Okay, I'm glad you said you saw reports about that too. It's where my conspiracy theory started, but then there hasn't been anything since so I genuinely gas lighted myself.

Hell it could be that there wasn't anything there to report on, but it did disappear quickly and quietly.

I mean, I'm not saying it's not possible, but it seems like this could happen by Democrats not turning out to vote as much as their Republican counterparts in those areas.

Gerrymandering does not affect state wide elections.

Believe it or not, McConnell is elected by popular vote in the state. Crazy, right?

Joe Rogan, is that you?

I visit Texas kinda often and it’s crazy how many people just don’t bother to vote, because they’ve made it so hard to vote.

There's that, but there's also a lot of learned helplessness. People assume that the state will always be red, so they don't vote, thereby ensuring the state stays red and reinforcing the learned helplessness and teaching it to new generations. It doesn't help that vulnerable minorities are fleeing the state, for understandable reasons, naturally, but everyone who leaves is one less vote against the entrenched republican hegemony.

Much of Republican policy in the state is centered around preserving this hegemony for its own sake. If you look at Republican policy through that lens, it becomes clear that Republicans have identified which demographics are likely to vote for Democrats, and are deliberately implementing policies to incarcerate or drive off those demographics.

When that dam finally breaks, Republicans are gonna have a very hard time coming back from it. Not only at the state level, but at the national level. So if Allred wins, expect every possible dirty trick. Expect the Supreme Court to get involved.

Idk why people procrastinate and go the last day. Texas was the first state to allow early voting in person(1980). It's been around long enought that everyone should know about it. The people I've talked to who don't vote just come up with excuses about not voting and the voter apathy is really strong here. The idea that your vote doesn't count also needs to go away, TX has been very close to turning blue for a while. In 2016, Hillary needed only 5% more of the registered voters to win TX, in 2020 Biden needed less than 4%. In fast in 2020, Biden won more votes in TX than NY and Trump won more votes in CA than TX. We are so close, people just need to look up their local polling place and get there. Some are even open on the weekends.

Edit: I've only waited in line once to vote, because I always vote in the first 2 weeks of voting and that was for less than 10 minutes. The long line excuse only works on the final day to vote with everyone procrastinating. The polls are typically open the same hours during the second week of voting as the last day, so there isn't really any special reason to go on the last day.

PLEASE check your voter registration in TEXAS! If you moved in the past couple of years and changed counties, you REALLY need to check. If someone moves from Dallas to Plano, that’s a completely different county and you need to make sure you are registered in the RIGHT county! Hell, some of these cities are so massive that they span MULTIPLE counties! Like if you moved from East Frisco to West Frisco. Same city, different county (Collin to Denton). Or if you moved from East Dallas to North Dallas, you may have changed counties too (Dallas to Collin)!!

I use this neat trick to avoid getting purged. I register Republican.

Then I vote straight Democrat. When I can tell who the Democrat is. It's not always easy in this dang state and all the stupid positions that are SUPPOSED to be non-partisan.

Fucking whacko fundies ruin everything.

Vote.gov 5 days left to register in Texas. You have to watch the fine print too on how to register. Follow the instructions closely.

It's not just about voter suppression anymore. It's also about using bullshit fraud accusations and lawfare tactics to stop the votes from being counted after they're cast.

Frankly, I'm getting sick and tired of hearing the same tired refrain from people who don't understand just how dire the the fight against the fascists' tactics really is. WE NEED MORE THAN JUST MOTHERFUCKING 'VOTER REGISTRATION' TO STOP THIS! The tactics we need to be talking about are things like organizing counter-protests and removing traitorous MAGA election officials before they have a chance to conduct their sabotage.

Wendy

Lucy

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