2024 Election showdown - The Thread.

[InnZoneU]

On 10/30/2024 at 11:33 AM, AztecAlien said:

Twitter was losing money bigly before Musk took over as well. But don't worry, your cronies here will continue to keep it afloat by copying and pasting random people from X like Igor Bobic.

I would ask if you're being serious. But that train has left the station.

Twitter has done nothing but lose money since he took over.  What planet do you live on?

[masterfrog]

On 10/30/2024 at 1:39 PM, Spaztecs said:

Is it not obvious what Maga means and whom it is about ?

I guarantee if I walked into a red precinct with an LGBTQ shirt or hat, I would be lucky to get out alive 

You would be allowed to wear your hat. 

[masterfrog]

On 10/30/2024 at 1:39 PM, Spaztecs said:

Is it not obvious what Maga means and whom it is about ?

I guarantee if I walked into a red precinct with an LGBTQ shirt or hat, I would be lucky to get out alive 

You would be allowed to wear your hat. 

[InnZoneU]

On 10/30/2024 at 11:33 AM, masterfrog said:

I don’t like the idea of violence in elections, and I have been an election official in Texas. Unless things have changed, that red hat shouldn’t have met the standards to have it removed. Unless it mentioned a candidate by name or by nickname, it should have been ok to wear. 

LMFAO.  You can't wear anything or have signage or anything similar inside an election polling place that promotes any candidate.  That's called Election Interference dumbass.

I call complete bullshit on you being an election official.  If you were, you would know this.  Get a life.

[AztecAlien]

On 10/30/2024 at 12:41 PM, InnZoneU said:

I would ask if you're being serious. But that train has left the station.

Twitter has done nothing but lose money since he took over.  What planet do you live on?

I would ask the same question about being serious. While Musk made a bad decision and it was a horrible investment in acquiring Twitter, the tech company was losing billions of dollars prior to Musk buying it. Fact. And there's plenty for you to look at showing this. However, X formerly known as Twitter is still up and running two years later thanks to UNLV2001 and azgreg. 

 

 

 

 

[masterfrog]

On 10/30/2024 at 1:44 PM, InnZoneU said:

LMFAO.  You can't wear anything or have signage or anything similar inside an election polling place that promotes any candidate.  That's called Election Interference dumbass.

I call complete bullshit on you being an election official.  If you were, you would know this.  Get a life.

I did it for eight years, every election from primaries to bond elections.  The rule specifically said that you couldn’t have something on endorsing a particular candidate. That was regularly interpreted to mean that the candidate’s name needed to appear somewhere. I would hope every voter thinks their vote is making America great. Whether or not it is already there, is up to the individual. 
 

Election officials generally get a lot of slack on how to enforce the rules. When I was the election judge, a MAGA hat would have been ok. Something like Make 45 47 would not have been. I once had a man that just finished voting get back in line. So I went over to talk to him and he told me that his wife was in the hospital and he was going to vote for her. I stopped him and sent him on his way.  Since this was before voter id, the law said that if someone came up to the poll and said they were a certain person and could give the correct address, they were supposed to be allowed to vote. 

[Spaztecs]

On 10/30/2024 at 12:43 PM, masterfrog said:

You would be allowed to wear your hat. 

The Law would allow me to wear it. However, the locals wouldn't.

[Spaztecs]

On 10/30/2024 at 12:49 PM, AztecAlien said:

I would ask the same question about being serious. While Musk made a bad decision and it was a horrible investment in acquiring Twitter, the tech company was losing billions of dollars prior to Musk buying it. Fact. And there's plenty for you to look at showing this. However, X formerly known as Twitter is still up and running two years later thanks to UNLV2001 and azgreg. 

 

 

 

 

The only reason Musk bought it was because he knew it was a direct propaganda link to the Magats. He doesn't give a phuck about it's profitability

[Sactowndog]

On 10/30/2024 at 11:43 AM, masterfrog said:

You would be allowed to wear your hat. 

If you are talking about to voting precincts no you would not 

[AztecAlien]

On 10/30/2024 at 1:03 PM, Spaztecs said:

The only reason Musk bought it was because he knew it was a direct propaganda link to the Magats. He doesn't give a phuck about it's profitability

Did you mean Musk bought it to stop the censorship from the the Biden administration and other government agencies like the NIH? 

 

 

[azgreg]

https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/laws/advisory2020-06.shtml

Electioneering

Each early voting and election day polling place must be organized with 100-foot distance markers posted at surrounding outside entrances to the building.  During the voting period and inside this protected area, it is prohibited to electioneer, including expressing preference for or against any candidate, measure, or political party.  A violation of this provision in the Election Code is a Class C misdemeanor.  Tex. Elec. Code §§ 61.003, 85.036.

Please note that the early voting clerk and the presiding judge of each polling place, as appropriate, have the authority of a district judge while serving in that capacity. This authority enables the early voting clerk or the presiding judge, as appropriate, to use his or her discretion to ensure the safety and efficiency of the early voting and election day polling place and the surrounding 100-foot area.  Tex. Elec. Code §§ 32.075(e), 81.002.

While an election judge or early voting clerk has the authority to ensure that electioneering is not occurring within the 100 foot marker, Section 32.075(e) of the Code specifically states that a presiding judge may not enforce electioneering provisions outside of the 100-foot distance markers. The same prohibition applies to an early voting clerk, per Section 81.002 of the Code.

If you or your presiding judges have questions as to what constitutes electioneering, encourage them to contact either your office or our office directly with specific questions.

