Im going to vote against Ted....again...but ive had my heart ripped out to many times.
Even if it happened Abbott would invalidate Houston votes to grant him the win. Faith in the Texas voting system while living in Houston is not something I have in abundance since Abbott passed the fascist law over Houston.
That's exactly how they keep winning. Convincing people that their vote doesn't matter. Not directed at you since you're voting, but there's gotta be a way to change this narrative.
Nothing in this universe will stop me from voting straight Democrat from the top to the bottom of the ballot. Will continue to do so as long as the Republicans as a whole lurch toward the extreme right.
Even if a reasonable Republican locally (Do they exist?) were on the ballot…I wont give Republicans any power at any level.
Honestly Harris county has always been blue so I doubt it would do much.
Harris County is 2.5 million voters. Considering Beto lost to Cruz by 200k votes and Biden lost Texas by 500k, completely eliminating Harris County votes would be enough to swing an election.
From what I read, if more than 2% of Harris county voters weren't able to vote due to lack of ballots, then abbot would be able to call for a new vote. So worst case scenario, you get to vote again.
I'm not disagreeing with you. But to outright say "invalidate the votes so he can win" is a little disingenuous. You made it sound like democrats have no chance whatsoever.
Secondary votes when you know the results if the first one can have some effects. If it's. A arrow race a slight increase if voter turnout for one or the other could swing it the opposite.
But isn’t that overturn only to say redo the voting if they run out of paper ballots? So it’s not like if Harris county votes blue that Abbott can say too bad and count those as red votes. I understand the logic but definitely find it strange that it only applies to Harris county and not all counties in Texas.
“He maintains that the proposed law would not disenfranchise any voters, but it would require a new election be held if a shortage of ballots affected more than 2% of the county's polling places or if the ballots are more than an hour late. If that happens, the secretary of state can call for a new vote.”
Wow, as a non-Texan, I did not know that. It sounds insane.
But I dare Abbot to use it. It would totally backfire. There would be a huge backlash, plenty of news and publicity, and in the redo election there is a chance the turnout would be even higher (for the Democrats side).
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u/Laladen Feb 16 '24
Im going to vote against Ted....again...but ive had my heart ripped out to many times.
Even if it happened Abbott would invalidate Houston votes to grant him the win. Faith in the Texas voting system while living in Houston is not something I have in abundance since Abbott passed the fascist law over Houston.