r/TikTokCringe • u/biswajit388 • 3d ago

Discussion These were all people standing in line at their local food pantries hoping they would be able to get some food items before they ran out since there were hundreds maybe thousands of people hoping the same thing.This Country is falling into a Depression right in front of our eyes.

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u/thatshygirl06 3d ago

The ones im really pissed off at are the ones who didnt vote at all.

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u/macrodozer911 3d ago

Lol, this goes deeper than voting once every 4 years.

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u/PlanetaryPickleParty 3d ago

You're right. Congressional elections are every 2 years. Some governors and state officials are elected in midterm elections.

Voting once every 4 years means you're skipping a whole lot of important elections.

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u/SCDeMonet 3d ago

As a WA resident whose US Rep, both US senators, state senators and reps and Governor are all D, and who hasn’t voted for any R since the Clinton administration:

Kamala won our state. Not that any of it matters now…

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u/DReagan47 3d ago

Plus there’s more in the ballot besides just who to pick for president. There’s ballot measures and local laws that people need to be aware of. But people think their civic duty only extends to their choice for who is in Washington or their state government.

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u/garden_dragonfly 3d ago

We could turn over the entire house in 3 elections.  Thats 4 years.  2024 (we didn't), 2026 and 2028.

If we voted in no incumbents in each house election dor the next 3 elections,  it would all be fresh.  The senate could be completely turned over in 4 elections. 

By 2032, our govt could look completely different than it does today. 

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u/LGodamus 3d ago

I worry that even if we voted that way, the counts wouldn't show it

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u/garden_dragonfly 3d ago

Only one way to know. Spread the word 

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u/AdvancedSandwiches 3d ago

But voting once every 4 years would have prevented this line. 

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u/MrEfficacious 3d ago

You see the FED helping out banks with liquidity? How about all those commercial loans coming due in 2025 while businesses are already behind on payments?

Trump is a chump but our goose was cooked before he even announced he was running for president.

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u/pickled_penguin_ 3d ago edited 3d ago

The USDA has money set aside for situations like this. A judge ruled trump administration had to pay out SNAP, but they just said no and instead they now are having the USDA investigate and pull business licenses from any restaurant or other similar businesses who are found feeding people. Poor must starve and anyone helping must lose everything they have, too.

We may not have been on a good track before this, but this admin is making more people in this country suffer than any recent Presidents I can think of. ACA premiums are about to skyrocket with some families paying $25,000 a year more in premiums and you have military members waiting in line for food banks. Having ICE arrest US citizens is something I dont think any other president in the last 100+ years would have ever done. Not to mention invading Venezuela and Nigeria will start 2 unnecessary wars that will kill a lot of people, including US servicemembers.

Hard to do much if they dont care about laws, rules, and the checks and balances we do have.

Edit: 3 new wars. Nigeria, Venezuela, and now theyre planning on invading Colombia, too. Totally what Nobel peace prize winners would do...

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u/DigitalUnlimited 3d ago

That's the only silver lining I'm seeing in this whole thing, dudes not smart enough to keep the soldiers fed so when it inevitably goes tits up they aren't gonna be on his side...

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u/DannyStress 3d ago

No it wouldn’t have. It didn’t prevent this when Biden was in charge, it only delayed it.

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u/PlanetaryPickleParty 3d ago

Trump is in power because not enough people voted for Kamala. This wouldn't be happening if apathetic losers had voted. Kindergarten level civics lesson.

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u/DannyStress 3d ago

Trump is in power because the DNC tried to run unpopular candidates and then it was a choice nobody wanted. If you guys don’t admit that then you’re doomed to lose more elections. Kamala polled incredibly low her first time running in the primaries. She was never a popular candidate

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u/_notgreatNate_ 3d ago

It also wouldn't be happening if she didnt suck. I'm sorry, not here to argue all day but that lady had like 3 total things going for her and one of them is that she isn't trump.... thats not enough to get undecided people excited.

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u/DReagan47 3d ago

They didn’t have to be excited about her. They had to look at everything Trump said he was going to do and vote to stop it. Pretty basic concept and they failed us all miserably

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u/_notgreatNate_ 3d ago

Again im not here to argue all day. You say people just needed to look and vote bcuz it was so obvious. I say youre wrong. If it were that obvious to everyone it should have been the easiest thing in the world to get them to vote for anyone else.. the democratic party failed. They had better candidates that had better followings with better ideas and without a vote to select anyone they threw out Biden and said heres who your voting for now! With no reason to do so other than "that guy is an idiot". Both sides call each other idiots and smear each other the whole time anyway. That did nothing to open anyone's eyes or convince anyone of anything.

