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11 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
New: Amy Coney Barrett defended Bush-Cheney during 2000 Florida recount when Republicans illegally altered 1000s of mail ballot request forms for GOP voters

If GOP lost cases Gore would’ve been president

Now she could do Bush v Gore 2.0 for Trump motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
Amy Coney Barrett, John Roberts & Brett Kavanaugh all served on George W. Bush‘s legal team during Florida 2000 recount & worked to make sure only GOP votes counted, increasing likelihood 6-3 SCOTUS will throw out enough Dem ballots to keep Trump in power
In Florida 2000 GOP officials illegally fixed errors on absentee ballot requests so GOP voters got mail ballots. Barrett defended GOP. Those mail ballots were difference for George W Bush

This year Trump campaign sued to throw out 150,000 absentee ballot requests in Iowa
"Barrett’s legal work in Florida shows the lengths Republicans will go to elevate politics over the law when it suits their interests and to ignore evidence of fraud or improprieties when it benefits their party’s vote count" motherjones.com/politics/2020/…

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1 Oct
How GOP voter suppression works in Texas

-you can vote with gun permit but not student ID

-no online voter registration

-must be deputized to register voters

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-only 1 place to drop ballots off in huge Dem counties
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19 Sep
Stop saying election 45 days away. Voting already started. 100,000 voted by mail in NC & huge early voting turnout in VA

In-person early voting starts today in MI, NJ & VT & absentee ballots mailed in AL, DE, GA, ID, IN, LA, MI, NJ, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, VT, VA & WY via @mcpli
And today is 45-day deadline to send ballots to military & overseas voters in all states, as @ElectProject notes
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17 Sep
Wow, federal judge rules Trump & Louis DeJoy were "involved in a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service” & will issue injunction reversing changes leading to mail delays under DeJoy washingtonpost.com/politics/feder…
"At the heart of DeJoy’s & the Postal Service’s actions is voter disenfranchisement," federal judge writes in ruling reversing USPS changes. "An intentional effort to disrupt & challenge the legitimacy of upcoming local, state, and federal elections" courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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24 Aug
Katie Porter asks DeJoy how much it costs to mail a postcard. DeJoy says he doesn't know. HE IS POSTMASTER GENERAL
For the record it's 35 cents
Porter: “What about [the cost] to mail a postcard?”

DeJoy: “I don’t know, ma’am”

Porter: “You don’t know the cost to mail a postcard?”

DeJoy: “I don’t”

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21 Aug
USPS ordered to remove 671 mail sorting machines under DeJoy:

59 in Florida
58 in Texas
34 in Ohio
30 in Pennsylvania
26 in Michigan
15 in North Carolina
12 in Virginia
12 in Wisconsin
11 in Georgia

He just said removed machines won’t be reinstalled. This is major crisis
Sen Gary Peters (D-MI): “Will you be bringing back any mail sorting machines that have been removed?"

DeJoy: “There’s no intention to do that. They’re not needed”
Thank you to @_cingraham & @jacobbogage for providing very helpful data on mail sorting machine removals

In 2018 USPS decommissioned 3 percent of Delivery Bar Code Sorters. In 2019 it was 5 percent. This year it's 13 percent

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18 Aug
DeJoy ordered USPS to remove 671 mail sorting machines by end of September, including 24 in Ohio, 11 in Detroit, 11 in Florida, 9 in Wisconsin, 8 in Philadelphia and 5 in Arizona. Will removed mail equipment be restored? DeJoy doesn't say in letter & we need answers
Also USPS workers have been told to leave mail behind rather than take extra time to deliver. That could lead to major mail ballot delays.

And what about making states pay first-class rates for ballots?

DeJoy's letter raises more questions than answers
Questions members of Congress should ask DeJoy:

-will 671 mail sorting machines removed or slated to be removed be restored?

-will USPS charge states first-class rates for ballots?

-will USPS be allowed to deliver all mail they receive in day?

-will overtime be approved?
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