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Kelly Covert's avatar

Never, in my 60 years of voting in our country has there EVER been a problem with polling places. NEVER has there ever been a question as to whom is allowed to vote because we are to show a valid ID at the time we register to exercise our RIGHT to vote. It is only because the very insecure, sure to be beaten republicans are trying to intimidate us. DO NOT LET THEM. Use your voices, and VOTE THIS ADMINISTRATION OUT.

Donovan Marley's avatar

The propaganda spewed by Trump and his enablers cannot coverup the fact that Republicans are using physical violence in a desperate attempt to stay in power. Federal agents are dispatched by Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, Markwayne Mullins, Kash Patel, Tom Homan, and Stephen Miller to crush Americans who expose the regime’s criminal acts.

ICE thugs—without warrants, without trials, and in obvious violation of the Constitution and laws of the USA—have attacked, maimed, kidnapped, incarcerated, and/or deported hundreds of American citizens. They have also murdered both citizens and non-citizens—including Baby Kohen Riley.

ICE Bounty Hunters—encouraged by their racist supervisors—routinely employ violence to fill their quota of brown-skin-prey. And sometimes, because they know Trump has their backs, they murder—reminding Americans that in a Racist-Trump-Kleptocracy, Republican Fascists believe they are above the law.

Two of every three Americans recognize that convicted criminal Donald Trump is a liar, thief, grifter, fraudster, racist, sexual predator, and war criminal. This supermajority will win the midterm elections by blocking passage of Trump’s viciously racist, (and purposely misogynistic), “Save America Act”—a legislative obscenity specifically drafted to disenfranchise women and People of Color.

Ghostwriter in the Sky ✨💘's avatar

Criminality & cheating under the guise of “security” under the thumb of a mafia regime. However, if Hungary could do it & unseat Orban, Americans can surely rise up in November, on many levels.

Expose Musk at every turn... he's the cheat coder.

Leslie Seitz's avatar

They are shutting down many voting polls too. Especially in blue districts and where people of color vote. Don't let stop us from voting. We have to vote no matter what obstacle they put before us.

Tony Armagh's avatar

It’s obvious why ICE and other militia groups are being pulled into the midterm elections. Trump simply cannot allow the Democrats to gain a majority in the Congress. And all objective observation and analysis shows that he will lose that majority. Therefore, he will be forced to do his worst. He will claim fraud in key states, and with ICE and other goon squads will confiscate ballots to conduct a “recount” after which he will claim Republican victories. Governor Pritzker, and other Democratic governors and officials are effective firebrands when they speak about Trump, but unless they have been drawing up a plan to deploy key state national guards in order to safeguard voters and the ballots at key election sites, they will give Trump another free hand for two more years to strip away our rights in the constitution and ultimately lose our democracy. I fear the Democrats do not have the stomach to do what will be necessary to save the nation. Pritzker and others will go down in history as the feckless cowards who turned the government over to an authoritarian regime. This is not hyperbole. This is what Trump will do. We the people can only do so much. We vote people into office to do our bidding. The Democrats must be ready with a muscular response to Trump. As I have been calling it in various forums, this is the American Rubicon that we must cross.

Kathy Lifka's avatar

Ice should absolutely NOT be involved in our voting!

Jane Turner's avatar

No! Elections are run by the states. No federal interference should be allowed. The Republucans know they aren't taking care of the country, only their own money and the money of the dark money that pays them for their votes. We must vote in such overwhelming numbers that their cheating won't matter. Get out and vote each one of them out of office. Then throw them out, charge and covict them of the crimes they have committed and send them away. Then we start cleaning up the horrible mess they have made of our country!

Koala Quill's avatar

The fact that HSI personnel were internally warning about false matches due to lack of unique identifiers is wild. It's hard to claim this is a serious fraud investigation when the people running the data are basically flagging their own work as unreliable.

Robin Gilmartin's avatar

Melissa Esperanza Ramirez of New Britain CT was falsely accused by Republicans of voting illegally as a non-citizen. She was harassed and threatened. Turns out there is another (non-citizen) Melissa Esperanza Ramirez in the state. Republicans, you’re not going to win this way!

Joanne's avatar

From the days in the 18th century when Benjamin Franklin was first associated with the postal service in the colonies to his influence during the Revolutionary War, the USPostal Service has been a shining beacon of American initiative. Now it's being used as a political tool of aggression to interfere with our rights to vote, freely and clearly, without government intrusion. Donlad J Trump, as president, is inserting his methods to attack the integrity of voting by mail so possibly millions of legal voters will be caught in his vortex of requirements for eligibility. Of course, overlook the fact that he, himself, votes by mail, all legal and honest. It's everyone else abusing the right to vote by mail! Rubbish. Trump is a bully and MUST have his way.

Isaac Starr's avatar

That link for confirming my voter registration took me to a state website to register to vote. I should already be registered and only wanted to check on my registration, so that seemed to be the wrong website. I didn’t want to risk raising flags by double registering. You should put links to help people check register, instead of just ones for first time registrations.

Ani Sweitzer's avatar

The water in the pot has been slowly heating up. We cannot be that frog that gets used to it. We have to all show up in masses to vote, because we have to make sure it's not the last time we do get that chance. They are trying to replace us with robots, making us insignificant in the economic chain, but we cannot let that happen. We have to fight for political, religious, bodily autonomy, and economic freedoms. Yes, we have to change the dynamics that are squeezing the middle class dry and starving the lower class to faten the piggy class at the top. We have to act as if our rights are still there, go vote, and not let them discourage us from exercising our rights due to fear.