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(Politico)   Pop quiz, DeSantis. Floridians can only legally vote in their home precincts. But Ian flattened many of those precincts, most of which lean Republican. What do you do?   (politico.com) divider line
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    More: Florida, Florida, Broward County, Florida, defense of former President Donald Trump, Election, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida coast, state election officials, deadly Hurricane Ian  
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Nicholas D. Wolfwood [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-13 10:36:56 AM  
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

(gasp)

... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 
Badmoodman [TotalFark]
2022-10-13 10:40:52 AM  
But Ian flattened many of those precincts, most of which lean Republican. What do you do?


Fly Republican voters to Martha's Vineyard where DeSSantis will have placed voting booths that will be guarded by Florida State Police.
 
BenSaw2 [TotalFark]
2022-10-13 10:46:28 AM  
The only fair thing to do is add an exception to these rules - in January 2023.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-13 11:02:40 AM  
Who is in charge of counting the votes?

Yeah.. thought so.
 
snocone [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-13 11:04:29 AM  
Look out, up ahead, it is a petard. I wonder whose it is.
 
raerae1980 [TotalFark]
2022-10-13 11:10:05 AM  
Maybe that's God's way of expressing his displeasure with Fla Republican voters?
 
OldRod [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-13 11:19:35 AM  
Well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions...

It would be a shame if a hurricane cost DeSantis his job.  And by "a shame" I mean "completely awesome"
 
The Lone Gunman
2022-10-13 11:32:19 AM  

Nicholas D. Wolfwood: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

(gasp)

... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


Whoops!
 
HerptheDerp
2022-10-13 11:33:03 AM  
Well shiat, I guess you do Mail in Voting.

Oh... WAIT...

LUL HAHAHHAHAHAHA
 
BitwiseShift
2022-10-13 11:33:38 AM  
I guess we'll find out if "Winner take all" is the most democratic principle of a pluralistic society, where everyone isn't named deSantis.
 
Weaver95
2022-10-13 11:34:08 AM  
There are ALWAYS consequences.
Always.
 
HotWingConspiracy
2022-10-13 11:34:50 AM  
Dilemma- Byrd has talked to election officials in the affected counties and there is certainly anticipation that the state will replicate what happened in the Panhandle in 2018 after Hurricane Michael hit in October. The conundrum, however, is that even allowing the creation of super voting centers would run contrary to Florida law. And it's worth noting that supervisors asked legislators to change the law to allow these voting centers in the future. The Legislature said no.

So they're obviously going to break their own law.

If Democrats don't challenge every single republican win in these districts they are useless.
 
OldRod [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-13 11:36:31 AM  

HotWingConspiracy: Dilemma- Byrd has talked to election officials in the affected counties and there is certainly anticipation that the state will replicate what happened in the Panhandle in 2018 after Hurricane Michael hit in October. The conundrum, however, is that even allowing the creation of super voting centers would run contrary to Florida law. And it's worth noting that supervisors asked legislators to change the law to allow these voting centers in the future. The Legislature said no.

So they're obviously going to break their own law.

If Democrats don't challenge every single republican win in these districts they are useless.


Is Judge Cannon in this District?  They can just appeal to her to have the law overturned... she seems to like ignoring laws
 
Mad-n-FL
2022-10-13 11:37:35 AM  
So, you are saying Florida may become a blew state?

/s
 
vevolis
2022-10-13 11:37:47 AM  
Can he cheat? Is cheating an option? It seems to be a viable solution to his problem because it just seems to mysteriously work for these folks...
 
Dimensio
2022-10-13 11:38:02 AM  
DeSantis will direct the state to set up voting centers.

Republicans will completely disregard whether or not this violates state law.

If anyone does challenge it, courts will nonetheless allow it, possibly ruling that the case cannot serve as precedent if a Democrat does it.

Anyone who believes that Republicans are beholden to their own fascist rules is not paying attention.
 
snocone [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-13 11:39:56 AM  
Is it too soon to revisit the idea that God did send tHis hurricane?
 
Kris_Romm
2022-10-13 11:40:38 AM  
Emergency voting centers will be set up in Repub distracts.  Zero in Dem ones.
 
atomic-age
2022-10-13 11:41:09 AM  
I LOLeth.

That's what I do.
 
mcmnky
2022-10-13 11:41:21 AM  
What's to discuss? A state that regularly gets affected (not hit, so f off, filter) by hurricanes around election time must have a plan. All that's left to do is follow the plan.

What's that? This is Florida?

Oh, they screwed.
 
Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle
2022-10-13 11:41:32 AM  
Obviously in the circumstances you make an exception to the rules for Republicans.
 
