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ecstatic's JournalOmfg! My dad tossed his and my mom's absentee ballots in the trash last night!!!
I helped my dad complete his ballot application last Wednesday and I guess he was thrown off when 2 ballots arrived yesterday because he felt like he had already done that step. I'm irritated with myself for not making it clearer what the next step would be--I thought I told them the ballots would be arriving this week. Maybe I could have been clearer about the process, but I also feel like this happened due to trump's constant crying about rigged elections and fake ballots! 
Luckily, my dad says he was able to retrieve both ballots from the trash. I'm going to their house first thing tomorrow to make sure they fill it out right and get it in the mail.
trumpers plan to vote in person, but if they catch covid at trump's super-spreader rallies,
will there be enough time for them to recover before Election Day?
And if so, will they still vote for trump? 
tRump is transactional. He might not want to appoint anyone before the election
He knows that if he appoints someone now, the GOP can and will kick him under the bus come election day. With the SCOTUS heavily stacked in their direction, what more would they need trump for?
Is Willie Geist a rethug?
Did anyone see his nasty comment about Biden? Something along the lines of, "What is Biden going to do on September 26th when he doesn't have a teleprompter in front of him and he has to debate trump?" John Heilemann quickly corrected Willie's wooden ass by pointing out that a convention speech is always done by teleprompter and trump will be using a teleprompter for his convention speech too.
Sarah Palin to Tucker Carlson: I Never Would Have 'Prostituted' Myself Like Kamala Harris
Speaking carefully, Palin replied, “I would not have prostituted myself in terms of changing any of my positions in order to garner better press.” She went on to suggest that she would “gotten a lot better coverage” had she “compromised my convictions,” seeming to imply that Harris has done that, without providing specific examples.
Palin’s comments come shortly after Carlson used his show to spread a sexist smear against Harris that she used a relationship with an older politician to further her own career.
Later in her interview, Palin lashed out at MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt, both of whom worked on McCain’s 2008 campaign but have since turned away from the Republican Party under Trump. “There was a lot of sabotaging going on, especially at the end of the game there,” she said, calling them “wolves in sheep’s clothing.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-palin-tells-tucker-carlson-i-never-would-have-prostituted-myself-like-kamala-harris
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time, dammit. She is deplorable to the core! Completely irredeemable!
dRump is losing it right now: HE SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, AND GOT CAUGHT!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/129627406576271769610:33 PM · Aug 19, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
Update:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1296275840649625601
10:40 PM · Aug 19, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
What do you think Mitch and Lindsey will do in the voting booth?
And Collins and all the other t̶r̶a̶i̶t̶o̶r̶s̶ GOP Senators?
More shenanigans: Mailbox openings are being locked shut
So it looks like the GOP and trump are still playing gotcha games. They claim they won't remove anymore mailboxes, but will the mailboxes be functional???
https://twitter.com/jboyle1223/status/1295095131750588417
The Post Office in Burbank, CA
All outdoor boxes locked shut. The entrance to the Post Office is locked and you can’t mail a letter?
If you're still trying to decide between absentee and in-person voting...
Visit the links below to see how and when your state processes and tabulates absentee voting, keeping in mind that some states may have updated their rules since the page was last updated.
In Georgia, absentee vote tallying can't begin until after polls close on Election Day. Ballots may be "processed" 2 weeks before the election, but the actual counting of the ballots cannot begin until the polls close on Election Day.
I was concerned when I learned this, but the AJC explains the process this way: The rule authorizes county election workers to open and scan absentee ballots in advance, but those votes can’t be counted until polls close. Until then, votes are stored in the memory of optical scanning computers, the same as votes cast in person during early voting.
Based on that info, I'm assuming that any delays in counting the ballots would be due to discrepancies between the number of ballots stored in the machine's memory vs the number of votes received, or from ballots that the machines flag as requiring manual review.
When Absentee/Mail Ballot Processing and Counting Can Begin 7/9/20
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-16-when-absentee-mail-ballot-processing-and-counting-can-begin.aspx
States That Permit Voters to Correct Signature Discrepancies 8/7/20
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-15-states-that-permit-voters-to-correct-signature-discrepancies.aspx
Who Can Collect and Return an Absentee Ballot Other Than the Voter? 7/10/20
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-10-who-can-collect-and-return-an-absentee-ballot-other-than-the-voter.aspx
Receipt and Postmark Deadlines for Absentee Ballots 8/11/20
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-11-receipt-and-postmark-deadlines-for-absentee-ballots.aspx
When States Mail Out Absentee Ballots 7/8/20
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-7-when-states-mail-out-absentee-ballots.aspx
How States Verify Voted Absentee Ballots 4/17/20
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-14-how-states-verify-voted-absentee.aspx
Are Senate Democrats using every tool and/or tactic available to force votes on the USPS situation
and the other bills that are collecting cobwebs on Moscow Mitch's desk?
Every tool available, no matter how extreme or rare, needs to be used right now to address the USPS fiasco that's unfolding before our eyes. I am not satisfied with the, "It's sitting on Mitch's desk!" excuse. tRump is actively and aggressively interfering in our ability to vote in the upcoming election!
If Moscow's Bitch won't take action, democrats must go around him and stop worrying about future precedents at a time when tRump and republicans have completely disregarded all precedents and norms.
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