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Congrats to Jimmy Carter, he made it!

[–] Easyreever@lemmy.world 74 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

No way man.

I’m voting by mail in my underpants.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm voting in person in my underpants

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I will also be voting in person in your underpants.

[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I will be voting you in his underpants!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 18 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I think they stayed in, and voted. These are mail-in ballots, right?

[–] Easyreever@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Not necessarily, early in-person and mail in is what they are talking about. Someone will correct me if I’m wrong!

[–] cranakis@reddthat.com 14 points 11 hours ago

Early, in person voting started today on GA.

[–] WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Someone will correct me if I’m wrong!

A true believer in Cominghome's Law.

[–] expr@programming.dev 2 points 8 hours ago

I actually tend to drop off my mail ballots at the local library drop box.

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 47 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Glad to see Jimmy got his chance to cast his vote.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Does his vote still count if he dies between now and then? One of the infamous "dead people voting."

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 15 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Yes. Georgia has no specific law about this, so by default it will count. I also believe I read they can't find individual peoples votes for privacy reasons, so there is no way to pull it back.

If you can legally vote when voting opens in Georgia and do so, it will count.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

Oh yeah that's today. He made it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 27 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"Record number of early votes to go uncounted in forced hand recounts which will not be achievable in the three day deadline."

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Stop what, counting ballots? I believe that is the plan, yes.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 24 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sowing doubt that people's votes would count which could discourage others from voting would be my guess. I know what you said is right though. 🥲

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yep. John Oliver covered it in detail on Sunday. I hate that it's true, but it's true.

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Just because you can do a thing, doesn’t mean that you should.

What did you hope to accomplish with your original reply?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Just because you can do a thing, doesn’t mean that you should.

Sorry... do you think that there won't be hand recounts in Georgia with a maximum of three days to do it, despite the election board specifically saying the exact opposite?

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

To impart the perception of having a well informed opinion about everything.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I do not have a "well informed opinion about everything."

I just literally watched the Last Week Tonight episode that discusses this ratfuckery the Republicans are doing in Georgia four days ago.

That doesn't make me well-informed, that makes John Oliver's writers well-informed. And they literally showed clips of election workers complaining to the election board about the hand recount requirement.

I have no idea why you and the others are carrying water for GOP election officials, but you shouldn't. They're cheating right out in the open.