's illegal lost meaning when the authorities started summary punishment, guilty or not.
fake40nedeso
You mean police and SS… err Secret Service?
fake40nedeso
Jokes aside, driving around with such a message will always mark you as "danger to the public". At least you will be under surveillance.
aninvisiblemaniac
idk why we as the american people are still sitting around it's seriously time to march on DC and oust Trump and every corrupt politician
Death83
It might come to that because our voting power is being attacked eroded daily by these fucking con-men and women.
Death83
We're playing a big ass carnival game with the same odds at this point.
aninvisiblemaniac
I hope it does, quite frankly I'm there already
ztygs
Honestly tho how the FUCK can this be legal to do?
ahorseelbowdeepinme
No, because we take real problems and make them about race or some other red herring to keep the majority divided and those in power safe.
mdomin87
As much as there is a real problem with racism, the mans got a point. They keep the majority divided or at least strive for that
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Again, never said racism isn't a problem. Just saying we can't blame everything on racism.
neeks64
How can you say race is not a "real problem"? Are you truly that ignorant?
ahorseelbowdeepinme
When did i say race wasn't a real problem? Racism is absolutely a real problem. It's just not the only problem. Sometimes when a crime
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Happens and 2 different races are involved the problem isn't racism, it's the actual crime.
neeks64
When the system is inherently racist, we need to address that before anything else can be fixed.
OmnipotentBeing
Shhh, let's not talk to assholes like this guy. Let's go vote.
Kamasu0Tra
What makes this guy an asshole? He's 100% right; Americans have been taught to be racist, and care more about race, then they do class.
OmnipotentBeing
Why don't you go discuss his assholishness with him. I have other shit to do scrub.
Kamasu0Tra
So you can't even defend why you think he is an asshole? Aight, well, fuck off then, better to not waste my time I guess.
SephReed
Keyboard warrior here. Be brave enough to say it: I approve of waterboarding those in power. Only way we'll get the truth.
redpandabanana
Ok there is more to this than the headline. There is heavy push for mail in voting by the democratic governor and a higher request for them
thesameasyours
Hopefully they all get them. But the 1 place, even tho its a fairgrounds is iffy. Might lead to long drives, long lines, etc
redpandabanana
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/kentucky-officials-criticized-for-cuts-to-primary-polling-locations-85547589586
innagaddavidababy
If you’re not allowed to vote, you don’t have to obey the law. That’s the deal we described in the Declaration of Independence.
goflyblind
wait, so children can drive drunk, mowing down pedestrians, and stealing their wallets? man, that declaration is pretty sweet.
DriverIRQnotlessOrEqual
Well unless you’re like Puerto Rico
sr22e
...our voting rights are only to vote in general elections, not primaries.
nopost
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that because they made a major effort to swap to mail in voting, and the one polling place open is 1/
nopost
for 600K people is the state fairgrounds?
erlex
And its absolutely not for 600k people. People think there's going to be 100% voter turnout? Maybe 350k before subtracting mail ins.
thesameasyours
thats still a lot of people for 1 polling place. City i work in has a polling place for 35k people with about 20 booths.
erlex
That's why they have sent out 227k mail in ballots to people in that district (I don't have the source but saw it from an official on Twit)
thesameasyours
oh yeah my link shows theyve sent out mail in ballots, but plenty of people are saying they havent received them.
4everwild
And my rural county of a total of 17,000 people has 4....
override367
in april in milwaukee we had 1 per like 200k voters
vayxes
That still seems like not enough
Threadnomancer
Rural tends to lean right so of course the oompa loompa is down with it
indigoroyalblue
https://elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Absentee-Voting.aspx
herostarwind
It may be time to fill out the ballots with tyrants blood
thesameasyours
16,999 votes for Mitch there?
BeautifulThighs
It's a closed primary. Strangely, this is Democrats rigging an election against another Democrat, who is black and further left of McGrath
BeautifulThighs
Andy Beshear is the Democrat governor who Amy McGrath campaigned hard with. Booker is the black candidate who is surging in urban areas
TheGhostofKennyRogers
That’s like 4K per polling station...is that really too much for them to handle? Seems reasonable. Probably have early voting too.
TheGhostofKennyRogers
Also, if that 17K how many aren’t of voting age?
4everwild
Then you figure half don’t vote and maybe a couple thousand are to young makes for a lot less than 4K
CytochromP450
My town has around 1 per 1000 citizens.. (i'm from austria) and election days are always on sundays
bolki10
Austria is where Hitler comes from ! Heil Socialists !!!!
