cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21109313

I went to vote today in Georgia USA. People showed up wearing bed sheets over them. What is this supposed to communicate exactly??

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[–] 89 points 2 years ago

Well whatayaknow, Republicans are right

Dead people really are voting

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  • [–] 58 points 2 years ago

    spooky month 👻

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Isn't it generally illegal to film or take photos in a voting location? And now people are further spreading it? Considering how divided this country has gotten, an argument can be made this is dangerous for those in the picture.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm not sure a good argument can be made. Being at a polling place doesn't say who you're voting for. I don't see the danger.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The argument goes like this: Georgia, along with 11 other states, has prohibited filming and photos in polling locations, which is a legal prohibition in the public interest that has been upheld by the courts.

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    The fact that there are no other images of this is odd, but assuming it is at an early voting location today, perhaps they are pretending to be “ghost voters”:

    As that drama played out, readers asked Snopes to look into social media posts and media stories reporting that multiple counties in the U.S. had more registered voters than voting-eligible residents. One such story was published by the Washington Times and headlined, "Judicial Watch finds 1.8 million 'ghost voters' in 29 states, warns of 'dirty elections.'"

    Judicial Watch, a right wing legal activist organization, claimed to have discovered in an October 2020 study that "353 U.S. counties had 1.8 million more registered voters than eligible voting-age citizens."

    Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ghost-voters-in-29-states/

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Some further important context, the 'comparison' Judicial Watch made to come to this conclusion was based on, on one side, 'the most recent voter registration data for counties' and on the other, a math-based population estimate collected over the course of five years.

    It's kind of like claiming that Johnny, age eighteen, is a different person from Johnny, age thirteen, based on height difference.

    Edit: A better analogy might be standing in front of Johnny, taking off your glasses, and then demanding the blurry blob tell you what it did with Johnny.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago

    It is halloween after all 👻👻👻👻👻🎃🎃🎃🎃

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sharia law is getting out of hand smh

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You mean taking pictures of people at polling locations?

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which is prohibited in polling locations in Georgia. That is why they were asked to leave. You can wear costumes to vote as long as they don't constitute electioneering. The definition of electioneering can be fairly broad however. Wearing a black lives matter tshirt, for instance, has been considered electioneering.

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    This is not my picture; I only crossposted it (original was in !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world ). I also only did so because it was apparently being deleted and I wanted it not to be lost (sorry if it's a loose fit for the community because of that).

    According to OP, it was an early voting location in Georgia. The thread was deleted 9 hours after being posted, with a score of 125 and 36 comments.

    Edit: the deletion my not be as nefarious as I assumed; there's a similar thread in this community that (as I write this) still exists. https://lemmy.world/post/21116630

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    Weird, your linked post seems to be gone now

    Edit: actually, I can't find any of the original posts. And when I try to Google it I can't find anything either. Wtf

    Edit 2: okay, it took some digging but by searching all of Lemmy by comments and filtering by time, I was able to find the two original posts. Both have been deleted, I assume by moderators? And I can't find anything when I reverse Google search the image. Something smells fishy. For SEO: Georgia election; election interference; voter intimidation; KKK; sheets; ghosts; early voting; Cobb County

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago (29 children)

    This time I had the foresight to take screenshots:

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Damn, looks like you're super popular or something! 😄

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It looks like I don't mark my messages read, LOL.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I can't tell if the original post is an elaborate hoax with a link that never worked in the first place or if something is legit happening. Why would there be lines to vote already? Maybe I'm naive and early voting is that difficult in Georgia that people are lining up now. I don't know, my ballot gets mailed to me by default and I can just walk up and drop it off any time up until polls close on election day. This feels like it's a post to sow discord but 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    There wasn't much of a line at 7:00 a.m. a week ago when I voted in that same building, but last year it took me half an hour or so to get up to the door. It's also typically a little longer wait on weekends.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's a mystery! Get Scooby and the gang! They'll unmask those ghost.

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  • [–] 88 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    1000006391

    (Disclaimer; don't do this.)

    Prooobably Klan shit

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    I mean at this point might as well go ahead and do it, "I was scared for my life, they were many and threatening" still works as an argument right? And what the fuck is the Klan gonna do about it? Retaliate by wearing white in other locations?

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Are they trying to prove that they can vote without being identified or something?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    These are trump branded kkk hoods with misquoted portions of the constitution printed on the inside, poorly made in China.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    As a Brit looking at this, my first reaction to the picture was "queueing?" - we never have to queue to vote here. Polling stations feel like they outnumber voters sometimes..

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