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   On Feb 23, 2026 at 1:26:18 PM PST, "shawn"    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:09:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>> Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, suzeeq  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that   
   >>>>> concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post   
   >>>>> office enough time.   
   >>   
   >>>>> Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A   
   handful   
   >>>>> of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew   
   >>>>> that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of   
   >>>>> voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily   
   >>>>> Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters   
   >>>>> using it and liking it.   
   >>   
   >>>>> My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each   
   >>>>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there   
   >>>>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.   
   >>   
   >>>>> Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their   
   >>>>> own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more   
   >>>>> convenient.   
   >>   
   >>>> But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will   
   >>>> actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in   
   >>>> person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.   
   >>   
   >>> And the Democrats don't?   
   >>   
   >>> California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering   
   them   
   >>> out of existence.   
   >>   
   >> Were you going to comment on "in reaction to Trump ordering Texas to do   
   >> it" or simply ignore that this bad idea is entirely the fault of   
   >> Republicans, esecially John Roberts? Republicans gave Democrats cover to   
   >> go with their worst instincts. It's a bad day in America; John Roberts   
   >> made it so.   
   >   
   > Agreed. California would never have done what they did without Texas   
   > making the first move and Texas would never had done what it did   
   > without Trump and the Supreme Court giving them cover to do so.   
      
   Not true. California Democrats have been trying to get rid of the independent   
   redistricting commission for years. They had the new maps drawn up in   
   anticipation of it long before Trump was even reelected. This was not done in   
   response to Trump or Texas. Even as Newsom was bloviating to the TV cameras   
   that "if Texas backs down, so will we", the actual enabling legislation that   
   put the constitutional amendment on the ballot specifically said, "This will   
   be done regardless of what happens with Texas redistricting."   
      
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