That mayor seems to have committed a felony by disguising himself and removing that ballot box.
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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Per the last paragraph, the argument is not about a box. It's about the right to vote. It's about fighting back against Republican attempts to suppress the vote, and to make the voting system itself illegitimate.
Ballot boxes are relatively inexpensive, and easy to secure and monitor. They are easy to use and help more people vote. Republicans hate that because it means they don't always win and that makes democracy corrupt. That belief is what's really corrupt.
@[email protected] Washington is a vote by mail state. Everyone votes by mail. Although we can drop our ballots into a mailbox so the USPS delivers it, many of us prefer to go into town and put it into the dropbox near the library.
If I see any weird characters monitoring that dropbox when I drop off my ballot, I will be calling the police. That shit might be acceptable in Texas in Arizona, but it doesn’t fly here.