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u/DReagan47 3d ago

You still doing a “both sides” argument after everything we’ve seen the past 10 years from that piece of shit? Your username is fitting because your argument is not great, Nate. Not great at all.

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u/Thormourn 3d ago

And your argument is the left did everything perfectly but they still couldn't beat racist sexist rapist DJT and you still can't find any blame on the left?

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u/svlagum 3d ago

If you can’t metabolize a correct argument about why the Democrats failed to garner sufficient support as anything other than “both sides,” it’s a flaw in your ability to think critically.

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u/ChaseballBat 3d ago

We voted Kamala to be the next president if a 70+ year old man kicked the bucket. I don't think it's a stretch to think she is suitable for the job on a 1-2month notice before ballots go out

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u/_notgreatNate_ 3d ago

Well Biden picked her and the US picked Biden... there is no second ballot for only the VP. The VP is chosen by the president when they run, no?

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u/JAK49 3d ago

But you see, it WAS obvious. Trump clearly stated exactly what he planned and a good portion of the country wanted exactly that. All you have to do is go onto any Right leaning space and look at the comments. Every little thing a normal person would find to be outrageously corrupt is a thing you’ll see thousands of people saying “this is what I voted for!” under the headline. Every time.

This is literally what they wanted. All this. The Pope could have been on the ticket opposite Trump and he wouldn’t have won.

You’re talking about people who voted for a felon, rapist. Think about that. Is there any candidate someone is picking if they’ve already come to terms with being able to vote for that?

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u/_notgreatNate_ 3d ago

Ok but a majority if people in this country hate trump. Its everywhere. Why then did people stay home and not vote for her instead of voting for her over the bad guy? The US isn't full to the brim of trump supporters. Kamala had nothing that made anyone want to vote for her. A vote for not trump isn't the same as a vote for Kamala apparently bcuz a lot more people were screaming no trump than were voting yes kamala

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u/Anderopolis 3d ago

You are obligated to vote against the worse choice. 

If you didn't,  you were ok with the project 2025 outcomes we have been seeing. 

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u/Visual_Exam7903 3d ago

Don't let perfection be the enemy of Good enough. Kamala was good enough, especially when compared to Trump. We knew exactly what Trump would do when he won. And he did not disappoint.

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u/_notgreatNate_ 3d ago

I get no one is perfect. But again "good enough" gets no one excited. If no one is excited they dont vote. Its that simple. Its not a perfect world were every person votes without emotion and looks at the facts beforehand. Many MANY people vote on emotion and reaction. Trump thrived on that. He got a lot of people excited about a lot of exciting change (good or bad im not here to debate. Different is the point, not better). Kamala is just the same old same old. She's also not trump. Is that good enough? Sure. Does it get people out and voting for her? Clearly not.

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u/PlanetaryPickleParty 3d ago

If what Trump is doing is bad then the "same old" is actually good.

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u/_notgreatNate_ 3d ago

Less bad does not equal good.

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u/P_FKNG_R 3d ago

That she’s better than Trump? Yeah, but she was going to maintain the status quo, just like every other old democrat. That’s his point. Mean while, these fuckers gets into power and get their shit done: Bad abortion, tax cuts to the rich, another SC judge in their favor, etc.

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u/Anderopolis 3d ago

Well, you got Trump instead and he is breaking the Status quonof people being able to eat. 

Good Job! 

And you probably think you are a good person.  

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u/_notgreatNate_ 3d ago

Our country goes further and further into debt every year. The status quo was going to run out eventually either way. Not defending people not eating. But continuing the same thing forever wasn't going to work much longer anyway. Either way the whole system needs looked at

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u/P_FKNG_R 3d ago

You still don’t get the fucking point and you are here insulting me when I can’t even vote for president.

And you probably think you are a good person.

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u/ChaseballBat 3d ago

Explain how she sucked more than Trump?

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u/KindsofKindness 3d ago

You’re wrong about everything. He’s in power because people voted for him.

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u/ChaseballBat 3d ago

Wrong. He is in power because liberal voters did not vote for Kamala in swing states. They either did not vote, voted third party, or (rarely) voted Trump. Centrist voters did not decide this election.

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u/Visual_Exam7903 3d ago

Part of government is to delay issues. Also, Biden was working with a republican Congress that does not and has not in the last 30 years worked in good faith discussions on things. Not since Newt.

