Oso planning to go pro
Same here in MN. I put mine in the drop box at the county offices on Monday. The next day that it had been registered into the MN Secretary of State's system, with a verification that it will be counted. Great system.
Another benefit to voting early is that I suspect that the militia types are going to be patrolling near polling sites with AR-15's. I avoid that crap.
Another benefit to voting early is that I suspect that the militia domestic terrorist types are going to be patrolling near polling sites with AR-15's. I avoid that crap.
Isn't that illegal in every state?
Not so sure it's illegal in every state. Michigan's Secretary of State just had to release 'new restrictions' to prohibit guns at polling places, county clerk's offices and places where absentee ballots will be tallied.https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/10/16/924515201/michigan-bans-open-carry-of-guns-at-polling-locations-on-election-dayAnd if it was technically legal in Michigan - at least before Friday - I can only imagine what the law might say in some of the really red states.
Private militias activating themselves are illegal in every state.https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
My guess is that there will be very few - if any - of these little cowards at polling places in black areas.
I'm not so sure of that. What's the point of them going into white suburbs? The militias domestic terrorists in Portland, Louisville, and Kenosha all went into minority areas, did they not?
I have read in some FB groups I belong to that there are issues at some early voting places with people showing up who refuse to wear masks. This can delay things while officials try to deal with it, and also cause other people to not want to stay if they Feel unsafe.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
In Wisconsin, we are not allowed to turn anyone away at the polling place. Even if they are sick with every symptom of Covid.
Hate to say it, but this makes sense. Allowing election judges to arbitrarily deny someone the ability to vote based on a subjective, non-expert diagnosis would seem problematic.
Then we should be advising all elderly voters to stay home.
The Secretary of State's office in Illinois can't afford to send out renewal notices for license plates or driver's licenses, but they sent both Glow and me notices via first class mail to our Wisconsin address (which we never directly provided to them) encouraging us to submit absentee ballots in Illinois. We had surrendered our Illinois driver's licenses months before.
And you are surprised by this because...?