The woman told a sheriff’s lieutenant in an interview that she filled out her mother’s ballot after her mother’s death, according to a probable cause statement filed with the district court. The statement said the woman was an “ardent” Trump supporter who had wanted to vote for him before she died.

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      Is someone keeping a tally of how many people went to prison for this guy so far? I can’t imagine anyone going to prison for Biden, it’s just so crazy.

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        There is a tiktok that I’m too lazy to go find but basically it boils down to Trump FANS vs. Biden Voters.

        Trump fans are willing to break the law (read: not go to jail) because they believe they are above the law. The law is for punishing other people.

        Biden/Harris voters are not fanatics, at least generally speaking.

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          I mean, it’s actually kind of impressive how Republicans are just willing to do this. People did it for Nixon, Reagan, and to a whole new level with Trump.

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            More expected than impressive. They didn’t invent warped moral frameworks but they do buy from the market leader. The accusations aren’t to convince people to leave the other team, it’s to allow people to justify taking those actions themselves. Stochastic vote manipulation of you will.

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      It’s funny, I’m not even expecting the “everything right-wingers complain about is projection” rule to not apply at this point, but it’s getting to the point where I’m not sure if they do anything else at all

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        Trump is calling Kamala a fascist now which no doubt means he’s come up with some new fascist schemes

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          Either it’s projection, or it’s the “no U R” response.

          When they were called weird, the only response was “no U R”.

          When they claim that Tim Walz is a sexual predator… that’s projection.

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          Well, he is talking about the Alien Enemies Act as an immediate action on taking power. There’s only really one way to round up what he’s saying are millions of people at once, and it’s what the Alien Enemies Act was last used for, setting up concentration camps.

          I reeeeeeally try to stay hopeful most of his supporters are ignorant of what they’re going along with, or we are in serious trouble as a nation no matter who wins.

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    The statement said the woman was an “ardent” Trump supporter who had wanted to vote for him before she died.

    What’s so fucked up about the MAGA news bubble is that they push these false stories of Democratic voter fraud, so their own supporters think that cheating is ok because everyone is doing it. Then these chucklefucks find out the hard way that election fraud - contrary to what Fox News has told them - is taken seriously and has very serious consequences.

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    So if I read the article correctly: you can cast a vote for a dead person so long as they die after the absentee ballots are mailed out. Plausible deniability.

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        Ok I hate to be devils advocate here but… say you are taking care of your sick and dying mother. She has a stack out outgoing mail you haven’t had a chance to drop off at the mailbox yet. It includes her mail in ballot. She dies. Then you take her last unsent mail to the mailbox. It would be post marked after her death. Is that a legit vote?

        Also I happened to notice our mail in ballots say “no power of attorney” so presumably the person has to be able to fill out and sign it themselves.

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          the person has to be able to fill out and sign it themselves.

          This. If she voted, but it is postmarked after her death, it will probably be flagged, however, you haven’t broken the law.

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    https://apnews.com/article/voter-fraud-mail-minnesota-dead-mother-07728368892dad330e1c5b058289c4f2

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      MBFC: Satire - Credibility: N/A - Factual Reporting: N/A - Null

      What? This bot has gone full psycho

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      Oh so now we’ve gone from calling the AP leftist (a MAGA lie) to outright calling it satire? This propaganda bot is so nakedly pathetic.