Today’s Morning Call ran a front-page article about how many more Dems than Republicans are using mail-in ballots. In the 2020 Pennsylvania election almost 65% of the 2.6 million mail-in ballots were cast by Dems, although they make up less than 47% of the state’s voters.
Why is this? Did it occur to those of you who are Pennsylvania Democrats that you might get hassled by Trumpists if you voted in person? Did you think you might be challenged, or yelled at, or cursed if you voted in person?
On Sunday a front-page article in the New York Times was headlined, “Republicans Aim to Expand Power of Poll Watchers.” Republicans sin Texas want to send an “Election Integrity Brigade” into Black, Latino, and Asian neighborhoods in Houston to challenge voters. The “Brigade” would not operate in white suburbs.
If you were a Black, Latino, or Asian voter in Houston, and you had the opportunity to vote by mail, wouldn’t you? In Pennsylvania Republican legislators are attempting to make vote-by-mail more difficult. I’m sure the same kind of legislation as Texas is pushing will be proposed here. I am not being paranoid; I’m basing this belief on past Republican efforts to suppress Democratic votes.
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