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"Stacey Abrams said that she had requested her absentee ballot in May, but was unable to vote with it because ..

Posted by mud Jun 10 '20, 07:09

.. the return envelope arrived sealed shut. After unsuccessfully trying to steam it open, she said she went to vote in person on Tuesday in Georgia."

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1270672056275722242 (twitter.com)

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Wholesale disenfranchisement in Georgia to be sure. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jun 10, 07:18 1
- Preview of November (not just in Georgia) -- nm - ty97 Jun 10, 07:21
pix -- (link) - mud Jun 10, 07:14 5
- This is an aspect of US elections that I cannot fathom - Reagen Jun 10, 07:21 4
  - Yeah. Here you have to make up an excuse not to vote. Thing with mandatory voting is you have to make it easy. -- nm - mafic Jun 10, 07:27 3
    - I can't get to the society benefit of compulsory voting, but Canadian voting has gotten ridiculously easy in the last twenty years. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 10, 07:30 2
      - I don’t have much for societal benefit per se, my point is more along the lines of what right does a state have to erect barriers? - mafic Jun 10, 07:42 1
        
        Right. I was mostly agreeing with your point and inserting a bit of commentary of my own. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 10, 08:07

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