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Alison Greene

@GrassrootsSpeak

29 Jun

In 2018 Sen Menendez introduced an election security bill that included conducting post-election risk limiting audits & cyber security standards

McConnell didn’t put it to a vote😡

I want HR1 but let’s not put all our eggs in an HR1 basket.

Put all these past bills to a vote

In 2017 Sen Gillibrand first introduced the Voter Empowerment Act. It included online voter registration & it required states to audit federal election results.

Mitch McConnell killed it & refused to bring it to a vote😡

It was reintroduced in 2021. Let’s bring it to the floor.

In 2019 Sen Klobucher introduced the SAFE act requiring voter verified paper ballots, establishing increased cyber security & risk limiting audits

Of course Mitch McConnell wouldn’t let it go to the floor😡

Let’s put it to a vote now

Get Manchin, Sinema & the GOP on the record

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Alison Greene

@GrassrootsSpeak

25 Jun

One of my friends is Greek & growing up she was embarrassed her school lunches were different.

On Top Chef a Japanese-American chef said he was embarrassed growing up by his different lunchboxes.

This would be such a great way to embrace diversity. Cultural school lunches🤔

Restaurants are struggling. Schools could partner with local restaurants to introduce a rotation of different cultural foods.

We have an opportunity here. Food's so representative of cultures. Embrace it. Introduce it through the schools to help promote inclusiveness for all.

Young minds can be open minds. Growing up I was never exposed to international cuisine but a girl in my class was Indian & I went to her birthday party at her family restaurant. I never forgot having the yummiest bread ever. It was so different but I loved it.

Unity starts young

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Alison Greene

@GrassrootsSpeak

1 May

In a recent thread I looked at Kentucky's election results, South Carolina's results & a takeaway from Georgia (see link at end)

In putting together the thread I was surrounded by spreadsheets & some data should've made it in but didn't.

To further clarify here's an update👇

I mentioned Lindsey Graham doubling his 2014 votes from 2020 but I didn't explain that I wasn't simply considering his results alone. I was comparing the % that Lindsey increased his votes vs OTHER incumbent GOP Senators who also ran in both 2014 & 2020.

Here's the data👇

As you can see Lindsey increased the % of votes he received by 103%
I found it surprising considering

Mitch had a resounding win but only increased the % of votes he received by 53%

And Susan Collins only increased her votes by 1%🤔

Not to mention, Texas had an 108% increase🤯

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Alison Greene

@GrassrootsSpeak

28 Apr

When I dug into Mitch McConnell’s election results so many people said

“Now do Lindsey Graham”

I get it.
Lindsey got 672,941 votes in 2014.
In 2020 he DOUBLED his votes to 1,369,137.
Really😳

So I wanted to share more questions on Kentucky & some from South Carolina

THREAD👇

I initially was able to spot patterns in Kentucky since counties used different voting systems & results were inconsistent. Counties with unusual big wins for Mitch all used ES&S voting machines

But it’s harder to detect patterns in South Carolina since they use ES&S state-wide.

Recently while revisiting Kentucky’s data it led me down a path to South Carolina.

First I saw:
👉2,134,996 Kentuckians voted for the President
and
👉2,134,446 voted for the Senate
A difference of exactly 550?
That number felt tiny🤔

So then I reviewed Kentucky’s historic data.

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Alison Greene

@GrassrootsSpeak

19 Mar

If Vladimir Putin had me locked in a room & was pointing a gun at me forcing me to drink a poisoned tea guaranteeing a long slow painful death & Marco Rubio came upon us...

I’m pretty sure Rubio would lecture me about how big of a threat China is and read me a Bible verse.

If Vladimir Putin had me locked in a room & was pointing a gun at me forcing me to drink a poisoned tea guaranteeing a long slow painful death & Ted Cruz came upon us...

I’m pretty sure Cruz would finish his call with his wife so they could finalize their Ritz Carlton booking.

If Vladimir Putin had me locked in a room & was pointing a gun at me forcing me to drink a poisoned tea guaranteeing a long slow painful death & Josh Hawley came upon us...

I’m pretty sure Hawley would keep walking but he might come over to fist bump Putin before continuing on.

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Alison Greene

@GrassrootsSpeak

24 Jan

While Ted Cruz incites sedition over election results in swing states Trump lost, Cruz's own state of Texas doesn't pass a smell test.

Do we just accept their election results without question?

A TX county who's actually SUING Trump also voted for him for the 1st time ever?🤔👇

Zapata County TX is 95% Hispanic/Latino

In Feb 2020 County Commissioners voted 5-0 to deny entry to US Customs & Border Protection

Then the County actually SUED Trumps WH claiming the building of the wall was a racist assault on residents

But Trump had a record breaking win?🤔

Since 1920 Zapata County hadn't voted for a Republican President
In 2016 Clinton trounced Trump winning 2-1
Yet in 2020 Trump flipped a 33-pt loss
into a 5-pt win?

We should accept this without question?

Especially considering that in 2020 Dems won EVERY OTHER RACE in Zapata

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