Enoan
USA, rich town of 15,000 with 3 polling places. There can be a line around 5-6 as people get off of work, but never too bad
LadyPyrite
also, we are automatically registered to vote. I will never understand why in the US you have to go through all this fuzz to vote.
LookAweigh
I am told there are no kangaroos in osterreich, fascinating
MarleafChef
They might actually care about voters where you're from, not just keep the charade of the process going, like they do in US
Noctourn
Canadian here. Ours are on weekdays, voting during rush hour is 20-30 mins max, otherwise you are likely to have no line at all
Exyr
Kentucky allows mail in votes....just request a ballot.
technologyexpert
Other places have done this and lots of people didn't get their ballots.
empire161
"Oh look, we ran out of paper for the mail in ballots. Sorry. Just go in person."
BeautifulThighs
Sounds like a great idea if you're the homeless person who can't easily do that. Weird, 1 of the 2 dem primary candidates would help most
BeautifulThighs
Hint: it's not the friend of the Dem governor who made this decision. Weird coincidence. its disenfranchising people with less service acces
TheZoid
The problem is alot of people have but they havent arrived yet.
erlex
Is that actually true though? Is easy to say "people" didn't get theirs. How many people? Also you say "yet". As of when? They got them now?
AlbaneinCowboy
Are we talking primary? Because everyone in my house sent ours out on the 15th.
thesameasyours
this
3lv3n
is going as planned.
TheZoid
iiGEMINIii
As of this morning know someone that just didn't get it and then were told "Just go vote in person then" but couldn't get a real answer 1/2
iiGEMINIii
2/2 as to what to actually do because the state would have on record a request for it AND an in person.He can't get a consistent answer
iiGEMINIii
He's convinced this is all gonna be bungled and there are going to be accusations of illegal voting because officials aren't even consistent
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erlex
You realize this is a primary election and in Kentucky you can't vote across party lines in a primary. There is no line to skew either way.
BrickShakes
The people who make these decisions have addresses, just so you know...
Micah1966
This is completely fake anger. There has been an enormous push to vote by mail, which led to over 200,000 ballots sent out, twice as many as
Micah1966
The amount of votes that came out the last elections. Nobody is repressing anything.
NotWrongJustNotRight
manWithNoHands
Fsociety
Markamanic
And they also don't give a shit. So don't bother.
kickmyballsrealhard
Guillotine time
76Tromboners
Heads on spikes, I tell ya!
Piornet
I don't believe you. Prove it by posting the addresses.
giftkartoffel
This info is also wholly misleading so there's that too
SymphonyOfMadness
I don't want to go to Moscow just to talk about it though
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
ikindacarebutimostlydont
Mitchy boy would look great dressed in that.
GenStrike
UwU
AdmiralGinTonic
Soufange
Fucken saved
johnvictor
Bottles with tight corks to them work well in keeping the liquids in you don't want getting out. There are also large matches you can use
johnvictor
instead of a flaming rag I believe that will stay lit when thrown.
HeretiCorpHasAnDFAcannon
WoeToHice
An off-topic question because of your username: is Sluggy Freelance worth coming back to? I stopped reading all web comics months ago (1/2)
WoeToHice
and I'm trying to make a list of those I might want to try to catch up with. (2/2)
HeretiCorpHasAnDFAcannon
I'm still a fan, so it's great! If you left when they were in an other dimension because they used the DFA in space, they just came back.
WoeToHice
Thanks!
CloakedFigure
EinElchsaft
I'll start heating up the tar
ImNotANecrophiliacImJustNostalgic
"Doxxing is wrong, except when it's people I don't like!" Why does evil become ok if you have a good reason? That's villain backstory 101
xKaraKx
Because in the US their addresses are public information
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
They're elected officials. You can contact them at their office. That's not "doxxing", it's the right of every citizen.
ImNotANecrophiliacImJustNostalgic
Somehow seeing the guillotines & fire in the comments makes me doubt "contacting them" is the general intention
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Then comment on that instead of on a doxxing that didn't happen...
Ellimem
If they want to keep their head, they shouldn’t have earned losing it.
CoffeeRocks
Then they shouldn't be so fucking crooked.
airkeeper4
Honest question, isn't that what their offices are for, rather than a home address?
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Who said home address?
airkeeper4
Fair point. I kinda assumed that was implicit in the term "doxxing", but maybe that was a different thread.
BrickShakes
Yea and we should care about the feelings of murders as-well right ? /s. Sorry i don't give fuck about absolute morals, I'm a utilitarian.
