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Showing Original Post only (View all)If anyone had any doubts what kind of person Glenn Greenwald is, this should settle it [View all]
"Is it at all strange that a brand new and opaque voting system was implemented in the name of COVID; people are trained to think it's normal to take not days but weeks to count votes; and candidates are required to concede when the media says so, not when the votes are counted?"
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That he doesn't seem to even understand that many states allow votes to be counted up to a week after the election, as long as they are postmarked at or before election day, along with the fact that more people are voting by mail than ever before, demonstrates what a jerk he is.
California sends postage paid ballots to every registered voter
In addition, signatures need to be verified, votes need to be checked for duplications, provisional ballots need to be processed, etc.
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If anyone had any doubts what kind of person Glenn Greenwald is, this should settle it [View all]
JohnSJ
Nov 2022
OP
Say what? What extremes on the left are you equating with the mainstream Republican.
LakeArenal
Nov 2022
#10
And what extreme views of theirs come anywhere close to Republican insurrectionist.
LakeArenal
Nov 2022
#38
Overlap is rare, but it happens. A prime current example is the Russia-Ukraine thing.
Sky Jewels
Nov 2022
#18
That's something that can be changed. Since in many places mail-in ballots are the main way to vote,
panader0
Nov 2022
#25
Unfortunately, a significant number of DUers were pushing his anti-Hillary views. n/t
pnwmom
Nov 2022
#29
He's highly-trained and manipulative. And no one here should ever think he's an ally.
pnwmom
Nov 2022
#30
What a dipshit. Elections only produce "fast" results when it's a lop-sided win.
Mr.Mystery
Nov 2022
#51