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Nothingwise@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Vote. Shit won’t change if you don’t make yourself heard.
Comment on How do Texas residents afford electricity?
Nothingwise@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Vote. Shit won’t change if you don’t make yourself heard.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 2 months ago
True! But Texan dems do vote, despite knowing that as long as a conservative is governor, the election actually will be rigged. In Texas, state elections are under the complete control of a conservative governor, as he appoints a loyal Secretary of State to handle elections.
Are elections in Texas handled with transparency and honesty? Awwe heeelllllll no. They are handled the way you’d expect a conservative to run an election. With secrecy and a creepy little conservative grin. “Oh, you were so close y’all! Oh, well. Better luck next time!”
While I agree that Texans need to continue voting, it seems pretty obvious to me that pacifist methods cannot yield change against conservatism. Voting in Texas is like voting under Putin. Voting is good, but it’s not what is going to cause a regime change. Only severe and widespread action can have any effect against the deadly cancer of conservatism.
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We were only 600,000 votes away from a Biden victory in 2020 because we didn’t have enough voters. TX has pitiful voter turnout, even with 2 weeks if open polls, with polls required to be open at least 12 hours a day on the weekday.
In 2020, even with what’s called amazing turnout, with a voting age population of 21.5 million, 17 million were registered, and 11.3 million cast a vote. Then in 2022, when we had the entire legislative branch, almost all of the executive branch, and a good chunk of the judicial branch up for election, only 8.1 million people voted.
Even with these numbers, Biden still received more votes in TX than he did in NY! There’s potential for us to get some better representation, if we can just get more people to get to a polling station (usually open 7AM-7PM during the second week of voting).
We need more people to turnout this year, not only to keep Trump from our electoral college votes, but to kick Ted Cruz to the curb. There is a lot in the news pushing people away from the pills and making people mad at the DNC just like in 2016 and its really scary because those tactics helped keep people from casting their vote.
Turnout number source www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/…/70-92.shtml
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Your source is not reliable. Your source is the Texas Secretary of State who is appointed directly by Gov. Abbott. He and his minions are notoriously dishonest and are not reliable sources of any information.
Your source is one of the many places Gov. Abbott tells TX Dems “ohhh… So close, y’all! Better luck next time.”
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If you don’t believe the official counts, than where would you go for a source?
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
If you think your vote doesn’t count, you have to accept the state is lost and move somewhere else. Sorry.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I agree 100% and I’m working on that.