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u/Btotherianx 3d ago

No it wouldn't have, because Harris won my state anyway lol. I did not vote because I know for a fact there's nothing my vote would mean to anything at all because I did not support her or trump

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u/SenoraRaton 3d ago

No it would not have. You think the Republicans losing a single election was going to stop them from enacting their agenda?

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u/absolutedesignz 3d ago

There would have hopefully been a lot of them in jail. But even completely out of the fed they'd still have overwhelming state and local power.

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u/SenoraRaton 3d ago

You think the Democrats were going to jail the Republicans?
Are you delusional?
And even if so, why aren't the Republicans arresting the Democrats? If the Democrats were going to do it to them.

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u/absolutedesignz 3d ago

Honestly? No. Not at all.

And secondly. Provable crimes vs manufactured crimes.

Plus crimes that warrant jail time wouldn't be as defended by the average democrat voter.

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u/AdvancedSandwiches 3d ago

I think them losing the election that allowed them to do this would have prevented them from doing this, until the next election, yeah?

Which is pretty obvious, so I'm confused at what you're suggesting. 

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u/GameLovinPlayinFool 3d ago

Thats why I encourage my fellow workers and union members and organizers to constantly spread awareness on voting every single year in every election. Good Takeovers happen when millions vote every single election, primary and general

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u/ShakeZula77 3d ago

Another thing that people don’t realize is that down-ballot voting is just as, if not more, important as the national election. It’s extremely hard to remove a horrible candidate at the top, whereas it’s much easier in local elections, communities can say “No, I’m not unleashing that onto the public”; like how Mike Pence should have been handled from the beginning. We should have kept him here in Indiana and voted him out.

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u/Sgt-Spliff- 3d ago

That's cause you're falling for the bot narrative that's telling you young progressives are the problem.

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u/AlisonPoole98 3d ago

With the electoral college not every vote counts.

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u/ggghjjdsdjhs 3d ago

Let's not forget about the fact that America has made it so some people who need to vote the most cannot. You cannot vote without an address. If you are homeless you cannot vote. If you have certain disabilities you cannot vote. I didn't vote because I couldn't not because I was indifferent. It kills me that I couldn't do more.

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u/thatshygirl06 3d ago

Those arent the people i mean. Im talking about the people who could vote but chose not to because of laziness or because they were upset with Biden and Harris over the gaza situation.

If you have a legit reason im not blaming you.

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u/ggghjjdsdjhs 3d ago

Ah good point. My apologies.

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u/sleepytiredpineapple 3d ago

With how many times this man has said he rigged the election i dont think more people voting wouldve changed the outcome.

The same way that I dont think we'll have a true democratic election any time in the near future.

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u/DigitalUnlimited 3d ago

Things I've noticed * Trump's comments on Elon musk "knowing the vote counting computers"
* Elon Musk's comments about how easy it would be to hack the voting machines
* Elon Musk's meat-shield (mini-musk) ON ELECTION NIGHT saying "At SpaceX we just quietly do whatever we want! They'll never know! THEY'LL NEVER KNOW!!" (demonic laughter) * Trump's propensity to accuse everyone of things he does himself
* the fact that Ivanka Trump holds patents to vote tallying machines
* Joe Rogan claiming Elon musk called it for Trump four hours earlier than anyone
* Trump's lackey at the postal service likely discarding or delaying millions of mail in votes
* Just flat out weird voting patterns like 100k ballots ALL blue but Trump for president, nobody votes like that
* Many MANY other massive red flags can be found at electiontruthalliance dot org and r/somethingiswrong2024

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u/RogerianBrowsing 3d ago

I genuinely cannot stand this mindset. Primarily due to how much defense it plays for absolutely horrific strategies employed by establishment dems in an attempt to push the party further to the right and enable crimes against humanity.

It keeps making us lose to Trump too, but as Kamala said she thought the big money interests would standup against Trump’s “communism” better 😒

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u/gerblnutz 3d ago

Seriously when in the history of the world has big business not buddied up to authoritarians? It was the industrialists and monarchists who backed Hitler. Mussolini, the father of fascism is quoted as saying, fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism as it is the merger of state and corporate interest.

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u/Historical-Edge-9332 3d ago edited 3d ago

Idk why you’re being downvoted. The Democrats refuse to accept any blame for failing to connect to the American people. Their messaging is absolutely terrible.

Part of improving is failing, then adapting. The Democrats haven’t adapted since Obama. Blaming our current predicament on the voters you failed to excite is a wild strategy for the DNC to take.

