Sergeant Foley
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Doubling-down on Kemp carrying Walker over the finish line in all likelihood
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Oz licking his chops for the debate next Tuesday night.
2022 GA US Senate Debate #2
49ersfootball
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From the Atlanta Press Club earlier today & Walker didn't show up as usual 🤔
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Sounds like Kemp's likely going to carry Walker over the finish line in 22 days 🤔
Most likely
Kemp has made a comeback with the pro Trump crowd
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Mail-in Ballots Just Became a Legal Problem for Pennsylvania...Again
Ahead of November's midterm elections now just three weeks away, the Republican National Committee — joined by the National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Pennsylvania, and several Keystone State voters — has filed a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to prevent the counting of mail-in ballots that don't meet explicit state requirements.
In a joint statement, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, NRCC Chairman Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), PAGOP Chairman Lawrence Tabas noted "as the Pennsylvania legislature and U.S. Supreme Court have made clear, undated mail-in ballots should not be counted" and pledged that "Republicans are holding Pennsylvania Democrats accountable for their brazen defiance of the Supreme Court and the rules duly set by the legislature."
"Pennsylvania Democrats have a history of election integrity failures and Pennsylvanians deserve better," the joint statement continued. "This lawsuit is the latest step in Republican efforts to promote free, fair, and transparent elections in the Keystone State."
As the Republicans' lawsuit explains, Pennsylvania requires that "a voter who uses an absentee or mail-in ballot 'shall...fill out, date and sign the declaration' printed on the outer envelope of the ballot." The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has previously upheld that law, ruling any absentee or mail-in ballot that does not comply with the law "is invalid and cannot be counted in any election after the 2020 general election."
What's more, Pennsylvania's official election information portal explicitly explains that ballots submitted without the declaration section on the return envelope properly completed "will not be counted."
But, according to the Republicans' lawsuit, Pennsylvania's acting Secretary of State is apparently directing local officials to include ballots that are not properly filled out, signed, and dated despite SCOTUS' recent decision to vacate a Third Circuit opinion that sought to allow the counting of improperly completed mail-in or absentee ballots:
So multiple courts have upheld or preserved the Pennsylvania law requiring mail-in and absentee ballots to be properly completed, dated, and signed in order to be counted — but Pennsylvania's acting Secretary of State has said the Keystone State will ignore the SCOTUS ruling and continue instructing officials to count ballots that don't meet the standard set by Keystone State lawmakers. And the acting secretary is not being quiet about the decision to flaunt the law, either, going as far as tweeting that absentee or mail-in ballots that don't meet legal criteria for counting will be counted:
PA Department of State
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Every county is expected to include undated ballots in their official returns for the Nov election, consistent with guidance &
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decision. Today’s order from SCOTUS vacating Third Circuit’s judgment on mootness grounds does not affect the prior decision of
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Again, the PA Department of State's election information site explains, quite clearly, "if you do not complete the declaration on the return envelope your ballot will not be counted."
Hence Republicans' lawsuit seeking a ruling to "uphold the General Assembly’s date requirement for the imminent 2022 general election and beyond" and "a declaration that the date requirement is valid and mandatory, and that the Acting Secretary’s contrary guidance is invalid." The lawsuit also seeks to have the Court "immediately issue an order directing county boards of elections to segregate any undated or incorrectly dated ballots received for the 2022 general election" as early voting is already underway in Pennsylvania.
Sergeant Foley
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Now what could possibly go wrong?
Sooooo how about that Fetterman-Oz Debate in Pennsylvania. 😬
"Ya know. Ya know. Ya know. Ya know."
No wonder they pushed for early voting. Imagine seeing Fetterman on the debate stage and thinking yeah... He seems sharp enough for the Senate.
"Hi. Good night everybody."
"Ya know. Ya know. Ya know. Ya know."
No wonder they pushed for early voting. Imagine seeing Fetterman on the debate stage and thinking yeah... He seems sharp enough for the Senate.
"Hi. Good night everybody."
Yeah...I think we knew this would be a dumpster fire.
Mehmet Oz: "Fettermans idea of minimum wage is what he gets from his parents."
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Sergeant Foley
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Busted out laughing at your post on that comment.
Did he really say that on live television?
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Pennsylvania Democrats will REGRET not pushing US Rep. Connor Lamb (D-PA) as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate
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Want to Know Why Democrats Are Losing? Consider the Debates.
Val Demmings didn’t “crush” Marco Rubio. John Fetterman isn’t going to “smash” Mehmet Oz, either.
Debates are most useful for attracting swing voters. But even then, they could help partisans refine and rethink some of their arguments for the future even if their minds on whom to vote for will not be changed.
Man...that was an interesting bit of bias to read.Want to Know Why Democrats Are Losing? Consider the Debates.
Val Demmings didn’t “crush” Marco Rubio. John Fetterman isn’t going to “smash” Mehmet Oz, either.slate.com
Debates are most useful for attracting swing voters. But even then, they could help partisans refine and rethink some of their arguments for the future even if their minds on whom to vote for will not be changed.
yeah that was incredibly biased, I mean extremely so but its slate so we expect it.
Essentally when you strip it away there is an admition that debates don't help the dems as much anymore, but a complete unwillingness to actually understand why.
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Want to Know Why Democrats Are Losing? Consider the Debates.
Val Demmings didn’t “crush” Marco Rubio. John Fetterman isn’t going to “smash” Mehmet Oz, either.
Debates are most useful for attracting swing voters. But even then, they could help partisans refine and rethink some of their arguments for the future even if their minds on whom to vote for will not be changed.
They can't even get history right. Oppenheimer was haunted by what he'd helped bring about, yes, but he believed it was necessary up to his death.
Some times you gives you nothing but terrible choices and you have to pick the least shitty option.
Compared to the death and destruction operation downfall would have caused the nukes were the least bad option.