Cindy McCain rips Arizon GOP... "I am one of those ballots."

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Cindy McCain rips Arizona GOP over mail-in ballots lawsuit: ‘I am one of those mail in ballots’

Cindy McCain, widow of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain (R), knocked her state's Republican Party on Thursday over GOP-led efforts to change the procedure by which the state counts mail-in ballots.

In a tweet, the senator's wife took aim at local GOP groups who this week filed a lawsuit to force the state to stop calling voters to verify that they had mailed in a ballot in the case of ballots where names provided by voters are not immediately clear.

"I am one of those mail in ballots. I was under the impression my vote was always counted," McCain wrote Thursday, tagging the state's local Republican Party account.

Link to tweet

- The Hill

Stunning un-American tactics by the GOP.

[Stuart G]

1. k and r nt.

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. So much for Cindy standing behind Ducey during his acceptance speach..oh, that's right..she did..

I was so disappointed when I saw her standing behind him....

I too said my mail-in ballot should be counted..but then, who am I....

[Tom Rivers]

6. Cindy and Meghan

Always feign outrage at GOP antics, bad behavior, homophobia, and racism...

...before voting down the line for GOP candidates who are guilty of all of the above, because tax cuts and unearned inherited wealth Trump actual values and principles.

[YessirAtsaFact]

3. Stunning un-American tactics by the GOP? Par for the course.

As hate radio and Faux Noise has made America more divided, repugnant goons have been less and less interested in playing fair.

They have used racist scare tactics for so long that they have painted themselves into a corner where they are the party of old, white people, mostly men.

That demographic is shrinking, so the only way to win elections is to cheat, mostly by suppressing votes.

So their lying hyperbole in Florida and Arizona, where counting all the votes may cause them to lose elections that they thought they had successfully stolen isn't the least bit surprising, much less stunning.

[maxsolomon]

4. Jeez, Cindy, you made it that long with your naivete intact?

Impressive!

[Tom Rivers]

5. They're trying to stop the counting of mail ballots?

I figured the lawsuit was going to be more against provisional ballots, since those usually come from people of color who are less likely to vote the GOP's way.

Either way, the GOP is showing their slimy asses once again. We need serious voter protection reform in this country, but not the way the GOP thinks we do. We need protections to ensure that votes from people of color are always accurately accepted and counted.

[gratuitous]

7. Oh come on, Cindy

You know that the practice of your beloved Republican party is to sacrifice a few "good" votes in hopes of eliminating enough "bad" votes to swing an election in the party's favor. They've been doing it for decades, and now that it's your turn to have your ballot shit-canned, you're upset?

News flash: No, your vote isn't always counted. Sometimes it gets caught up in the drift net of ballots your Republican party wants to spoil. Nothing personal, it's just the business of election rigging.

[hatrack]

8. Oh, now that it's YOU it matters?

Whatever, (Redacted).

[alwaysinasnit]

11. +1000

Yup. GOP tactics are only an issue if a Repub is personally affected.

[calimary]

23. It's unfortunate that this IS the truth, far too frequently.

I sincerely wish it didn't work out this way, but it does, dammit. So little empathy out there.

[alwaysinasnit]

24. I think you've hit the nail on the head. I truly believe that what separates us from the right

wingers is the capacity for empathy. That seems to drive political/tribal leanings and how they treat the less fortunate.

[rsdsharp]

9. When I was in law school I had a trial advocacy professor who talked about "whining" objections.

Boiled down to the essence, they were all: "But your honorrrrr. If you allow that I'm gonna lose!"

As I understand the Republican position in Arizona, the mail-in voting provisions passed by the Republican legislature, and signed by a Republican Governor, should be ignored because they are slow and complicated, thereby disenfranchising all Arizonans who followed their rules, and believed the procedure would be followed.

Stated differently: "But your honorrrrr. If you allow that I'm gonna lose!"

[Qanisqineq]

10. I am so confused by these mail in ballots

I was encouraged by the North Dakota Democratic-NPL to vote absentee. I did, my husband did, my parents did. All for Heidi Heitkamp. Now I keep hearing that other states are not counting absentee ballots?

Please, how do I know they were counted in ND?

[LiberalLovinLug]

15. Me too

I thought there was this push to vote early, by mail. And I think a lot of Democrats did just that, spurred on by the Trump effect. Most who mailed in I assume were Democrats, in a lot of precincts, not all obviously.

Not just this election, others in the past. I hear stories of how the election is called before those absentee ballots are counted. And that they won't count them. It implies that mail in votes are not as important as voting day votes. I don't know how they can get away with that, or justify it to the courts

[Pepsidog]

20. I live in NJ a reliable Dem State but won't use mail in vote. Heard to many stories about votes not

being counted. This election was different. I keep hearing that early voters skewed Republican. But this year I couldn’t wait to vote. We had the momentum not the Rs.

[pazzyanne]

17. In Minnesota that information is on the Secretary of State website.

Click on absentee ballot information and follow the directions. Read through the information which should include your registration information and information on how to follow your absentee ballot. Link to ND Secretary of State :

https://vip.sos.nd.gov/PortalListDetails.aspx?search=status%20of%20mail%20in%20ballots&ptlPKID=7&ptlhPKID=51


Good luck!

[Qanisqineq]

18. I got "ballot accepted"

Does that mean counted?

[pazzyanne]

19. Yea! Good for you.

[druidity33]

30. yeah, why don't they say "ballot counted"? nt.

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. As usual they only get upset when it affects them personally

As in "How dare someone insult me like that, steal from me? ....don't they know who I am?!!!"

She probably wrote it in a moment of passion. The only times when Republicans put anything over party, is when they feel they have been personally hurt. But like others have said, she'll calm down, and get back on board to vote for the orange asshole who denigrated her husband soon enough.

[world wide wally]

13. I guess the new GOP approach is..."You can vote, but we ain't gonna count it"

[BamaRefugee]

14. SO TASTY! The steaming hot crocodile tears rolling down Cindy's wizened leathery face.

[UrbanProspector]

16. Nicely worded

and precise too!

[BamaRefugee]

22. aww shucks

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[BamaRefugee]

21. I'd love to see that ballot, just to inhale all the fumes of hatred oozing off of it.

[Beartracks]

25. Yes, we must save democracy from the scourge of bad handwriting!

The GOP clearly doesn't give two shits about democracy.

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[KY_EnviroGuy]

26. Will Cindy become the voice for all those whose votes were lost?

(crickets).......

[red dog 1]

27. Well, I just wish her husband was still alive and in the Senate, where he sometimes did

vote against Trump/McTurtle's evil Senate actions & bills., (unlike all the other Repigs)

[Marie Marie]

28. Whoa - look out. Cindy's going all mavericky.

[usaf-vet]

29. Wake up Cindy the only way the national GOP wins is when they cheat.

Cheat before the voters get to vote. Cheat when they are using electronic voting machine that flip votes. Cheat when counting post poll closings. Cheat by failing to count absentee and mail-in ballots. Cheat by suppressing voters between elections.... to name a few of the myriad ways they have found to "win" (LOL) elections.

Welcome to the disenfranchised American voters pool.

[elmac]

31. hmmm

[Cha]

32. Thanks Cindy!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

33. Well, gosh.

Now that YOUR vote might go uncounted, now you care.

Oh, and her late husband was hardly a champion of liberal and progressive causes. For a starter, the one and only time he voted to keep the ACA was so he could essentially say "Fuck You" to Trump, not because he actually cared about anyone else having health care.