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bif

(23,980 posts)
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 06:19 PM Nov 2021

Is the petition supporting absentee voting legit?

There was a guy getting signatures out side of Trader Joe's today. I asked him if it was some Republican proposal in disguise and he said it was supported by the ACLU and the League of Women Voters.

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Is the petition supporting absentee voting legit? (Original Post) bif Nov 2021 OP
Only petition I know of is tiredtoo Nov 2021 #1
Who can I report him to? bif Nov 2021 #4
Did a google search and sadly tiredtoo Nov 2021 #5
When in doubt call your Clerk and Recorders office. GemDigger Nov 2021 #2
F'ing SOBs. Lying about something like this. They can't win fairly, so they don't even try. Biophilic Nov 2021 #3
Republicans probably cult members. EOM tiredtoo Nov 2021 #6
Once again, the only way Repubs can win is by cheating bif Nov 2021 #7

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
1. Only petition I know of is
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 07:18 PM
Nov 2021

Something called protect our vote or something like that. It is designed to make it more difficult to vote and if it gets enough signatures the senate and congress can implement it without concern of Governor Whitmer vetoing it. Do not sign and tell all not to sign it. You also may be able to report the dude for lying in getting signatures on his petition.
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bif

(23,980 posts)
4. Who can I report him to?
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 09:08 PM
Nov 2021

He blatantly said the ACLU and the League of Women Voters endorsed it. This makes me so fucking mad. I should go back tomorrow and call him out on this! And Trader Joe's shouldn't let him collect signatures outside their store. He probably lied to them as well.

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
5. Did a google search and sadly
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 10:58 PM
Nov 2021

Michigan has no law regarding this type of ethical misbehavior. The ACLU did say something along the lines of some restrictions regarding collecting signatures would be against freedom of speech. That may be where he is getting his fake statement from. They did not endorse it!

Biophilic

(4,738 posts)
3. F'ing SOBs. Lying about something like this. They can't win fairly, so they don't even try.
Mon Nov 8, 2021, 08:45 PM
Nov 2021

If this is true, it makes me so angry. Asked a straight forward question and apparently given a lying answer. Who are these people?

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