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Qutzupalotl

(15,522 posts) Thu Jul 28, 2022, 03:21 PM Jul 2022

How Maricopa Elections is purging poor and elderly voters [View all]

A letter posted by a friend on Twitter:

80 yrs ago, Pearl Harbor was attacked. My dad dropped out of HS & joined the Navy. He spent the next couple of yrs on a Destroyer Escort fighting the Japanese in the South China Sea.
Dad is part of that Greatest Generation who fought fascism.
Yesterday, he had to deal with this.

Link to tweet

He’s voted by mail from the same address for yrs. Dad’s nearly 100, so this is the safest way for him to vote. My sister & I don’t want him getting COVID.

He showed me this letter & admitted he didn’t have the technical ability to figure out what to do. How many seniors would?

I happened to be visiting so I guided him through the process. There isn’t a non electronic alternative. Many disabled & elderly will be disenfranchised.

Dad fought for freedom 80 yrs ago & now he has to fight the Maricopa County GOP for the right to vote?

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How Maricopa Elections is purging poor and elderly voters [View all] Qutzupalotl Jul 2022 OP

Dem party got to knock on doors and assist folks who need computer assistance duckworth969 Jul 2022 #1

You're right...if that's what it takes PortTack Jul 2022 #3

Disgusting. badhair77 Jul 2022 #2

And providing personal ID info via email or on a website using a public computer is not good. ARPad95 Jul 2022 #6

COVID worries means that not everyone wants to go in person. nakocal Jul 2022 #15

Get the Feds involved (Fed. Election Commission). Perhaps they can offer something up. SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #4

As with many other government regulatory agencies DENVERPOPS Jul 2022 #17

I bet it will hurt more white, elderly disabled than others and that means it will hurt the GOP. nt Samrob Jul 2022 #5

I was thinking the same thing. nt Phoenix61 Jul 2022 #11

I hate the fucking Nazi Republican party. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #7

I wonder if it has nothing to do with his signature and everything to do with him being 100? ARPad95 Jul 2022 #8

Not excusing the SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #24

I don't verify signatures of mail-in or affidavit ballots after an election, but I do check-in ARPad95 Jul 2022 #25

I'm an election officer as well SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #26

No ID is required to vote in New York unless the voter did not provide valid ID at time of ARPad95 Jul 2022 #28

In Virginia SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #29

When they sign their name on the poll pad they're signing a voter oath. This is after they give us ARPad95 Jul 2022 #31

No one signs SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #32

I see. That must be the difference between no ID required and ID required at the polls. ARPad95 Jul 2022 #33

Always interesting SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #35

I'm an election officer as well SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2022 #27

Alot of these older people vote for them. They are stupid beyond imagination. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #9

Tell your friend to contact local media with this story. Also any election protection organizations. scarletlib Jul 2022 #10

Local media my ass DENVERPOPS Jul 2022 #18

Could be his age or could be he lives in a ZIP code with lots of Democratic voters. Lonestarblue Jul 2022 #12

GQP Quanto Magnus Jul 2022 #13

The hateful and presumptuous SOB's who think there's a goddamned APP for everything. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #14

Wonder how many got this same letter? Party of recipients match county proportions? Ethnicity of wiggs Jul 2022 #16

I don't get it Rebl2 Jul 2022 #19

They're probably targeting Democratic areas. Elwood P Dowd Jul 2022 #20

People's signatures can change a lot over time. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #21

Fight back and fight back NOW!!! AverageOldGuy Jul 2022 #22

Maricopa County would have more elderly Repubs than elderly Dems IronLionZion Jul 2022 #23

Thanks for the info. I hope your prediction comes true. eom Qutzupalotl Jul 2022 #30