Samfucious [TotalFark]
2022-10-13 11:42:18 AM  

Nicholas D. Wolfwood: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

(gasp)

... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


Done in one.
 
iheartscotch
2022-10-13 11:42:38 AM  

NewportBarGuy: Who is in charge of counting the votes?

Yeah.. thought so.


Who run Bartertown?
 
JohnBigBootay
2022-10-13 11:42:46 AM  
I wish people would stop pretending he's even going to make a passing attempt to comply with rules he set when they aren't in his favor. He'll just say whatever he wants to get whatever he wants and Florida courts will back him.
 
Lumbar Puncture
2022-10-13 11:44:01 AM  
On the bright side all those folks who were going to 'guard' the ballot boxes can go guard them in the ocean. Make Atlantis Great Again.
 
Knight without armor
2022-10-13 11:44:38 AM  
FTFA: Across southwest Florida, a reliably Republican region of the state, homes have been destroyed, making it impossible to deliver a vote-by-mail ballot and rendered polling places unavailable. There has been anticipation - and rumblings - that state officials could as soon as today announce a plan to set up super voting centers in the three hardest-hit counties. That would allow voters to sidestep existing state laws, including one that requires voters to cast a ballot in their assigned precinct on Election Day.

Difficulty: How to set up "super voting centers" without literacy tests, grandfather clauses, poll taxes and signs that say "colored people not allowed".
Sadly, while not yet mandated, voter intimidation is still permitted and encouraged in Floriduh.
 
groppet
2022-10-13 11:46:13 AM  
Well I would say vote by mail but I know how the GOP hates that because it is evil and other reasons.
 
VanillaEnvelope
2022-10-13 11:46:27 AM  

HotWingConspiracy: Dilemma- Byrd has talked to election officials in the affected counties and there is certainly anticipation that the state will replicate what happened in the Panhandle in 2018 after Hurricane Michael hit in October. The conundrum, however, is that even allowing the creation of super voting centers would run contrary to Florida law. And it's worth noting that supervisors asked legislators to change the law to allow these voting centers in the future. The Legislature said no.

So they're obviously going to break their own law.

If Democrats don't challenge every single republican win in these districts they are useless.


Here's where we suffer from a hack gap. Republicans will do everything they can to prevent Democrats from voting, and be nakedly hypocritical when its time to help their team. Democrats tend to lean towards not being evil, even when evil would be helpful.
 
The Homer Tax
2022-10-13 11:48:02 AM  

Dimensio: DeSantis will direct the state to set up voting centers.

Republicans will completely disregard whether or not this violates state law.

If anyone does challenge it, courts will nonetheless allow it, possibly ruling that the case cannot serve as precedent if a Democrat does it.

Anyone who believes that Republicans are beholden to their own fascist rules is not paying attention.



Done in...ummm...sixteen.
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2022-10-13 11:48:13 AM  
Simple question. Does it help Republicans? Then screw the rules. Does it hurt Republicans? Then the rules must be followed to the letter, and then some.
 
Halfabee64
2022-10-13 11:48:16 AM  
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/Sorry, I heard that in Bender's rhetorical voice.
 
clovercat
2022-10-13 11:49:28 AM  
It's a GOP utopia. Bootstraps for all. It's just that Florida is a bit warm for boots but hey, wade yourself to the polling rubble.
 
Weaver95
2022-10-13 11:49:35 AM  

JohnBigBootay: I wish people would stop pretending he's even going to make a passing attempt to comply with rules he set when they aren't in his favor. He'll just say whatever he wants to get whatever he wants and Florida courts will back him.


Oof.
Seen the end result of THAT sort of society before...best to leave Florida now before it's too late.
 
The Homer Tax
2022-10-13 11:50:14 AM  

Knight without armor: Difficulty: How to set up "super voting centers" without literacy tests, grandfather clauses, poll taxes and signs that say "colored people not allowed".



I mean, it's not that hard. You set them in primarily white, primarily republican areas that have no access to public transit. Then you set the hours M-F 10-4. It's the same thing they've been doing forever.
 
ImpendingCynic
2022-10-13 11:51:26 AM  
He'll give out taxpayer-funded tents so his voters can "pretend" to live on their vacant lots.

Mysteriously, ballots from voters registered as Democrats will be flagged as a tent not being a legal residence.
 
SoupJohnB [BareFark]
2022-10-13 11:51:58 AM  

JohnBigBootay: I wish people would stop pretending he's even going to make a passing attempt to comply with rules he set when they aren't in his favor. He'll just say whatever he wants to get whatever he wants and Florida courts will back him.


