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sunonmars

(8,657 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:37 PM Mar 2020

Georgia is now delaying its Primary




The pressure for Sanders to stand down after Tuesday and save a horrendous situation occurring and elongating a primary that is effectively over..
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
1. Unfortunately things may be worse in 2 months.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:44 PM
Mar 2020

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What happens in November if more and more states postpone and then postpone again?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

sunonmars

(8,657 posts)
2. By November, they could go full mail in.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:45 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

pnwmom

(109,573 posts)
4. I don't understand the point of those touch screen machines. Why are they marking the ballot
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:46 PM
Mar 2020

with the touch screen, then reviewing it and putting it in a scanner?

Why not just mark paper ballots with a pen and insert it into the scanner?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Hav

(5,969 posts)
5. I was thinking about this as well
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 05:53 PM
Mar 2020

Cancelling all sport events, banning other events with many people and then having these kind of elections where many people are relatively close to each other and touch stuff that has been touched by many others.
If vote by mail isn't an option, priorities need to be set. Especially for a primary with a very clear frontrunner and with the other candidate being down in the polls in pretty much all the states that are left, this is just needlessly putting people at risk.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

relayerbob

(7,029 posts)
6. Pissed off at this
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:18 PM
Mar 2020

If they were doing this with an addendum that they were working to set up safe online voting, I'd be OK with it. They won't. This is Georgia, voted the most well-organized voter suppression system in the nation.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

sunonmars

(8,657 posts)
7. Agreed, they are ratfucking with us, these red state govs.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:41 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

andym

(5,694 posts)
8. More states will join LA and GA -- primary may not be over until the fall
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:53 PM
Mar 2020

if the virus gets worse as expected and elections keep getting postponed.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

iwannaknow

(213 posts)
9. Does Biden have 1991 delegates?
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:42 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

onenote

(44,699 posts)
11. Nope, but he has a plurality of the delegates selected so far
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:55 PM
Mar 2020

Since you are concerned about safety, I'm sure you'll support cancelling all of the remaining primaries and declaring Biden the nominee. Unless, of course, safety isn't really what is motivating your desire to stop the nominating process.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

iwannaknow

(213 posts)
10. This is the only fair solution for older voters who are likely to shun the polls at this time.
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:44 PM
Mar 2020

Who by the way are the most avid of Biden supporters.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Sunsky

(1,876 posts)
12. Agree 100%
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 05:58 AM
Mar 2020

It's time for Sanders to step down. My primary is this Tues but I wish he would've stepped down before. We have a lot of older voters in Florida. Just found out that the University I attend (the library is a polling location) has 6 cases of the coronavirus.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

ucrdem

(15,714 posts)
13. Sanders won't stand down.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 06:03 AM
Mar 2020

His whole appeal is built on throwing bricks as long as there are bricks to throw, and there are many who rely on him to keep the show going as long as he possibly can, so he will. The only way to get him out is to force him out. How that might work I don't know. But counting on his higher angels will get us nothing more than it got Hillary in 2016.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)
14. Glad my wife and I voted early.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 06:58 AM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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