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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 207 points 2 months ago

The smart thing is to vote early and avoid the ruckus the stupider people will inevitably create around polling places on November 5.

See vote.gov for details

[-] we_avoid_temptation@lemmy.zip 87 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If you have the opportunity, vote-by-mail is genuinely awesome also. I qualify in my state because I'm chronically ill, and it's one of the few silver linings. I get a ballot in the mail every time an election happens like clockwork, I have time to do my research and it's significantly harder to forget.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 75 points 2 months ago

In California you no longer need to apply for vote-by-mail, they mail a ballot to everyone and you can either mail it back, no stamp needed, or drop it in any ballot box, or take it to any polling place on the day to hand it to a person.

It's so much better to be able to sit there at a computer or on your phone, looking up the candidates for the smaller offices and marking them as you go.

And you can get phone notifications for when your ballot is received and counted.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Oregon too. There's also a service where you just give it your voting registration details and an email address and it emails you:

  • when your ballot is mailed to you
  • when it is received back from you
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[-] grue@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

The MAGAs are attacking the election system in my state (Georgia) so hard that, at this point, I'm starting to worry about mail-in ballots being fraudulently thrown out because of false claims of signature mismatch.

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[-] NOPper@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

This is automatic in WA state, and I absolutely love it. Never missed a local or federal election.

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[-] CeruleanRuin 25 points 2 months ago

It's also a hell of a lot more convenient to fill out a ballot at your kitchen table. You can look up all those downballot no-names you have never heard of.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

This is actually one of the reasons they are against mail in or drop off ballots. Educated voters scare the shit out of them.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 95 points 2 months ago

Remember remember the 5th of November. Gunpowder treason and plot.

Sounds about right for ol Orangeman

[-] slingstone@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Remember, remember this fifth of November

The insurrection, incitement, and plot.

I see no reason

That Donald Trump's treason

Should ever be forgot.

[-] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 17 points 2 months ago

I know of no reason the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 74 points 2 months ago
[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 43 points 2 months ago

Well, if that's not foreshadowing. US Election Day = Guy Fawkes Day.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Trump wouldn't know who Guy Fawkes is. US Election Day falls on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November. It's just a coincidence it happens to be the 5th this year. My comment was mostly a direct reply to OP.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

Why have it on a Tuesday? Why not on a weekend so more people aren't at work?

Oh, yeah, that's why.

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[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 2 months ago

Presumably he's trying to rile up demonstrations at polling places themselves.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 months ago

Demonstration, intimidation, physically preventing anyone not wearing a MAGA hat from voting... Potato potato

[-] Xanis@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

HA! Could you imagine if we all got together and bought red hats and Trump lost? There would be fucking chaos. The morons would be in the streets screaming about how they saw nothing but MAGA voters.

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

Eight years in and I'm still pissed about those fucking hats. I have this nice red cap that a friend gave me almost 15 years ago. It was custom-made, and has a starburst image that a third friend created... and the cap base is the exact same shade of red as those fucking Trump hats, so I've not been able to wear it in public for 8 years.

[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 months ago

I had a coca cola hat that I used to wear. I gave up on it after the third person said they thought it was a MAGA hat at a distance.

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[-] xlash123@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 months ago

NOVEMBER 5TH WILL BE ONE OF THE DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA!

[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago

FEBRUARY 30TH WILL NOT BE!

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago

AND FEBRUARY 29TH IS THIS YEAR BUT NOT THE NEXT OR THE ONE AFTER THAT UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION YEAR

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[-] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 57 points 2 months ago

Is Trump on Twitter again?

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 77 points 2 months ago

Yes, elon reversed his permanent ban

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 76 points 2 months ago

And also Trump promised he'd never use Twitter again. So obviously he's back on, despite the great success of his own platform

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

The $45 million a month Elon is giving his superPAC helps

[-] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 months ago

*promised to give. Anyone following self-driving cars over the last decade knows Elon’s promises are worth nothing.

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[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

He's not using Twitter, he's using X

Hope that clears it up 🤗

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[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 55 points 2 months ago

Shut the fuck up. That kind of language is how Stephen Fry gets killed.

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[-] SnowmenMelt@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago

Even more of a coincidence is that the recent UK general election was held on 4th July!

[-] tcsenpai@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 months ago
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[-] CasualPenguin@reddthat.com 31 points 2 months ago

When he was tweeting for his followers to amass and how it was going to get "wild" (from memory I think that's what he said) on January 6th long in advance I was freaked out but everyone said that was not a big deal.

I still doubt anyone will see this as a big deal the second time :/

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[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Well if there's no consequences, he's gonna do it again. Every parent to a toddler knows this.

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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The FBI do not care about you at all.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

They're too busy shutting down Torrent sites for their corporate owners.

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[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 26 points 2 months ago

Holy shit!! He said something that I actually agree with. I didn't think that would ever happen.

VOTE!!!!! Volunteer to give rides to those that wouldn't be able to vote without it. Anything you can do, it will make a difference.

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

Get ready for armed dip shits at polling stations across America

[-] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

I mean yea? It's election day for an election that I think both sides consider pretty important. Granted, that's a bit of hyperbole, but this is a far cry from a call to violence. Harris could say the exact same thing, in fact she's likely has said something similar.

Saying this is a threat isn't just an overreaction, it's downright embarrassing. This is the kind of crap the right shares to try and paint Dems as weak, thin-skinned, idiots.

Trump says so much awful shit that warrants this reaction, but not EVERYTHING does FFS.

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Itll be the most relieving day since we'll finally be rid of his sorry ass

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