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Where We Go One, We Go All.

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Let them commit more crimes. Let them further guarantee that no one will be able to say, ā€œwe should just let this go, for the good of the country.ā€

Let them dig their graves.

6276

I KNEW IT!

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In case others were wonderingā€¦the very extremely masculine and virile and Very Serious Ted Cruz is addicted to getting absolutely owned on twitter.

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All true, until DJT signed his full and complete healthcare plan sometime back in August. MAGA.

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Robocalls in michigan trying to stop minorities from voting by mail.

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Any more minced words than these up with which I may not put.

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@silhouette do you have a link to the actual Order/Opinion that snippet is pulled from?

Iā€™d like to see the whole thing.

Edit: I tried searching for it but it doesnā€™t look like the court has uploaded it yet. That happens sometimes; courts donā€™t always have stuff for official e-publishing on the weekend. Might have to wait for tomorrow.

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Cheers!

Edit: That Order is a fantastic example of clean, clear, relatively brief but very effective legal writing. The Judge breaks down the elements, addresses each element briefly and basically pounds DeJoy like a tent spike, using facts and law. The only real editorial comment is the ā€œdeeply troubledā€ language and that is justified by the text.

I wonder if DeJoy will appeal. The Trump admin has been practicing take no prisoners litigation, fighting every damn thing when its a dead bang loser, but part of that is a delay tactic. Iā€™m not sure DeJoy will consider stringing this mess out worth it; might be prudent to just withdraw the mailer. OTOH, ā€œprudenceā€ and ā€œTrump administrationā€ typically donā€™t go in the same sentence.

6287

What exactly did DeJoy do?

6288

The Notice provides false or misleading information about the manner of
> Coloradoā€™s elections by stating that voters should ā€œ[r]equest [their] mail-in ballot (often
called ā€˜absenteeā€™ ballot) at least 15 days before Election Dayā€ and ā€œmail [their] ballot at
least 7 days before Election Day.ā€ (Ā¶ 4; ECF No. 8-2.)2
In reality, Colorado voters do
not need to request a ballot at any time. (Ā¶ 6.) Voters who receive a ballot do not need
to mail the ballot back at least 7 days before the election; they may alternatively deposit
that ballot at a drop-box or may choose to vote in person up to and including on election
day. (Ā¶ 7.) If a ballot is lost for whatever reason, a Colorado voter can request a
replacement ballot at any time or vote in person. (Ā¶ 6.) Thus, the Notice, which
> provides patently false information regarding Colorado elections, jeopardizes
> Coloradoā€™s constitutional right to establish the ā€œTimes, Places and Manner of holding
> Elections.ā€3

Plaintiffs have also shown that the Notice likely interferes with Colorado citizensā€™
> fundamental right to vote. See Tashjian v. Rep. Party of Conn., 479 U.S. 208, 217
(1986)(recognizing that the right to vote is a fundamental right). As stated above, the
Notice gives Colorado voters false and misleading instructions about how they should
vote in the 2020 election and does not advise voters of alternative methods to cast their
ballot. As a result of false information contained in the Notice, some Colorado voters
> may not vote because they erroneously believe that: (1) they must request a ballot at
least 15 days before the election; (2) they must mail their ballot at least 7 days prior to
the election; or (3) they may not vote if they lose their ballot.

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Iā€™m not quite sure what a restraining order is going to help considering I got that mailerā€¦ last week. They canā€™t undeliver them, and none of these guys will be going to jail. The lie has already been told; sending out a second mailer would only add to the confusion.

Someone please help me understand how this matters aside from being another one on the pile of awful.

6290

Today is 9/13 that 6+ week from the election. It is quite possible that second or 3rd mailing by the Dejoy would stop a lot more people from thinking they missed the deadline. If you got the mailer last week there is still time to vote even using the bogus timeline. I would hope the judge would require the postal service to deliver a notice the actual deadline determined by the state of Colorado, along with an apology and retraction for their previous hand hammed attempted at voter suppression.

6291

Apparently the South Dakota Attorney General killed a man Saturday night?

Story seems to be that he was driving home alone at night after a fundraiser event, hit and killed Boever with his car, called it in as having hit a deer and then went home. The body of the dead man wasnā€™t found until the next day.

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I once hit a deer with a car. Itā€™s an unmistakable experience, and afterward I was so rattled I canā€™t imagine just making a phone call and then driving away. Plus, you know, the car I was driving was fucking mess. I guess maybe if I were drunk at the time I might have given that a try.

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Iā€™m assuming he was driving while drunk.