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I went to vote today in Georgia USA. People showed up wearing bed sheets over them. What is this supposed to communicate exactly??
This seems like a violation of Georgia’s laws against wearing masks in public. If they were trying to speak with or otherwise interfere with voters I encourage you to report it: https://law.georgia.gov/resources/election-fraud-complaint-hotline
Seems like run of the mill super illegal voter intimidation - maybe aimed at discouraging black voters by invoking images of the klan?
Weird part is they weren't arrested... Like tf? There are police
Report that shit to the Georgia Attorney General. That's voter intimidation. https://law.georgia.gov/resources/election-fraud-complaint-hotline
Why would they arrest their fellow officers?
Those who work forces are those who burn crosses.
Crosses?! No, those are lowercase it's, for "Time to leave."
Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.
So, unfortunately, the police are often not politically neutral and usually skew towards a conservative bent - this is also likely explicitly outside their jurisdiction since it involves a federal election (and America has a really dark history of law enforcement interfering with elections) so, charitably, they may have been unable to act even if they wanted to.
The correct authority in this case would be one of these folks I believe (I'm not a Georgia native):
https://sos.ga.gov/form/stop-voter-fraud
https://law.georgia.gov/resources/election-fraud-complaint-hotline
https://www.eac.gov/voters/register-and-vote-in-your-state?field_state_target_id=18206
In actuality, it might be best to start by just calling these folks (phone number from the page above).
404-656-2871
Now I'm curious on what the laws are. Everyone's familiar with the signage of no campaigning past a certain distance from the polling area, but wouldn't any activity that isn't actual voting related be considered trespassing right now? If an official there told them to leave and they refused, wouldn't that mean the police or sheriff gets involved?
Yea - to clarify I'm not a lawyer and, while I'm legally curious, this isn't something I've read a lot of. I know that during the Civil Rights era Johnson sent the national guard into some voting locations to specifically keep police and sheriffs out... in theory that was resolved with the voting rights act but the Supreme Court decided to effectively repeal most of that so... I dunno. I'd like to clarify that my statement regarding police officers was entirely speculation.
The information about fraud reporting is as accurate as I can manage though - the federal government has a page to look up that information on a state by state basis.
It's a good thing to alert people on, as I'm sure this won't be the lone example of odd activity, in Georgia or other states. The best place to affect votes is at the voting places, and lots of ways to do it, subtle or otherwise.
this is also likely explicitly outside their jurisdiction since it involves a federal election
states run federal elections though, plus there are probably local issues on the ballot too. why are police even there if it's outside their jurisdiction? and how do you expect federal entities to enforce laws at every single poll in the country? it makes no sense.
People keep forgetting rage against the machine lyrics. They never stopped being relevant.
Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses
Some of those who work forces are the same that burn crosses
Who do you think is under the sheets
They are police
FTFY
There is nothing weirs about it - those that work forces are the same that burn crosses
Klan.
I don't care the intent or the season or the laws or the lulz. You wear a white fucking sheet to a polling place in a southern state, it looks like the fucking Klan. Fuck them.
I'm thinking they might be ghosts! It's close to Halloween and they sometimes creep out of the graveyards to illegally vote and steal our democracy!!!
Lol seriously though, if I had to guess it's just people wearing ghost costumes for Halloween even though it's slightly early.
On a darker note, they might be really afraid of people seeing who they are and coming after them for "voting the wrong way" but I really doubt that.
That first paragraph might be you using absurdist humor. Or it might be a legitimate quote from trump during a televised debate I missed.
I CAN'T TELL ANYMORE!!! EITHER ONE IS JUST AS LIKELY!!!!
"The democrats are using the dead to illegally vote in our elections, it's true. It's halloween season, the ghosts like to come into the city, and vote. They're not sending their best. Their sheets are stained, folks. Dirty laundry. They even sent the ghost of an Ohio pet cat that they ate. I saw it, very sad. Said meow. We tried to get the Scooby gang to help, but the Scooby gang has gone woke. Everybody is gone woke. They're stealing the country...."
What even IS this decade??? Back in 2016 I used to joke that maybe the world really did officially end in 2012 and this was all just reality starting to distort and fall apart.
Now I'm not even joking. What evidence do we have that this is real life???
Cosplaying as discount klansmen by the looks of it.
I'm guessing their excuse would be some BS statement about voter fraud and "dead people voting". Obviously they don't want to be identified.
People are voting in the US? I thought that was in November?
Each state has different rules. Some allow "early voting" on selected days prior to the main election day. This allows people who can't get time off from work on the main day to work it into their schedule.
Absentee or mail-in votes are also done early. Where allowed.
Votes aren't counted until the main day.
Early in person voting has started in several states.
Just guessing here, but either:
a) Cosplaying as KKK to intimidate black people. Pretty low quality costume, so I doubt it.
b) Cosplaying as ghosts to intimidate ~~black~~ people. Who you gonna call?
c) Dressing in white to not heat up as much in direct sunlight. Considering the sunglasses, it wouldn't surprise me if this is the reason. I've never been to Georgia, but I hear it's pretty hot.
The general election is two weeks away. What are people voting for in Georgia today?
Some states have early in person voting instead of limiting it to a single day.
Early voting and mail-in absentee votes are a thing where Republicans haven't restricted them. It makes sense to spread it out if you look at how wait times for even early voting can get into several hours. Why in the world would anyone want to try and do it in one day? How could all the votes be possibly done...oh, that's why.