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Why does one party keep interfering with voting? (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just reviewed this article from WLBT (conceivably a local station?) that was published on election day, while this was happening.

It opens with this:

A member of the Hinds County Republican Executive Committee is considering filing a lawsuit to keep the polls open longer after a number of Hinds County precincts ran out of ballots.

“We’re trying to figure out how to do it,” said committee member Pete Perry. “We’re trying to make sure voters get to vote.”

In direct opposition to what OP claims, the Republicans were fighting to keep the polls open.

Again, still open to conflicting evidence, which support’s OP’s claim.

So far what I can tell is that Democrats dropped the ball, disenfranchised thousands of black voters, and then attempted to blame Republicans for it, after also claiming to take responsibility for the failure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I’ve reviewed 3 articles on this: the three top results on the event from a google news search for hinds county ballots. Those three articles do not back up what OP is claiming.

There are many other articles. If someone else would like to step in and do some reading and add more sourced information about this, it would be greatly appreciated.

As of now OP’s claim about Republicans’ actions in this event is unsubstantiated.

Be skeptical, people