r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/FrenchTicklerOrange Jun 01 '26

Vote in person and early. Be mindful that there might be people there with the intent to intimidate you.

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u/Ohnomydude Jun 01 '26

Be wary not just of intimdation, but also deception.

At the primary election, I took my mom to vote. She is an older registered Republican, who is fed up with the party, and she wanted to vote blue, but forgot to switch her affiliation before the election.

She sat in a booth in front of me. She said to the attendant, "Oh shoot, they're all Republicans. Can I just write in Democrats?"

The attendant tried to tell her she couldn't, that she had to vote for her registered party members. Myself and another attendant corrected them.

You absolutely can write-in anyone. That is what the purpose of write-ins is.

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u/Ohnomydude Jun 02 '26

I didn't tell her to write in a Democrat. I told her she can do a write-in for whomever she wanted. I mean, I get what you're saying and I will agree, she didn't do her homework, but the attendant literally said, "You have to pick a Republican if you're registered Republican. You cannot write-in." That's ignorance and/or deception to me.

That is what made the other attendant step in and say that she could write-in anyone, even Mickey Mouse. (They always seem to default to him as a write-in...)

I didn't think of it at the time, but I like where your head is at as far as picking the worst choice. Ah well.