Here it comes. This election is going to be full of bullshit like this.
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2024
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Almost makes you wish we had a Federal Government that actually did its job, no?
Makes me wish we had an impartial Supreme Court instead of one purchased by billionaires.
We would have if Democrats had actually fought back against even ANY of this SCOTUS bullshit up till now.
Look, I'm voting blue and kind of excited about Harris but Democrats literally GAVE the repugnicans a supermajority by constantly shrugging and saying 'Well what can you do?'
Really the time to act was when SCOTUS illegally decided an election in 2000. There should have been massive strikes and riots.
FFFUUUUCKKK you had to remind me. I WAS a Floridian for that whole fiasco and it almost chased me away from politics forever. Yeah, Gore would have done a lot to prevent the shit we are in now.
How when close to half of it wants unironic fascist dictatorship?
The seditionists need to be removed, there are sitting Congressmen who actively supported the Jan6 coup. How can we have a functioning government when regressives just stew in their own shit and refuse everything?
I'm sure electing more people from the party who did nothing meaningful to stop fascism will accomplish the result you're looking for.
Either you are ridiculously ignorant of the fact that America is a 2 party system, or you are aware of this fact and are actively working to undermine confidence in literally the only non-fascist party with a chance at seating a POTUS.
In either case you are an odious person and I will be taking steps to ensure you never darken my internet experience again.
Ta.
The state seems to be serving the rich and privileged quite well as it was designed.
Elections are not the federal governments job you idiot
True but they have exercised power over them historically.
Remember the Voting Rights Act?
It's not just the election that's bullshit. It's the state in general.
My summary
3 Republican members of the State Elections Board held an emergency meeting to approve 2 new rules which appear to be from the RNC and Republican Georgia Congress members. This meeting was held against the advice of the state attorney generals office (Republican).
The first rule requires county boards to post daily online ballot counts on their websites.
The second rule increases the number of partisan poll monitors observing ballot counting at Georgia tabulation centers.
This is absolutely being done as a way to question the results and cause delay of counting.
This shit makes me glad that there’s a constitutional amendment specifying that the inauguration must take place at noon on January 20th.
I assume the Republicans will only try to delay the inevitable if they lose. They can file as many lawsuits and motions as they want. If Harris wins, she’s being inaugurated in January. Period. Even the shitty Supreme Court we’re currently saddled with won’t try to delay a date and time that’s clearly spelled out. Angry Republicans can try to reverse it, but good luck with that.
"Now hold on there; it doesn't say what year that inauguration needs to happen." -exerpt from Supreme Court hearing on F-ck v. You.
Sure... So Biden and Harris keep hold of the office or Biden steps down and Harris would have to choose her VP. Which I assume she would choose her running mate. That doesn't really sound like a good plan for the slow learners either
“Constitution doesn’t say that we can’t appoint Trump as dictator while we figure it out” - Uncle Thomas
Oh whom am I kidding, dude doesn’t even know how to say a sentence with more than five words.
The courts can't make rules, they can just perceive what was there. So it's either election validated, or not validated yet, meaning the office wouldn't hand over power. Congress would have to write an amendment for that to happen (2/3rds vote, which neither party holds)
SCOTUS ruled on a case of something that didn’t even happen, just a “what if”. They absolutely can make shit up and rule on hypotheticals.
Except it specifies 'of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified', which pretty much says its the January after the election. If not, they can just make Biden president for longer lol.
Given that Georgia saved the union last election, not surprised...
Black people came in clutch. I hope they show up again in massive numbers.
WHY ARE WE POSTING IN ALL CAPS?!
GOTTA MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN HEAR US OBVIOUSLY!
This appears to be a story related to the meme posted by OP: https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-files-emergency-motion-to-prevent-illegal-georgia-state-election-board-rules-from-taking-effect
I understand several of these words.
Democracy go bye-bye
In most states there are rules that govern how government committees are allowed to meet and decide things. Most of the time, those committees need to provide advanced notice to the community, and the exact format depends on the state that you're in.
For example, if you have a committee with less than six people, and three of them are Republicans who decide to meet at the last minute in secret and vote on something again in secret without telling anyone that it's going to happen, they might be able to change the rules in a way that would benefit them and their friends.
Although you probably haven't paid attention to it much, local governmental committees typically have their schedules posted somewhere in a municipal building, as well as on their website, and they often post notes about what they're going to discuss in the upcoming meeting. All of this is done so the public can oversee the government, which is a necessary component of a healthy democracy.
Having a schedule is important, but so is the agenda.
I can tell you when Council is meeting 3 years from now because it's already in the schedule. But if I don't post the agenda by the Friday before the meeting we can't discuss anything.
Heck - I had a typo on the agenda regarding date of a previous meeting for which the Planning and Zoning Commission would be certifying, so we had to pull the item and next month we'll have to approve 2 sets of minutes.
This is also why you see so videos of local officials silent when there's an impassioned speaker grilling them in public comments. If a citizen does up to a meeting to make comments on something that's not on the agenda, the officials literally aren't allowed to respond.