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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21109313

I went to vote today in Georgia USA. People showed up wearing bed sheets over them. What is this supposed to communicate exactly??

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

Are they trying to prove that they can vote without being identified or something?

[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 months ago

Well whatayaknow, Republicans are right

Dead people really are voting

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sharia law is getting out of hand smh

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

I guess it is to protect the personality. Maybe MAGA maybe some fearful Democrats or GREENS :O

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Isn't it generally illegal to film or take photos in a voting location? And now people are further spreading it? Considering how divided this country has gotten, an argument can be made this is dangerous for those in the picture.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I'm not sure a good argument can be made. Being at a polling place doesn't say who you're voting for. I don't see the danger.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"I saw a photo of you being civically responsible!"

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The fact that there are no other images of this is odd, but assuming it is at an early voting location today, perhaps they are pretending to be “ghost voters”:

As that drama played out, readers asked Snopes to look into social media posts and media stories reporting that multiple counties in the U.S. had more registered voters than voting-eligible residents. One such story was published by the Washington Times and headlined, "Judicial Watch finds 1.8 million 'ghost voters' in 29 states, warns of 'dirty elections.'"

Judicial Watch, a right wing legal activist organization, claimed to have discovered in an October 2020 study that "353 U.S. counties had 1.8 million more registered voters than eligible voting-age citizens."

Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ghost-voters-in-29-states/

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Some further important context, the 'comparison' Judicial Watch made to come to this conclusion was based on, on one side, 'the most recent voter registration data for counties' and on the other, a math-based population estimate collected over the course of five years.

It's kind of like claiming that Johnny, age eighteen, is a different person from Johnny, age thirteen, based on height difference.

Edit: A better analogy might be standing in front of Johnny, taking off your glasses, and then demanding the blurry blob tell you what it did with Johnny.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Or perhaps accusing someone of short changing you based purely on the sound the coins make on the counter.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's a mystery! Get Scooby and the gang! They'll unmask those ghost.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

1000006391

(Disclaimer; don't do this.)

Prooobably Klan shit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago

spooky month 👻

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

This is not my picture; I only crossposted it (original was in [email protected] ). I also only did so because it was apparently being deleted and I wanted it not to be lost (sorry if it's a loose fit for the community because of that).

According to OP, it was an early voting location in Georgia. The thread was deleted 9 hours after being posted, with a score of 125 and 36 comments.

Edit: the deletion my not be as nefarious as I assumed; there's a similar thread in this community that (as I write this) still exists. https://lemmy.world/post/21116630

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Weird, your linked post seems to be gone now

Edit: actually, I can't find any of the original posts. And when I try to Google it I can't find anything either. Wtf

Edit 2: okay, it took some digging but by searching all of Lemmy by comments and filtering by time, I was able to find the two original posts. Both have been deleted, I assume by moderators? And I can't find anything when I reverse Google search the image. Something smells fishy. For SEO: Georgia election; election interference; voter intimidation; KKK; sheets; ghosts; early voting; Cobb County

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (6 children)

This time I had the foresight to take screenshots:

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I can't tell if the original post is an elaborate hoax with a link that never worked in the first place or if something is legit happening. Why would there be lines to vote already? Maybe I'm naive and early voting is that difficult in Georgia that people are lining up now. I don't know, my ballot gets mailed to me by default and I can just walk up and drop it off any time up until polls close on election day. This feels like it's a post to sow discord but 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah I really can't tell the truth here. All I know is something isn't right

Edit: there are lines for early voting in Cobb County, Georgia, where the original pictures are allegedly from. There were some lines but not long waits usually between 15-30 minutes but many places less than that.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

If I had to guess it's to protect their identity so that they can vote without being harassed. But I will fully admit I only looked at the picture and didn't click the link or anything.

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