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Old 11-02-2020, 03:01 PM
 
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Absolutely. Just like the good ol' days. Of course, you need to be a white, male land-owner, like we've been doing for hundreds of years.

People that know nothing about US history and go around saying
"go and vote like we have done for 100s of year"

Good luck if you are dark skinned
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Old 11-02-2020, 03:04 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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I am glad that this has been allowed to stand. Voting by drive through was available for anyone who needed it, no matter which party or person they were voting for. I think no matter who wins, more people voting is a good thing. It would have been horrible for those who took the time to vote in the drive through to find out last minute that their vote did not count.
They are going to appeal this maybe all the way to the US Supreme Court so don't count your chickens before they hatch...
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Old 11-02-2020, 03:20 PM
 
Location: Houston/Brenham
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They are going to appeal this maybe all the way to the US Supreme Court so don't count your chickens before they hatch...
I doubt the SCOTUS will even accept it. Again, this comes down to whether the state tried to change rules mid-stream. Those are the only cases the SC hears. There's a reason every court, at every level, and even the state itself, has been okay with this.
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Old 11-02-2020, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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They are going to appeal this maybe all the way to the US Supreme Court so don't count your chickens before they hatch...
Dont sound so happy by the idea of voter disenfranchisement.
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Old 11-02-2020, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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I doubt the SCOTUS will even accept it. Again, this comes down to whether the state tried to change rules mid-stream. Those are the only cases the SC hears. There's a reason every court, at every level, and even the state itself, has been okay with this.
Kasb713 seemed to think this was over, I was just posting that it is not over and am not salivating at the idea of wasted votes.

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Dont sound so happy by the idea of voter disenfranchisement.
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Old 11-02-2020, 05:00 PM
 
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Yeah not that easy. My mother-n-law took her 90 year old Dad to vote via drive-thru. Can barely walk and he has a very serious condition. Not to mention covid-19 which if he caught it in his condition then he more than likely wouldn't make it. He still wanted to vote so the drive-thru was the safest way for him to participate.

I don't see how hard is it to adjust to the times we're living in now.

So didn't he vote in 2018 or 2016? We have had curbside voting for people like him for a long time. And voting by mail is also nothing new.
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Old 11-02-2020, 05:02 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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So didn't he vote in 2018 or 2016? We have had curbside voting for people like him for a long time. And voting by mail is also nothing new.
Did we have a pandemic in 2018?
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Old 11-02-2020, 05:04 PM
 
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I am glad that this has been allowed to stand. Voting by drive through was available for anyone who needed it, no matter which party or person they were voting for. I think no matter who wins, more people voting is a good thing. It would have been horrible for those who took the time to vote in the drive through to find out last minute that their vote did not count.

Is it? I know it's popular to say that but do you have any data at all that shows that higher voter participation yields better elected officials? We have seen some of the highest voter turnout since 2000 and how has that been working out?
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Old 11-02-2020, 05:06 PM
 
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People that know nothing about US history and go around saying
"go and vote like we have done for 100s of year"

Good luck if you are dark skinned

Fine. Last 50 years then.
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Old 11-02-2020, 05:07 PM
 
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Did we have a pandemic in 2018?

Did we have curbside voting or mail voting in 2018?
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