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Yes, vote!
Aug. 13th, 2020 05:10 pmPeople are posting exhortations to do your damndest to vote in the Nov 3 US election as early as possible (for US citizens, of course), as well as in any primaries and local elections coming up.
Oregon has vote by mail and drop boxes at all the libraries, so we're less affected than most.
I am heartsick that voting is OBVIOUSLY being suppressed and disrupted before our eyes, and we have no recourse except to urge each other to try harder. Yes, please do work as hard as you can and possibly risk your health or your job to exercise your right that should be made easier instead. I am grateful to each person doing the extra work. I am heartsick that there isn't a better alternative.
I am heartsick that the US Postal Service is being dismantled BEFORE OUR EYES and all we can do is point and say, "He said the quiet part out loud! He IS doing it to suppress votes!" The USPS was something about our country that worked. Our healthcare system is the laughingstock of the developed world, our income inequality and racism and sexism just keep getting worse, but at least the mail got delivered reliably, and those were good solid union jobs. Welp.
The brazenness of it is breath-taking. "I'm going to slow-roll the pandemic response because it looks like it's mostly in Blue states." "I'm going to do everything I can to steal this election." "Nyah-nyah, you can't stop me."
I hope Biden/Harris win the election ANYWAY. I don't see how that's possible given all the cheating already in place right in front of us. It was clear to me that the 2016 election was stolen when we heard the results. Now we all know it was stolen, and nothing happened from that. I am tired of waiting anxiously for things to get better.
Oregon has vote by mail and drop boxes at all the libraries, so we're less affected than most.
I am heartsick that voting is OBVIOUSLY being suppressed and disrupted before our eyes, and we have no recourse except to urge each other to try harder. Yes, please do work as hard as you can and possibly risk your health or your job to exercise your right that should be made easier instead. I am grateful to each person doing the extra work. I am heartsick that there isn't a better alternative.
I am heartsick that the US Postal Service is being dismantled BEFORE OUR EYES and all we can do is point and say, "He said the quiet part out loud! He IS doing it to suppress votes!" The USPS was something about our country that worked. Our healthcare system is the laughingstock of the developed world, our income inequality and racism and sexism just keep getting worse, but at least the mail got delivered reliably, and those were good solid union jobs. Welp.
The brazenness of it is breath-taking. "I'm going to slow-roll the pandemic response because it looks like it's mostly in Blue states." "I'm going to do everything I can to steal this election." "Nyah-nyah, you can't stop me."
I hope Biden/Harris win the election ANYWAY. I don't see how that's possible given all the cheating already in place right in front of us. It was clear to me that the 2016 election was stolen when we heard the results. Now we all know it was stolen, and nothing happened from that. I am tired of waiting anxiously for things to get better.
