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naraburns  nihil supernum  2yr ago (text post)   Edited 2yr ago   19147 thread views

USA Election Day 2022 Megathread

Tuesday November 8, 2022 is Election Day in the United States of America. In addition to Congressional "midterms" at the federal level, many state governors and other more local offices are up for grabs. Given how things shook out over Election Day 2020, things could get a little crazy.

...or, perhaps, not! But here's the Megathread for if they do. Talk about your local concerns, your national predictions, your suspicions re: election fraud and interference, how you plan to vote, anything election related is welcome here. Culture War thread rules apply, with the addition of Small-Scale Questions and election-related "Bare Links" allowed in this thread only (unfortunately, there will not be a subthread repository due to current technical limitations).

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As far as I can tell, Maricopa's statement was the last word on this topic,

So topic closed? You wrote all of this on an election thread to say someone else is wrong?

In my opinion, you're being very biased with your analysis.

What is your goal here?

You wrote all of this on an election thread to say someone else is wrong?

This is a discussion forum. Writing something large and detailed to disagree with someone else is our bread and butter.

I made an effort to check DradisPing's claims on my own and only then did I ask multiple clarifying questions:

  • what is your source that Sharpiegate v2.0 was confirmed?

  • What is your evidence that bleed through caused votes to be lost? How many votes exactly?

  • Do you have a source besides your recollection?

  • what is the evidence that ballots were invalidated?

  • Has anything come up since to contradict [Maricopa's] claims?

Except for DradisPing citing their "recollection" as the source, none of the questions were answered. So on what basis do you claim that my analysis is "very biased"? What would you suggest I do differently? I'm listening.

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