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Old 08-14-2020, 01:57 PM
 
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I don’t care which flavored kool-aid you drink, this seems really problematic.
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Old 08-14-2020, 01:58 PM
 
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Wasn't it always a federal crime to hinder mail delivery? I guess a felony is in the eye of the beholder, especially since it's a felon doing the hindering.
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:01 PM
 
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More: The Post Office Is Deactivating Mail Sorting Machines Ahead of the Election
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:03 PM
 
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Sorting machines are being removed in HIGH POPULATION (Democrat) areas.

Trump is purposely trying to reduce votes in areas with the highest percentage of Democrats.

Hopefully people drop off their ballots at the elections office drop-box ahead of time, or vote in-person. Or mail their ballot 4 weeks early. Even if sent early, the ballots might be "lost" within the postal system.

I am voting in-person.
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:03 PM
 
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I don’t care which flavored kool-aid you drink, this seems really problematic.
I understand that it is dead wrong for a POTUS to degrade and delegitimize a federal election, but why won't people just get off their butts and go vote in person?!!!! This election is important enough to go brave the Covid. Frankly, I don't understand why this is not being argued before the courts?
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:08 PM
 
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:11 PM
 
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You buy that when employees are saying it is unusual? Also, the PM General just came on and said they didn’t have enough capacity to ensure ballot distribution. If that’s the case, why are they taking equipment off line?
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:12 PM
 
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Default Trump administration removes 671 mail processing machines from USPS months before election

Also reported today by Brian Williams on MSNBC.

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Some of these machines have the capacity to sort up to 30,000 mail items and take only two Postal Service workers to run, according two machine technicians CNN spoke with.
They estimate it would take about 30 employees over their entire shifts -- they have to have scheme training to do the work -- to do that amount of work by hand.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/13/polit...nes/index.html

Just coincidentally occurring less than 3 months from an election during a pandemic where a record number of votes submitted by mail are expected.
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:13 PM
 
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The election is being rigged...by Trump.
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Old 08-14-2020, 02:13 PM
 
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The Post Office just issued a warning:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/polit...ery/index.html
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