Edit/Update: It turns out that my last name has a capitol letter in the middle and they put a space in it. Thank god. I can actually vote this year.

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Oof. I checked mine three times this cycle to be sure. Never know when some awful mistake, like voting in a Democratic primary, will get your TX Voter info deleted.

You know, though, since we’re mostly left-leaning around these parts, just tell me the secret code and I’ll meet you at a basement in the People’s Republic of Austin and we’ll discuss getting three non-citizens to vote however you’d like, and then we can dine on the flesh of Christians to celebrate!

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How are you guys looking on adrenochrome down that way? Supply shortages have hit us hard on the east coast. I’d kill for some fresh, virginal blood right about now.

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I’d kill for some fresh, virginal blood right about now.

ISWYDT. Congratulations to you for your dark cleverness, fellow leftist devil!

Unfortunately, it’s not much better here. The annoyingly heroic Governor Abbott has heroically deployed the heroic Texas Military Department and is disrupting our usual channels along the Rio Grande, both for commodity Catholics, and for nefarious agents to procure high-end evangelical targets in Sugar Land and Southlake. On the plus side, the lack of fresh victims is stressing our natural rivals the Chupacabras, so once we stuff the ballot box and then eliminate all those who stand in our way, Stanley in logistics says things will be back to normal fairly soon, as the extraction facilities in the Planned Parenthood clinics have not yet been seized. Remember to keep an eye out for the distribution points marked out with the “Y’all means All” Pride flags!

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Daddy Gates said it’s my turn to control the weather this time!

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Only degreed meteorologists are allowed to control the weather, Jimmy!

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dine on the flesh of Christians

Hard pass.

Too much fat, I’m on a diet.

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Oh, you fool. Christians are part of the body of Christ, and communion involves eating of the body of Christ, and communion is entering into a convenant as a living member of the body of Christ…

Don’t eat the Christians. That’s how it spreads.

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It’s like Mad Cow Disease, except most of the Christians around here have no brains.

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you weren’t supposed to tell

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…here’s the thing most folks don’t realise: as a metropolitan area, austin skews far more conservative than san antonio…

(we actually meet in the basement of the alamo)

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THE STARS AT NIGHT!

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That’s it, it hurricaneing time texas

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I’m going through the same shit in Indiana. Waiting on a response grim my local office.

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Grim indeed.

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Ha, didn’t notice that typo.

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Important: If you’re on the suspese list rather than being fully removed (unsure if that’s the case here), you might still be able to vote but will need to show proof of residence. Contact your registrar to check that and ask them about it

If voters find out they’re still on the suspended list after having shown up at their polling places on Election Day, they can still vote after they complete a “statement of residence” form.

Voters with suspended status who may have moved to other counties will be required to vote in the counties where they previously resided or may be asked to submit provisional ballots.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/texas-voter-purge-warning-ballots-abbott-rcna168811


As a note to all: Check your voter registration status today as deadlines are very fast approaching (or even already past in some states)

https://vote.gov/register

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Yes, my husband was on the suspended list in our county for years, despite us owning the same home since 2013. He’d even fill out the little address verification card and send it back, stating that the location on record was still valid. Didnt matter, because every single election he would still pop up “suspended” at the polls. He had his TDL, and he’d have to fill out an extra form, but he’d be allowed to vote.

This year, I decided enough was enough and we put our house up for sale, because once I leave Texas this time, I’m not coming back.

I contacted our county registrars office to get our VUIDs so I could update our new address at our rental, and we found out he just…didnt have a VUID? They had no record of him voting in Texas at all…yet he’s been able to vote with a “suspended” status with his TDL for years now…living at an address he hasnt deviated from since he originally registered in Texas.

Honestly, I think he was just finally removed since he’d been in “suspended” so long 🤷‍♀️. Im unsure if it was a legit mistake, or if some genuine fuckery was going on.

But we’re all gucci now. Both confirmed registration again back in September. Awaiting 21 Oct with bated breath!

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Hell, I’m in NY and my partner’s voter registration keeps getting reset to an old address she doesn’t live at any more. She’s fixed it like three times this year.

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Not a Texan, but here in Missouri, you can request your absentee ballot as early as 9/24 this year.

I requested mine, waited two weeks, and it never arrived. So last week I requested another, and I’m waiting for it. I do think there’s some fuckery afoot with the mail, so I’m probably going to be stuck voting absentee in-person at my local election board.

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Mail-in voting isn’t allowed for most Texans. There are only a few very specific exceptions.

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That’s shitty. I’m sorry to hear it.

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It’s just one of the many voter suppression tactics used in Texas.

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One of those exceptions is to be 65 years or older. Guess who that disproportionately benefits?

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At the same time those Republicans who they’d hope to gain support from by allowing to vote by mail now believe that voting by mail will lead to fraud.

Honestly early voting isn’t too much of a pain. I already know I’ll be out of town for work on election day but because of early voting I’ll be able to get it done before then. It’s silly how complicated a process they make registration and how most of the polling locations are churches, but allowing voting by mail won’t fix the main issue here, registration.

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