[azgreg]

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.61.htm

[InnZoneU]

On 10/30/2024 at 11:55 AM, masterfrog said:

I did it for eight years, every election from primaries to bond elections.  The rule specifically said that you couldn’t have something on endorsing a particular candidate. That was regularly interpreted to mean that the candidate’s name needed to appear somewhere. I would hope every voter thinks their vote is making America great. Whether or not it is already there, is up to the individual. 
 

Election officials generally get a lot of slack on how to enforce the rules. When I was the election judge, a MAGA hat would have been ok. Something like Make 45 47 would not have been. I once had a man that just finished voting get back in line. So I went over to talk to him and he told me that his wife was in the hospital and he was going to vote for her. I stopped him and sent him on his way.  Since this was before voter id, the law said that if someone came up to the poll and said they were a certain person and could give the correct address, they were supposed to be allowed to vote. 

I don't know what you're trying to argue.  First of all, I don't believe you.  But more importantly, the Election Interference law is not up to your own deluded interpretation.   You obviously don't understand it.  Or being intentionally obtuse just to argue.

 

Get a life.

[RSF]

On 10/30/2024 at 2:13 PM, azgreg said:

https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/laws/advisory2020-06.shtml

Electioneering

Each early voting and election day polling place must be organized with 100-foot distance markers posted at surrounding outside entrances to the building.  During the voting period and inside this protected area, it is prohibited to electioneer, including expressing preference for or against any candidate, measure, or political party.  A violation of this provision in the Election Code is a Class C misdemeanor.  Tex. Elec. Code §§ 61.003, 85.036.

Please note that the early voting clerk and the presiding judge of each polling place, as appropriate, have the authority of a district judge while serving in that capacity. This authority enables the early voting clerk or the presiding judge, as appropriate, to use his or her discretion to ensure the safety and efficiency of the early voting and election day polling place and the surrounding 100-foot area.  Tex. Elec. Code §§ 32.075(e), 81.002.

While an election judge or early voting clerk has the authority to ensure that electioneering is not occurring within the 100 foot marker, Section 32.075(e) of the Code specifically states that a presiding judge may not enforce electioneering provisions outside of the 100-foot distance markers. The same prohibition applies to an early voting clerk, per Section 81.002 of the Code.

If you or your presiding judges have questions as to what constitutes electioneering, encourage them to contact either your office or our office directly with specific questions.

with a MAGA hat certainly expressing a preference for 1 candidate in particular....

[InnZoneU]

On 10/30/2024 at 12:13 PM, azgreg said:

https://www.sos.texas.gov/elections/laws/advisory2020-06.shtml

Electioneering

Each early voting and election day polling place must be organized with 100-foot distance markers posted at surrounding outside entrances to the building.  During the voting period and inside this protected area, it is prohibited to electioneer, including expressing preference for or against any candidate, measure, or political party.  A violation of this provision in the Election Code is a Class C misdemeanor.  Tex. Elec. Code §§ 61.003, 85.036.

Please note that the early voting clerk and the presiding judge of each polling place, as appropriate, have the authority of a district judge while serving in that capacity. This authority enables the early voting clerk or the presiding judge, as appropriate, to use his or her discretion to ensure the safety and efficiency of the early voting and election day polling place and the surrounding 100-foot area.  Tex. Elec. Code §§ 32.075(e), 81.002.

While an election judge or early voting clerk has the authority to ensure that electioneering is not occurring within the 100 foot marker, Section 32.075(e) of the Code specifically states that a presiding judge may not enforce electioneering provisions outside of the 100-foot distance markers. The same prohibition applies to an early voting clerk, per Section 81.002 of the Code.

If you or your presiding judges have questions as to what constitutes electioneering, encourage them to contact either your office or our office directly with specific questions.

It's hilarious to have someone claim they were an 'election official' like masterfrog on here that has zero understanding of this law. 

God bless the internet.

[SalinasSpartan]

On 10/30/2024 at 11:43 AM, masterfrog said:

You would be allowed to wear your hat. 

I see you conveniently chose not to respond to the post calling attention to the fact that Republicans set the rules in Texas. Weird.

[AztecAlien]

On 10/30/2024 at 1:07 PM, Sactowndog said:

If you are talking about to voting precincts no you would not 

I don't know about the hat. What about pins? And I think it comes down to the state. And who cares? In some states, people are allowed to wear political attire and voice their opinions and campaign within 100 to 50 feet depending on the state. Are people waiting to vote at the polls not going to see this? 

Here's from the 2020 general election. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/us/election-what-not-to-wear-trnd/index.html

"Displaying or voicing information for or against any candidate is considered "electioneering" -- another word for campaigning. Laws on electioneering at polling locations vary by state. For example, in California and Texas, political attire cannot be worn within 100 feet of a polling place. In Delaware, it's 50 feet."

"Not all states have banned political attire at the polls."

 

 

 

[RSF]

On 10/30/2024 at 2:32 PM, AztecAlien said:

I don't know about the hat. What about pins? And I think it comes down to the state. And who cares? In some states, people are allowed to wear political attire and voice their opinions and campaign within 100 to 50 feet depending on the state. 

Here's from the 2020 general election. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/us/election-what-not-to-wear-trnd/index.html

"Displaying or voicing information for or against any candidate is considered "electioneering" -- another word for campaigning. Laws on electioneering at polling locations vary by state. For example, in California and Texas, political attire cannot be worn within 100 feet of a polling place. In Delaware, it's 50 feet."

"Not all states have banned political attire at the polls."

 

 

We were speaking about a specific state, Mr Wizard.

[AztecAlien]

On 10/30/2024 at 1:36 PM, RSF said:

We were speaking about a specific state, Mr Wizard.

How convenient. 

[RSF]

On 10/30/2024 at 2:37 PM, AztecAlien said:

How convenient. 

For all of us, yeah.  For you, trying to move the goal posts, probably less so.