Reminder, Republicans don't want to count the votes because they know they are out numbered, even in the deep red states. Young voters are rejecting their bigotry and obatinate ignorance, and voting matters even if your candidate doesn't win. When they tell you that your vote doesn't matter, they're only right if you believe it. Decisions are made by those who show up.
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If you vote, your vote might not matter. If you don't vote, it definitely won't.
I like the poetry of that, but your vote always matters even if you lose. Money is allocated to races based on the results. Political alignments and platforms are written based on voter trends and exit polls.
If you show up, your opinion matters. It's why blue state politicians still pander to religious extremists.
Funny thing is the attacks on mail in voting are almost certainly hurting Republicans. The two groups of people most likely to use mail in voting are the elderly and military, neither of which lean left.
The military breaks about even, with a slight lean conservative.
The elderly fuck up everyone.
Wait, why was this ever a thing in the first place? Everywhere else I've seen, you must either return the ballot or have it postmarked by election day (if mailed).
Forcing people to show government ID in order to vote makes sense on the face of it (until you realize who doesn’t have government ID and why) but was never the point of such laws. Believing it was is for suckers and fools.
Kansas isn’t done beating themselves to death with republiQans.