Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
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Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#2Access Denied
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Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#3I don't know much about US elections, but from what I've seen in the news the last couple of weeks, I have to say I'm less than impressed. The rest of the world used to see the US as a beacon of democracy. But the country seems to be utterly incapable of organizing fair elections for its populace. Voter registration failures. Voter intimidation. Politicians literally redrawing maps in order to gain an advangate. A president casting doubt on the validity of mail-in ballots. Postal services being (deliberately?) interfered with before an election?
What the hell?
Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#4Well, as unfortunate as this is, I mean, accidents and issues do happen in life. Be prepared.
There was a whole probably 4 years (at least) to register to vote up to this day. For the prepared, how does one day out of years really matter? It's a sad situation if your voter base is scrambling to register on the last possible day, regardless of party.
Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#5Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-vo... " on this server. Anyone know what it said?
Here you go: https://outline.com/2c97Ca
Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#6Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-vo... " on this server. Anyone know what it said?
It was a cable cut. No internet, no portal, no registration.
Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#7I think it's important to be careful before crying foul. Never presume malice when stupidity will suffice.
Look at VA right now on 538: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/...
If polls are accurate, and Nate Silver's models don't fail, it's already been won by Biden. No matter who you suppress from signing up it won't matter- neither party cares about VA anymore.
(And yes, those same models said Trump had 'only' a 30% chance 4 years ago to win overall, but they say he's got 1% in VA today. And also 30% is still a huge chance.)
Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#8I don't know much about US elections, but from what I've seen in the news the last couple of weeks, I have to say I'm less than impressed. The rest of the world used to see the US as a beacon of democracy. But the country seems to be utterly incapable of organizing fair elections for its populace. Voter registration failures. Voter intimidation. Politicians literally redrawing maps in order to gain an advangate. A pr…
I think you've hit the nail on the head.
Perhaps we've skated on good luck so far. I think someone out there identified a bunch of huge (but vague) vulnerabilities in this country's foundation and has started exploiting them at the same time.
Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#9Access Denied You don't have permission to access " http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/virginia/virginia-vo... " on this server. Anyone know what it said?
Same here. Maybe it is one of the anti-GDPR mechanisms? Rather than be sure you are compliant or do not want to be compliant, just prevent EU citizens from connecting.
Or maybe the site is just down and I am over thinking this.
Re: Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election
#10Well, as unfortunate as this is, I mean, accidents and issues do happen in life. Be prepared. There was a whole probably 4 years (at least) to register to vote up to this day. For the prepared, how does one day out of years really matter? It's a sad situation if your voter base is scrambling to register on the last possible day, regardless of party .
Voting is for everyone. Not only "the prepared".