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Vote safely: How to find a trustworthy election ballot drop-off location

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18 pointsCrankyBear10 comments

"Meanwhile, the California GOP has installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes that state officials say are illegal. Think your vote will be counted if you were to drop your ballot off in one of these? I doubt it. "

What the actual fuck?

Does, I don't even know, the UN(?) need to send in election overseers or something?

How is this even possible?

Just wait until you go to your polls on election day and find armed "militia" there to keep an eye on you. I wish I were kidding. As for this specific case, the California govenment has ordered them removed. Stay tuned. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-illegal-ballot-drop-...

Due to travel restrictions and health concerns, the number of international election observers was reduced from a planned 500 to just 30 just last month [0].

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/28/us-election-...

How is this different from other types of ballot harvesting?

The lack of a human being who can be held accountable.

> How is this even possible?

I'm gonna bet that the self-professed "law and order" party isn't going to have cops barging down their doors and shooting folks in the back as they run away over such crimes.

Unfortunately the linked site (https://wevotesafely.org/) was incorrect for my county. We currently have early voting in one location (not the single location indicated, a few blocks off), and will have 6 locations (around 100K in the county) on 11/3 and anyone can vote at any location (not the usual policy and less than the usual number of locations.)

I emailed a report including sources for correct information and received a reply thanking me for the report.

Some real banana republic stuff right here.

I am speechless. the lows get lower

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