ACLU @ACLU VICTORY: Fulton County, Georgia will increase the number of drop boxes this election.

[BeckyDem]

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[Spazito]

1. Great news!

Thanks for posting this!

[dawg]

2. Fulton County has more people than some states ...

so this is good news.

[kentuck]

3. What to keep them from sabotaging the drop boxes ?

Surely it has crossed their minds?

[BeckyDem]

5. I suppose anything is possible, but not likely.

Though opponents say ballots could be stolen or vandalized in unsecured drop boxes, Merrill said she’s seen no evidence of fraud, tampering or vandalism.

“The clerks empty these things a couple of times a day, actually, and they usually are in very prominent places,” Merrill said. “It would be really difficult to vandalize one of these boxes.”

“They’re bolted to the ground. I mean, it’s really quite a secure system.”

https://www.1011now.com/2020/08/12/ballot-drop-boxes-are-next-legal-fight-in-voting/

[Blue_true]

11. My thoughts also.

In 2018 the MAGABomber unintentionally impacted, and I argue, likely changed the outcome of elections in Florida. Who is to say that MAGATS won’t remember that and purposely start fires in drop boxes that serve minority and other blue areas?

People need to get it in their heads that Trump, DeJoy and General MAGATS are not going to make it easy for us, we should expect to go to extremes that we have not had to in the past. What extremes? Masking and PPE up and go in to vote in person, early voting EVEN IF republicans make that difficult for big blue counties, walk a finished mail-in ballot into the elections office, identify oneself as the voter for the ballot and stand there until it is stamped as accepted.

[Hoyt]

4. Why did it take pressure from ACLU? The county is run by Democrats.

[BeckyDem]

6. I don't know, but a fair question.

I'm just glad they are there.

[Hoyt]

7. Agree. More boxes will be good.

[Mr.Bill]

8. Maybe the decision was made by someone

higher than county level?

[Hoyt]

9. Nope, it's a county function.

[Mr.Bill]

10. But wouldn't they have to follow orders from

the Secretary of State?

[Blue_true]

12. I believe that you are making excuses for them.

Democratic officials KNOW what is at stake. They should have been agitating for boxes before the ALCU sued.

[Mr.Bill]

14. No, that is not my intention.

I'm just curious about how the situation works, that's all.

[Hoyt]

13. Not on ballot boxes, polling locations, etc. That's a county function.

I'm sure the SoS could step in if there were not enough polling places, ballot drop boxes, etc. But the GOPer in Georgia isn't going to care about any of that stuff.