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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by RagingHungryPanda@lemm.ee to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

Edit/Update: It turns out that my last name has a capitol letter in the middle and they put a space in it. Thank god. I can actually vote this year.

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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 42 points 1 week ago

Twitter and some other reich-wing places were doing fucky stuff like promoting register-to-vote sites that didn't necessarily actually register you to vote. This is particularly true in Texas, because all the sites were online but Texas required you to register either in person or by snail mail. But the sites would display success messages and shit anyway.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Isn't that a serious federal crime? How did they not get caught doing that?

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 23 points 1 week ago

News article: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/elon-musk-pac-voter-data-trump-harris.html

There was also trump handing out hundred dollar bills and musk offering money to people to register to vote, both of which also seem to be against the law. Fuck if I know why the government doesn't seem to take this shit seriously.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

AFAIK the government cannot take it seriously because the board of the FEC, like the Senate, is 50% Nazis: https://www.fec.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/

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[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

by the way if you vote by mailing it in, in Florida your vote could be denied without you even knowing.

They verify the signatures and a lot of recent young adults never really had a proper signature, it also happens that a lot of youth vote blue.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

Invalidating a vote based on signature analysis sounds like a recipe for a MASSIVE probe into election integrity.

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Not a Texan, but here in Missouri, you can request your absentee ballot as early as 9/24 this year.

I requested mine, waited two weeks, and it never arrived. So last week I requested another, and I'm waiting for it. I do think there's some fuckery afoot with the mail, so I'm probably going to be stuck voting absentee in-person at my local election board.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Mail-in voting isn’t allowed for most Texans. There are only a few very specific exceptions.

[-] rezifon@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

One of those exceptions is to be 65 years or older. Guess who that disproportionately benefits?

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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 28 points 1 week ago
[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Made me go check mine and I don't live in texas.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Important: If you're on the suspese list rather than being fully removed (unsure if that's the case here), you might still be able to vote but will need to show proof of residence. Contact your registrar to check that and ask them about it

If voters find out they're still on the suspended list after having shown up at their polling places on Election Day, they can still vote after they complete a “statement of residence” form.

Voters with suspended status who may have moved to other counties will be required to vote in the counties where they previously resided or may be asked to submit provisional ballots.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-voter-purge-warning-ballots-abbott-rcna168811


As a note to all: Check your voter registration status today as deadlines are very fast approaching (or even already past in some states)

https://vote.gov/register

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[-] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

That doesn't look like the site specifically for TX. Not sure if there might be something that could cause another site to report an error.

Double check at

www.votetexas.gov

You'll need to enter your TDL (Texas Driver's License Number) and date of birth after clicking the "Am I Registered?" button

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

I'm going through the same shit in Indiana. Waiting on a response grim my local office.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago

Hell, I'm in NY and my partner's voter registration keeps getting reset to an old address she doesn't live at any more. She's fixed it like three times this year.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

Online voting what could go wrong

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Please. Please tell me no one is actually considering online voting. There's no way to maintain anonymity and vote integrity.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

@thefartographer@lemm.ee Have you checked yours? Mine is all good.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Yup! Mine and every voting age member of my family in San Antonio! Thanks for checking

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Apparently there are more Texans around than we initially thought.

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