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Squinch

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32. They're saying there are oddities out there. They're saying they are suspicious. In the

Sat May 6, 2017, 04:45 PM

May 2017

current climate, I am very appreciative when those things are noted. Because I don't know about you but I have no doubt that they are trying to hack the machines. I don't have a smoking gun to say they have succeeded. But if they haven't succeeded already, given what else they've been doing, I'd be really surprised.

About that GOP voter suppression: does fighting that mean we aren't able to look at all the weird shit that is happening in our elections and ask, "Wow, what's going on there?" I personally feel we can and should do both.

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Something Happened in NC - Martin County NC - A Heavily Democratic County [View all] bathroommonkey76 May 2017 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 May 2017 #1

I know we're supposed to ignore this "tinfoil hat stuff", but I can't. Shanti Mama May 2017 #2

Then do a simple google search on the demographics voting history of the county. wildeyed May 2017 #7

The "mainstream" view is that, if you see something with your own eyes, Eyeball_Kid May 2017 #31

Or you could try using math and critical thinking. wildeyed May 2017 #40

Smells fishy to me. Hope someone gets to the bottom of this. ATL Ebony May 2017 #3

K & R... dhill926 May 2017 #4

This is very disturbing. If you look at the Senate vote, too, it's hard to imagine mnhtnbb May 2017 #5

It's 50/50 white/black county. wildeyed May 2017 #8

Democratic Rep Butterfield rocked it! wildeyed May 2017 #9

It's also disturbing to think Roy Cooper lost this county to Pat McCrory bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #17

Something happened in Martin County. wildeyed May 2017 #6

+1 Jno_Gilmor_ May 2017 #10

Here's what I found in my Google search bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #11

What are you arguing? wildeyed May 2017 #12

.... wildeyed May 2017 #13

...... bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #14

DALTON DIDN'T RUN AGAINST COOPER! wildeyed May 2017 #15

DALTON RAN AGAINST MCCRORY AND WON!!!! bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #16

They didn't run agains each other, so comparing vote totals makes no sense. wildeyed May 2017 #18

Funny bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #19

Been here way longer than you. wildeyed May 2017 #20

I was just stating a fact about the meme bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #21

I post on that tag all the time and no one uses that meme with me. wildeyed May 2017 #23

I was alerted to the DU Calvary by people on here after I called out bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #27

Whateves.... wildeyed May 2017 #28

And you didn't prove your point to me- Whateves bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #30

They get a bunch of replies. wildeyed May 2017 #33

Both Louise and Claude seem to like Farb's bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #35

Get back to me when Ari Berman has something to say about it. wildeyed May 2017 #37

Searched only to see if you were telling the truth. bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #41

I should go take LSD and become a better person? wildeyed May 2017 #43

We pretty much know that Russian bots and trolls had a significant effect on the Squinch May 2017 #22

You can't prove a negative. wildeyed May 2017 #24

Have fun with that, bunky. And in the meantime, argue with anyone who says it's possible Squinch May 2017 #25

I DO know what the Russians and the GOP did do. wildeyed May 2017 #29

They're saying there are oddities out there. They're saying they are suspicious. In the Squinch May 2017 #32

If you read my other replies in the thread, which is exhausting, wildeyed May 2017 #34

How do you even know if Barber, NC Policy Watch, Democracy NC bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #36

I'll ask them, but I assume they would have mentioned it if it were a real concern. wildeyed May 2017 #38

I'm sure you will ask them. n/t bathroommonkey76 May 2017 #42

Yep. wildeyed May 2017 #44

Okie dokie. The mechanics of our elections are totally safe and free from Squinch May 2017 #39

We had the same phenomenon in Snohomish County WA in 2000. Turbineguy May 2017 #26