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[kitzsuna]

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I hate politics and I hate the state I’ve somehow found myself stuck in

First off I go into vote and we are told to go to left for democrat and right for republican. Don’t love being split like that like ain’t it supposed to be confidential? THEN Tell me why I went to vote this morning and there are 7 machines on the republican side and only 3 on the democrat side, causing a line to form for us and no one in line for the other side

I’m actually pissed like such an obvious ploy to get voters to get out of line for it getting too long etc. I hate this ****ing state and doubt my votes will have an effect but if I’m gonna be stuck here for another 4 damn years I may as well try

Shout out to the old folk I passed on the bridge protesting war and reminding me to vote

 

[battie]

I hate politics and I hate the state I’ve somehow found myself stuck in

First off I go into vote and we are told to go to left for democrat and right for republican. Don’t love being split like that like ain’t it supposed to be confidential? THEN Tell me why I went to vote this morning and there are 7 machines on the republican side and only 3 on the democrat side, causing a line to form for us and no one in line for the other side

I’m actually pissed like such an obvious ploy to get voters to get out of line for it getting too long etc. I hate this ****ing state and doubt my votes will have an effect but if I’m gonna be stuck here for another 4 damn years I may as well try

Shout out to the old folk I passed on the bridge protesting war and reminding me to vote

If you're in the state I think you're in, you should contact the [State] Civil Rights Project over this.

 

[kitzsuna]

If you're in the state I think you're in, you should contact the [State] Civil Rights Project over this.

Yeah I’m definitely looking into this because it’s like such obvious voter suppression

 

[battie]

Yeah I’m definitely looking into this because it’s like such obvious voter suppression

You could also potentially contact FIRE to see if they would make the argument of "voting is protected first amendment speech".

 

[pp9]

why are horses ..like that

omg me to literally every animal ever. 'What was the plan with this anatomy?' 'Why doesn't your mouth open more than that if your teeth were going to be constantly trying to kill you?' 'Why do you turn your brain off like that? Why you no consider consequences?!'

ugh i love them but why

 

[kitzsuna]

If you're in the state I think you're in, you should contact the [State] Civil Rights Project over this.

Having trouble finding a contact for that site you mentioned, but I did shoot an email to the local NAACP with a voter suppression hotline.

 

[apoptosis09]

I hate politics and I hate the state I’ve somehow found myself stuck in

First off I go into vote and we are told to go to left for democrat and right for republican. Don’t love being split like that like ain’t it supposed to be confidential? THEN Tell me why I went to vote this morning and there are 7 machines on the republican side and only 3 on the democrat side, causing a line to form for us and no one in line for the other side

I’m actually pissed like such an obvious ploy to get voters to get out of line for it getting too long etc. I hate this ****ing state and doubt my votes will have an effect but if I’m gonna be stuck here for another 4 damn years I may as well try

Shout out to the old folk I passed on the bridge protesting war and reminding me to vote

Bright-ish side? They seem awfully concerned texas really is going blue

 

[kitzsuna]

Bright-ish side? They seem awfully concerned texas really is going blue

If I’m stuck here I may as well try to flip this **** hole

Contacted civil rights office as well. Hopefully they check their emails 🫠

 

[breezywonton]

lost my car keys which also had my wallet connected to it with my drivers license, credit and debit card, insurance card, aka all my important things. flipped the house upside down; ended up calling a locksmith thinking they're in my car. $600 later, keys are still missing.. only reasonable thing i can think of is that i dropped them and someone took them. now i'm paranoid that they're gonna come back and take my car 🙁 lesson learned: get an airtag and don't attach a wallet to your car keychain....

$600, new driver's license, and 3 canceled cards just for them to be ...under the refrigerator.

 

[_rae_]

$600, new driver's license, and 3 canceled cards just for them to be ...under the refrigerator.
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.....................better than a rando having access to your car?

 

[honeypot999]

i just finished my first large animal anatomy exam and as a small animal girlie it was ROUGH...
why are horses ..like that

As a horse girlie I wish I had the answer for that.

$600, new driver's license, and 3 canceled cards just for them to be ...under the refrigerator.
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how did they end up there?

 

[breezywonton]

.....................better than a rando having access to your car?

for real lol the paranoia i've endured the past week thinking someone could snatch my car

how did they end up there?

still trying to figure that out myself...

 

[battie]

Bright-ish side? They seem awfully concerned texas really is going blue

I can go through an entire diatribe here. I'm 2 weeks behind on my legal/politics podcasts. But gotta say, this primary is a wild ride.

 

[kitzsuna]

If I’m stuck here I may as well try to flip this **** hole

Contacted civil rights office as well. Hopefully they check their emails 🫠

Update I got a number to call, made my report and apparently they have received MULTIPLE complaints about the same issue in the same county today and they are escalating it

Thank you so much @battie for the suggestion of whom to contact

 

[_rae_]

Update I got a number to call, made my report and apparently they have received MULTIPLE complaints about the same issue in the same county today and they are escalating it

Thank you so much @battie for the suggestion of whom to contact

Thank you for putting in the work. People continuing to report and stay in line when able is what is going to help overcome this.

 

[HorseObsessed]

Having trouble finding a contact for that site you mentioned, but I did shoot an email to the local NAACP with a voter suppression hotline.

Houston has two separate lines too, but we have plenty of booths for democratic (I am probably in the most democratic district in Texas)

 

[battie]

Houston has two separate lines too, but we have plenty of booths for democratic (I am probably in the most democratic district in Texas)

You're pretty close. It's either Houston or Austin.

 

[soupshark]

Thanks for the reminder to vote. Just requested my mail-in ballot 👍

 

[HorseObsessed]

You're pretty close. It's either Houston or Austin.

I am in the new district 18, which was gerrymandered to put all the democratic voters in one place. My district is 84% people of color. Unclear what percentage will be democrat because this is the first election since the gerrymandering.

 

[overcastkidjuno]

I feel like my life is just forever going to be divided into the before / after of the decision to take away all wildlife services and research. Most days I wake up and hardly even feel motivated to be a vet anymore, I hardly want to do anything actually except stone myself into oblivion. I have Asperger syndrome and wildlife was my "thing" even before I could walk so I don't know how to accept a lifetime of building connections and knowledge and framework for future work in this province is gone. Truly nothing to say but "whatever, I guess"...