ImNotANecrophiliacImJustNostalgic
If you're a utilitarian, you literally care about the feelings of murderers. They're part of your happiness equation.
BrickShakes
They are. It's the freedom and happiness of many vs the peace and security of a handful.... Easiest decision of my life.
ImNotANecrophiliacImJustNostalgic
You're making many assumptions about the outcome. Once ruled by the people who put heads on spikes, "the many" might not enjoy the change
ImNotANecrophiliacImJustNostalgic
Then why the "/s"? Did you forget to actually read Bentham when you were looking for cool labels to call yourself?
Syk0tik0ne
1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480
HaltAndCatchFire
Who that be
AwesomeTeddybear
Is that from finding Nemo?
StarscreamAndHutch
That was Wallaby Way
omnifeeder
P Sherman 42 wallaby way. Sidney.
MyCatLovesToHateMe
P. Sherman the fisherman?
everythingiscats
Scuba diver. He was the orthodontist guy named Dr Philip Sherman
BaconBoy7
Wow. I wish I could speak whale
ThiSpaceForEnt
No way I could forget that address
MindlessMe13
I live in KY and can tell you this. There's been a huge push for mail in and our polls have been open since June 8th. I voted days ago.
pinaman
Is it slippery there?
SlothOfDanger
I live in KY aswell, mail in was huge here, I voted in person at my courthouse but lots of people mailed in here because of Covid
Thelrishlnquistion
Can you vote in the presidential election at the moment?
nemo3590
Right now it's for Primaries.
SunAnvil
Mailed mine in last week.
thesameasyours
Ty
nemo3590
Me as well. The state gov is doing everything they can to fight the pandemic. This is mostly outrage bait.
PizzaDogsAndNora
If KY closed polling places in the black areas but not the white ones, that is voter suppression, pure and simple.
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PizzaDogsAndNora
So this will help the Republicans whose base is strongest in the rural areas, right? Sounds unfair and racist!
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giftkartoffel
No because Kentucky has closed primaries and you can only vote for your affiliated party right now.
BeautifulThighs
No, but it will help the frontrunner, who is a political ally of the dem governor, beat the surging underdog, who is, you guessed it, black
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indigoroyalblue
https://elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Absentee-Voting.aspx
DrBourbonTheOriginal
I too voted by mail. More people have registered for mail in ballots than voted in the last primary by 50,000.
braveboy510
I and my wife voted by mail too!
DrBourbonTheOriginal
Let me clarify. 218k+ ballots mailed out in Jefferson County (Louisville). 138k voted in the last primary.
erlex
To be fair, the last presidential primary had a lot more, but still less than mailed out this year.
thesameasyours
I checked the KY voting site, some polls have been open for weeks, others not, and apparently very few polls in high dense areas. sigh
Chosan1
Isn't KY Moscow Mitchs state? Would be interesting to see Grand Moff Tarkin loss his grip.
thesameasyours
Yes
giftkartoffel
Are you from Kentucky?
thesameasyours
I am not
AbsolutelyPrismaticNutjob
So you're talking about issues in an area against people that actually live in that area? Seriously? Well done spreading [1/2]
AbsolutelyPrismaticNutjob
information you're not sure is even correct. You are part of the problem. [2/2]
danopotato
I don’t have to be a pilot to tell the guy that he fucked up if I see his helicopter stuck in a tree. - Steve Hofstetter
JBRINXSY
As someone who lives there, yes they cut the polling spots down.. but they added days, and have sent mail in ballots to everyone.
HydrochloricKitten
Thanks for the clarification the OP didn't provide.
Zaisko
I live in hardin county after moving here in november last year, and i registered to vote back in january, But can't vote this primary 1/2
Zaisko
because even though i registered in january, it didn't get approved until 2 days after the deadline, thus invalidating me? ,':^I
AnIPAisMyFavorite
That sucks. We have a great county clerk in hardin county. I'm surprised that happened.
RunsWithScizrs
They did not "send in mail in ballots to everyone". You had to request them. Don't water this down. It's bullshit & everyone should know it.
thesameasyours
Link says mail in ballots arent all out
erlex
Link says a million have been sent.
xKaraKx
That doesnt change anything
thesameasyours
erlex
Only 670k people voted total in Kentucky 2016 primary. If your one of the people who didn't get a correct mail in, go vote in person.
erlex
1 million ballots have been mailed out in Kentucky.
thesameasyours
I suppose they can take the day off and stand in line for 8 hours?
BrightSideOLife
As long as the people getting them are equally spread out among different groups of people, otherwise it is far far worse