Well, yeah. He'll just take the pre-storm population, assume they'd all vote Republican, and tally up the votes!
 
hammettman
2022-10-13 11:52:42 AM  
Remember when Texas closed polling places in poorer districts "to save money."  Even going so far as to relocate some polling places far away from bus lines and transportation hubs to make it just that much harder and near impossible for "those people" to vote.  Just outright disenfranchisement.

Farking carnival barker: "Come and see it before your very eyes!"

And fark squat was ever done about it.

I have no doubt you'll see some pretzel logic explanation when DeSantis end-runs any state laws and makes it convenient for Florida Republicans to vote, vote for friends, vote in proxy, ballot harvest, vote at different precincts, vote twice just to be sure...
 
gunga galunga [recently expired TotalFark]
2022-10-13 11:53:33 AM  

Mad-n-FL: So, you are saying Florida may become a blew state?

/s


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clovercat
2022-10-13 11:54:06 AM  

Tyrone Slothrop: Simple question. Does it help Republicans? Then screw the rules. Does it hurt Republicans? Then the rules must be followed to the letter, and then some.


There's always a backup plan. Purging black voters worked for Bush.
 
Yakk
2022-10-13 11:54:45 AM  
The law, effecting Republicans? That can't be right.
 
HighOnCraic
2022-10-13 11:55:33 AM  
Shoot the hostage!
 
Doc Daneeka
2022-10-13 11:56:56 AM  
Come on - don't waste time expecting any kind of ideological or policy consistency from DeSantis when it comes to voting and elections.

I'll tell you what DeSantis is going to do.  DeSantis is going to do whatever helps Republicans, to the maximum extent that he can get away with.  Regardless of what he said yesterday, or what he will say tomorrow.  If he thinks voting by mail will help Republicans, he will about-face and embrace it.

DeSantis, Trump, and their ilk don't even pretend to care anymore about accusations of hypocrisy.  It's all naked power politics now.
 
12349876
2022-10-13 11:58:24 AM  

Kris_Romm: Emergency voting centers will be set up in Repub distracts.  Zero in Dem ones.


The point is even if they do that it hurts Republicans a lot more because the completely obliterated really close to the coast places lean R.  I assume more inland places that had a few inches to a couple feet of water gently flow in the building can recover in time to vote.
 
The Bobby Llama
2022-10-13 12:00:42 PM  

OldRod: Well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions...

It would be a shame if a hurricane cost DeSantis his job.  And by "a shame" I mean "completely awesome"


Not just a hurricane, but a plague as well.  COVID was rough on Florida's retiree population.

/ It's biblical comeuppance all the way down.
 
Arkanaut
2022-10-13 12:01:59 PM  
1. Call an emergency session of the legislature to change the voting rules.
2. When the vote comes in, declare the result invalid because the rules were changed so close to the election.
3. Profit.
 
jntaylor63
2022-10-13 12:03:07 PM  
FL Farker here.

The FL GOP will bend every rule in place to be able to ensure an R win.  And if they do lose, they will then ask FL judges to throw out the election results and have people vote in 2024.
 
pueblonative
2022-10-13 12:03:59 PM  

OldRod: Well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions...

It would be a shame if a hurricane cost DeSantis his job.  And by "a shame" I mean "completely awesome"


I might even have to step into a church.

I mean, Poseidon does have churches, right?
 
Troy Aikman's Giant Thumbs
2022-10-13 12:08:36 PM  
Those who signed the letter included the NAACP, All Voting is Local, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Equal Ground, Common Cause Florida and Latino Justice. The groups proposed a series of changes ahead of the Nov. 8 election, including extending the voter registration deadline (which was Tuesday), expanding early voting hours and days, allowing vote-by-mail ballots to be forwarded to a different address and permitting election supervisors to consolidate and relocate polling places.


In the wake of the disaster, civil rights and voting rights organizations are pushing the state to make it easier for impacted people to exercise their right to vote even though the districts are Republican. That is an impressive display of standing up for your principles.

I wonder if anybody has told the NAACP and the ACLU that they are wrong for not denying the right to vote to people based on who they may vote for.
 
Tedlick [OhFark]
2022-10-13 12:08:41 PM  

Badmoodman: But Ian flattened many of those precincts, most of which lean Republican. What do you do?


Fly Republican voters to Martha's Vineyard where DeSSantis will have placed voting booths that will be guarded by Florida State Police.


But Texans can't vote in Florida elections.
 
OldRod [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-13 12:11:36 PM  

Tedlick: Badmoodman: But Ian flattened many of those precincts, most of which lean Republican. What do you do?


Fly Republican voters to Martha's Vineyard where DeSSantis will have placed voting booths that will be guarded by Florida State Police.

But Texans can't vote in Florida elections.


Why, just because the law says so?  When has the law ever stopped a Republican?
 
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