My historically-informed intuition tells me the discrepancy is due to Republican ratfucking.
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A lot easier to convince people of fraud if the numbers aren't close
The only effective response to Republican election fraud is to fight it in detail. That takes a lot of people and a lot of money. The people side of it seems to be in good shape. I worry that there won't be enough money for all the legal battles, but that there is hope on that too.
These shenanigans is why I won't vote early with these christo fascists in power. I will vote on the day, in person.
I've already gotten the text from the Office of the California Secretary of State: "Your ballot has been received and will be counted." I hope the process goes smoothly for you!
I mean, if you think they won't be pulling shenanigans on election day...
Harris County’s cascade of election day fumbles disproportionately affected communities of color
There's no One Neat Trick to prevent people from fucking with an election. At the end of the day, you just have to bank on their hubris. Republicans told themselves they'd never lose Texas for twenty years. They haven't taken an election seriously since the Tom DeLay era.
Now we just get to see wherever Dems caught them napping, or Greg Abbott can save the party from itself.
Oh they will try to do what they can. But I think there is less they can get away with when you're in person on election day.
In some ways. It's also easier to delay and prevent people from voting at all on the day of.
My logic was that if Democrats preferred one method over the other, that's the one they'd target for ratfucking.
I'll still be going on voting day.
there is less they can get away with when you’re in person on election day.
I haven't seen any evidence of that. I've seen a lot of evidence to the contrary.
I voted early (in person) specifically to avoid any potential election-day ratfuckery (e.g. fascist paramilitary invading polls to intimidate voters).
You think that will make a difference?
They're 100% going to try and say that anything not counted by 12am shouldn't count at all. Because they love trying to use that as some sort of deadline for counting because they're usually ahead because by that point only the sparse rural counties are small enough to be done by then.
Looks like there's going to be a red wave whether people vote for it or not.
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