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Texas is not a red state or a blue state but a non-voting state (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2023
OP
Excellent strategy. Feel good about GA, but not quite ready to call it Blue, tho close.
Silent Type
Jul 2023
#1
I have heard those too. "our vote doesn't matter" is one I used to hear from my mother. When my
LoisB
Jul 2023
#9
It's unacceptable that we're in the bottom ten of states every election in voter turnout
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2023
#10
Silent Type
(5,577 posts)1. Excellent strategy. Feel good about GA, but not quite ready to call it Blue, tho close.
LoisB
(8,019 posts)2. I will never understand why people willfully do not vote.
Tetrachloride
(8,296 posts)3. It's easy to know. just ask people who don't want to serve on
DU juries or a real jury or say please and thank you or kick a dog.
All kinds of situations.
demosincebirth
(12,699 posts)4. ...and the first to bitch!
LoisB
(8,019 posts)8. Exactly!
IbogaProject
(3,328 posts)7. Reasons I've heard.
These aren't mine, I vote.
They hope to avoid Jury service,
"it only encourages them",
"they just pick who they want, our vote doesn't matter".
It consistently angers me, but can I make someone vote? I can't.
LoisB
(8,019 posts)9. I have heard those too. "our vote doesn't matter" is one I used to hear from my mother. When my
granddaughters turned 18, I made sure they registered to vote and I make sure they vote in EVERY election. Hopefully, they will continue after I'm gone.
flying_wahini
(7,717 posts)5. When they throw out voters registration cards And Ballots too
Its no wonder young people are giving up
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/06/texas-mail-in-ballot-rejection-voting/?utm_source=articleshare&utm_medium=social
flying_wahini
(7,717 posts)6. From above article
Figures released by the Texas secretary of state show that more than 24,000 Texas voters had their ballots rejected in the March primary. The rejection rate is a significant increase over previous elections.
LetMyPeopleVote
(152,002 posts)10. It's unacceptable that we're in the bottom ten of states every election in voter turnout