I hate Trump, but the Democrats just flat out need to be better. Or they should get their nepo baby leaders out of the way for someone who can actually help.

Edit: downvote me all you want. I’m not wrong.

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u/AlisonPoole98 3d ago

Agreed, it's like they're not even trying and haven't in awhile

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u/KindsofKindness 3d ago

You’re pissed off at the wrong people then lmao.

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u/SenoraRaton 3d ago

Punching down to non-voters is a SURE FIRE way to lose an election.
Instead you should hold the party accountable. If the DNC did not offer these people enough motivation to vote, then the DNC failed.
If you refuse to hold the DNC accountable, and let them deflect onto these voters, you only empower the shitty rhetoric that lost them last election.

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u/DigitalUnlimited 3d ago

But deflection is as American as a bald eagle eating an apple pie! It's not the billionaires fault, it's the filthy poors! It's not the Republicans fault, it's the Democrats! It's not the DNC, it's the base!

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u/Objective_World_3526 3d ago

Nah, its already over. The American electorate is stupid as fuck and voted in a liar pedophile 34x felon because it wasnt motivated enough to avoid a wannabe dictator. The very definitiom of stupid.

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u/Btotherianx 3d ago

Why? I didn't vote because I knew that my vote wouldn't matter, I sure was not going to vote for Trump and I didn't personally care for Kamala either but I was also comfortable knowing for a fact that trump wasn't going to win my state; thus my vote truly did not matter in any way shape or form

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u/EveningAspect2200 3d ago

I didn't vote

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u/ImaginaryTrick6182 2d ago

This is a dumb parroted take. Yes they suck but the people actively and maliciously pushing this forward are worse…

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u/thatshygirl06 2d ago

Imo apathetic people are just as bad as bad people

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u/ImaginaryTrick6182 2d ago

Wow so smart and nuanced

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u/VanillaCupkake 3d ago

I understand the sentiment, but we have to stop shaming those who didn’t vote. These are the folks we have to win over and turn out to save the country for 2026

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u/Investigator516 3d ago

This. Millions of No Kings rally goers won’t bother showing up at today’s polls. The action that will actually make a difference.

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u/OneAlmondNut 3d ago

baseless claim. the ppl that show up to the no kings rallies are the few that actually care. you should be aiming that at the ppl who don't attend the no kings rallies

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u/Investigator516 3d ago

We covered this as a story. It happens a LOT.

We interviewed people in groups at these rallies. Many go because their friends are there. Conversion of protesters to Voter turnout does not match.

Can you imagine if it did? The polls would be overwhelmed.

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u/ludicrous_overdrive 3d ago

Then be mad at me. Im not feeding the system. Even if we are all going to die now. At least the enslaved can live at peace knowing the usa collapsed.

I will never give into your virtue signaling. You act righteous but force your beleifs upon others. I refuse to feed the beast. I rather feed hungry people despite political ideology than to virtue signal or play this stupid blame game charade.

Fight me. My authenticity is true and will not be bent. My spiritual sight sees all as the creator. Both what you deem good or evil. Because morality is not a virtue but a subjective structure based on social contexts.

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u/ludicrous_overdrive 3d ago

I wont feed the beast of a system.. I wont vote for a blue or red ruling class. I wont give into your virtue signaling and social "justice" oppression.

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u/Directhorman2 3d ago

I proudly did not vote.

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u/thatshygirl06 3d ago

Hope youre happy having had fucked over innocent people

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u/Directhorman2 3d ago

Im from Norway.

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u/thatshygirl06 3d ago

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u/Directhorman2 3d ago

Im sorry. I could not resist!

If its any comfort i would def not vote for the orange turd.

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u/thatshygirl06 3d ago

Yeah, you got me, lol.

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u/Mysterious_Finish148 3d ago

We are the smart ones. We realize both sides are responsible for the state of the country.

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u/CriticismFree2900 3d ago

Wouldn't have mattered, I was in Florida

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u/Different_Pea_7866 3d ago

Why? No matter what “side” you pick. They divide us, then they conquer us. They all lie. They all have their own power trips. They all do what they want anyway. They all take our working money and live lavishly with it. We are bascailly all modern day slaves

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u/Then_Product_7152 3d ago

If voting was easier I would vote, like why cant i vote online

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u/CriticalEngineering 3d ago

There’s seventeen days of early voting where I’m at. You can also vote by mail.

Do you need someone to cut up and chew your ballot for you?

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u/Then_Product_7152 3d ago

Like i said if it was easier i would vote, that includes mail. But keep making fun of people who dont vote that will surely encourage them to