5000$?
They put a woman in prison over this and she didn't even intend to illegally vote.
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2024
498 points (98.8% liked)
News
23305 readers
3644 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
She specifically asked if she could vote, they told her yes, then she still cast a provisional ballot just in case, then she was sent to prison for voting illegally.
Yeah but she was a commoner.
She was black.
Gotta make sure they don't get all uppity.
She just won her appeal and they threw out the sentence
It took 6 years of worry that a 5 year sentence would be handed down... fully broken Judicial system here in the US and I don't see any solution other than ....
Though she did also have to go through 6 years of appeals and hearings, legal costs, and spent some time in jail too. While she was in jail for a few months I believe she almost lost her house. She went through a whole trial and a jury even convicted her, it took an appeals court to over ride the jury verdict saying the jury erred. It's pretty ridiculous that all that happened after just a provisional ballot was cast and the election worker told her she was eligible. Prosecutors obviously had a political agenda here.
She should have tried being a white male instead.
Republicans are soft on crime
And again, every accusation is a confession.
It’s not even funny anymore.
the Georgia GOP’s first vice chairman, violated state election laws by voting while on probation for forgery and other felonies,
Where the fuck do they find these people? It's like Republicans are intentionally lampooning themselves.
"Basket of deplorables" ~ Hillary Clinton
"Hold my beer" ~ Republicans
The republican party is so easily summed up as "the laddie doth protest too much"
1% evil, 99% projection.
99% evil 99% projection. They can exist simultaneously.
How about 5 years in prison? Or is he too white, male, and Republican for that?
It should be five if he did it once. It should be 9x5 for him.
$5,375.14!? Jesus Christ. How could a politician ever financially recover from that?
art source : Of. Fucking. Course.
And theyre still the minority party.
Every accusation, a confession.
Gaslight. Obstruct. Project.
Throw this piece of crap in jail for a long time.
That cannot happen, unfortunately. He is a white male conservative.