To me, this is what happens when you make receiving absentee ballots on time nearly impossible - in a battleground state like PA. Image
Less than 2wks after voting day, PA is exploding in ways it hadn't - even at the start of the pandemic when it was bouncing from #3-5 for several months.

We hung in there for awhiiiile. Then suddenly, in mere days, everything fell apart. Voting and a certain someone's rallies🤬
As for the absentee issue:
1. I barely got mine on time despite requesting early Sept
2. By the time I got it, it couldn't be mailed in on time. I had to go to the courthouse to drop it off
3. It was inaccessible, and a lot of people on the street in the same predicament
4. This was what those trying to drop theirs off early went through. It still wasn't safe and I wish I hadn't had to do it. Those forced to go in person were screwed.
5. There were so few drop offs in rural areas. I was lucky to be able to do a 40m ride. Others HAD to vote local.

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I got suffocated quickly and so nauseous I thought I would puke. It got trapped and Im so sick[
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