pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Seattle@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoPolice looking for Volvo linked to ballot box fires in Oregon and Washingtonwww.oregonlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1302arrow-down14
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minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoThis doesn’t make sense though. They could destroy thousands of ballots and it’s not like either of those states are going to go to Trump.
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-28 months agoYes sabotaging elections via fire bomb in ballot box is not a rational action.
minus-squareleadore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoI read elsewhere that one of the locations is in a district with a competitive House race.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoBut it could win them more local elections, and then we get fuckery like what’s happening in Florida and Texas all up in our business. Local elections matter too, and often more, than national ones.
minus-squareMirthfulAlembic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoBoth states in these areas have toss-up Congressional races. They could decide control of the House.
This doesn’t make sense though. They could destroy thousands of ballots and it’s not like either of those states are going to go to Trump.
Yes sabotaging elections via fire bomb in ballot box is not a rational action.
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I read elsewhere that one of the locations is in a district with a competitive House race.
But it could win them more local elections, and then we get fuckery like what’s happening in Florida and Texas all up in our business.
Local elections matter too, and often more, than national ones.
Chaos makes a coup easier.
Both states in these areas have toss-up Congressional races. They could decide control of the House.