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Related: About this forumIs voter intimidation working?
Has the GOP's plan to suppress the vote worked?
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Is voter intimidation working? (Original Post)
UCmeNdc
Oct 2016
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haele
(12,645 posts)1. Early voting is screwing up their schedule.
Suppress the Vote wasn't supposed to begin until after they slept of the Halloween Candy sugar rush.
Haele
Willie Pep
(841 posts)9. Yes, I agree.
I would not be surprised if the reason for so much early voting is to avoid intimidation at polling places.
Ligyron
(7,624 posts)2. I believe in many cases that the attempt will have the opposite effect.
"Oh, think that will stop me from voting do you?"...
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)3. Not in Texas
Thatyiddishboii
(12 posts)4. hard to say yet
but we'll see.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)5. Will see it on Nov 8th
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)6. Mailed in my ballot already!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,228 posts)7. Me too!
MiniMe
(21,714 posts)8. Went to early voting today
Not too crowded, didn't see any poll watchers.