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

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days 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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

nooooo don't take away my socialism

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

No one puts baby in the corner

My proposal for the new state motto