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Texas bars federal election monitors from state polling stations (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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Texas’ top elections official told the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday its election monitors aren’t permitted in the state's polling places after the federal agency announced plans to dispatch monitors to eight counties on Election Day to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws.

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Either that or because they want to feel like a big boy all mighty and powerful by telling the federal government to kick rocks

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how they'd feel about losing the 37% of the Texas budget that comes from the Feds?

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nooooo don't take away my socialism

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"MY socialism. Not theirs, no one else can have it."

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

No one puts baby in the corner

My proposal for the new state motto

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

The only way that notorious piss-baby, Greg Abbott, can win an election is by telling the fed to fuck off, losing, but then campaigning on both telling the fed to fuck off and taking credit for other people's work.