(11-25-2020, 11:17 AM)TJBender Wrote:

(11-24-2020, 01:56 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: The mail in ballots are a massive issue which clearly favors one party. That is the problem. Georgians don't HAVE to show up for the runoff. The Republicans don't have the financial backing like the other party. They can literally fund this like a presidential election. This country is in desperate need of campaign finance reform either way.

So back to this topic, I checked my mail yesterday and found these:



So, two things of note:

1. The postmarks are from MA and CA. Just pointing that out before anyone else does.

2. One was so kind as to include a stamped ballot request envelope in with the letter from the county Democratic Party that happens to be based in MA. But still--Georgia is a nonpartisan state as far as voter registration is concerned. Those flyers and letters went to everyone, at least everyone in certain counties that lean left. Why is the Republican Party not calling and texting me saying "make those idiots pay to send you an absentee ballot that you use to vote for us"? Why did I just get the first Republican campaign flyer I've ever seen that mentioned early voting, even if it was in tiny letters below "VOTE JANUARY 5TH"? There is a game here to be played. The 2020 Presidential election proved it, and this country isn't going back to the traditional stand in line on November Xth model again. Why didn't the Republican Party embrace that the way Democrats did? Answer that question and you'll know why Trump got his [BLEEP] handed to him 306 times.

That's brilliant, actually. It's a judo match. Use those ballot requests to vote Republican and let it be known far and wide on social media what you're doing. That would be hilarious. 

Rather than beat them at their own game, the Republicans waste this opportunity by trying to paint it as corrupt. They'll learn eventually.

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