Dr. Anthony Fauci: No reason why we shouldn't be able to vote in person

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  1. cd8ed

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    “Or otherwise”
    trump doesn’t get to issue guidelines for the election as — bad as you would cheer a dictator, you are not getting one.
     
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    the guidelines are guidelines for life during the chinese virus pandemic. Not sure how issuing guileless to help during pandemic makes him a dictator
     
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    Where I vote the polling booths are always more than 6’ apart and there’s no reason why we can’t vote in person.
     
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  5. cd8ed

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    It’s almost as if we live in a huge nation and each have different experiences.
    I feel like conservatives forget that often.
     
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    We think the same about liberals and their considering our different experiences as valid. Fortunately we already have an absentee voter system that allows those who can’t be at a polling place to apply for and receive a ballot.
     
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    He also stated:

    It should be safe for people to vote in person as long as they take sufficient precautions.
    People who are at higher risk or don’t want to take the chance can have a vote-by-mail option.
    “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to vote, in person or otherwise.

    Why did you leave that part out?
     
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    It’s the liberal way!
     
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    What's not to love?
     
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    You can also keep social distancing by mail so no reason you can’t vote by mail.
     
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    So, you would have no problem voting by mail if the mail carriers and all the people in the mail sorting depot were trump supporters?
     
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    They aren’t monolithic supporters of one candidate or the other.

    But in principle no problem. I am quite sure that almost all of them would prefer to keep their jobs and keep out of federal prison rather than see a particular candidate elected.

    Edit - anyway, I don’t think any state is trying to force anyone to vot by mail. Just give them the option. Why do trump supporters want to make it more difficult for people to vote?
     
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    LOL
     
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    What’s funny?

    Do you think a significant number of postal workers are just waiting for the chance to risk prison for trump? Would you?
     
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    The point being the ballots would be handled by countless number of people.
     
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    Any one of whom would risk going to prison if they mishandled them.
    Would you risk going to prison to help trump get re-elected? Especially if you weren’t sure that the risk would ensure his re-election?
     
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    Why do people risk prison and commit crimes every day?
     
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    rarely to help someone get elected, especially if they don't know whether they will be successful.

    Would you?
     
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    So postal workers are different from everyone else.

    I was not aware of that.
     
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    So, I have not been keeping abreast with the PO stuff Trump seems to be up to. It appears to be gathering momentum with reports down here today that Pelosi is considering re-convening Congress on the issue. Genuine question ~ is Trump deliberately setting out to sabotage the potential postal balloting?
     
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    Fauci says we should be able to vote in person. BLM and ANTIFA are on their way to his house.
     
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    Absentee ballots are typically cast by mail. If we do not allow more people to cast their ballot by mail, we will have the usual crowded polling stations, making it unsafe to vote in person.
     
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    No. I said they were the same. Very very few - a minuscule proportion - willing to risk prison for a politician they don’t know personally and with no idea whether their criminal behaviour would achieve anything.

    You keep avoiding the question: WOULD YOU COMMIT A CRIMINAL ACT AND RISK PRISON TO HELP TRUMP GET ELECTED?
     

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