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      Maybe this ages like milk but… The side that expects to win doesn’t destroy ballots. It seems very likely to me that this was a Trumper and they all know, in their heart of hearts, Trump has a ceiling of 47pts and will never have broad enough support to win the ec again.

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    Portland and Vancouver have both had repeated problems with the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer, so I don’t think it will be too hard to figure this one out.

    Somebody is bragging on Telegram or somewhere, it will bite them.

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    It’s wrong for some random citizen to torch someone’s democratic agency. That’s what the Electoral College is for.

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      I mean… We here in Vancouver BC just had a Provincial election that is so fiercely fought they are still tallying votes a week after the fact and the winner still has not been officially declared and we have no idea if we have a minority or majority government because some districts (ridings) are like 20 votes apart.

      Our election is on fire… Just not literally.

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      Vancouver Washington is a fun place. I say I live in Washington and a good chunk of people assume DC. I say Vancouver and they think Canada. I usually just tell people I live in Portland and only a small chunk associate that with Maine by default. Also we were first BC… We were first.

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      Idk about that but certainly a realistic punishment in addition to hefty fines and jail time is losing the right to vote for life

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    So… Are they going to have a re-vote? Like what’s going to happen to all the lost ballets?