• procrastitron@lemmy.world
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      The bomb threats were real. I never said every item on the list was fake… it’s the list itself is B.S.

      Mixing real voter suppression techniques along with easily debunked fake ones makes the real ones more likely to be dismissed.

      That’s why I said these sorts of misinformation posts make it harder to fight back against voter suppression.

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        it was also done by none other than russia, than these states decided to close thier polling after trump was in the lead too.

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      So one item wasn’t BS. And you haven’t provided evidence of even that much.

      EDIT: See how this goes? I asked for credible evidence and have been accused of calling the whole thing fake, several times.

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          Pretty weak sauce. Some threats were made. I’m sure they were! Can we get just a little more backing?

          This is Journalism 101: Where, When, Who, Why, How, etc. That link answers none of that.

          Were those threats made public? Taken seriously? Was there any real effects on the ground? I’m on here more than I need to be and didn’t see a thing that day, nothing that stuck in my mind. Wouldn’t you think this site would be blowing up with this news? Maybe I had my head completely up my ass on election day? And BTW, I’m in a highly contested state, so this should have been somewhat local news to me.

          Fuck it. Lemmy wants to believe memes, no questions asked, as usual. Some grainy FB text and y’all are all in. Kinda reminds me of another group.

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      There is some evidence that tabulating machines were tempered with. I was wondering if calling a bomb threat wasn’t part of it.

      When alarm was called and everyone left the building someone could get in and switched software.