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Epstein conspirator Steve Bannon: “We‘re gonna have ICE surround the polls…We’ll never again allow an election to be stolen.” (cdn.social.linux.pizza)

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Of course only in blue states and cities. There are 300+ polling places in Houston alone. How many ICE agents are needed for "surrounding" polls in just this city? If we're generous and say 50 per poll, that's at least 15,000 agents for one blue city. For a few weeks, because we can vote early anywhere in the county.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

They're not going to try to make a voting barrier, they're going to be circling it trying to intimidate citizens and hoping to grab a non-citizen they can claim was trying to vote even if he was really just showing up to his shift to clean the school. They don't need to arrest people, they just need to suppress the vote where it will matter.

[–] Limerance@piefed.social 3 points 4 hours ago

The number of polling places can be reduced and don’t take early voting being available for granted.

Trump doesn’t to control every polling station in the country. He only needs to influence a limited number of key voting districts.

Trump can let Democratic strongholds undisturbed and focus on disruption where it has the biggest impact.