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No Kings Oct 18. Who's going?

Where does Swizzle claim to be from?
California, offensively enough. He runs a regular thread on this forum listing all the things he hates about the place.
Is there a paper called "The Daily Mail" in California? Are there no Murdock owned papers in California, for him to read? Dose he think the DM is more honest just because it's Btitish?
No, if I had to guess, I'd say he thinks it is more honest because their stories reinforce his worldview, and the distinction between news agency and tabloid is slightly better obscured across a culture boundary. The Daily Mail is the UK's New York Post more or less, but he seems to thinks it is more like the UK's Washington Post.
And old habits die hard. Part of my long ago job was reading major newspapers. I don't keep up with most, especially with paywalls and all of that but I still keep up with NYT and WaPo (sad little thing that it's become under Bezos...)
 
The next No Kings rally is set for October 17th. This time the theme will be getting out the vote.
Why not hold the next No Kings rally during the election on Nov 3rd?
While they are out protesting they can vote too.
Might improve the turnout.
Risks running afoul of local electioneering laws, given that no kings events and election sites both cluster in downtown areas. Weekend before would be fine, though.
 
The next No Kings rally is set for October 17th. This time the theme will be getting out the vote.
Why not hold the next No Kings rally during the election on Nov 3rd?
While they are out protesting they can vote too.
Might improve the turnout.

Perhaps to give unregistered people time to register?

Yes we actually have to register to vote. I understand that in many democracies people are automatically registered to vote when they are born (but can't vote until they are old enough obviouly). But here in the US some people think that it's important to erect barriers to voting - especially for poor or non-white people.
 
Why not hold the next No Kings rally during the election on Nov 3rd?
We can do both.
Well *I* will be out at my local poll with my protest signs on election day. I've done that twice now.
My local poll is miles away from the county seat where the rallies usually are.
I don't know what other rally attendees do on election day.
Risks running afoul of local electioneering laws, given that no kings events and election sites both cluster in downtown areas.
That doesn't bother the local republicans. Every election a few are right outside the door of the poll. Handing out business cards, and hyping their candidate. Nobody seems bothered by it (except me). The poll is next door to our police station, and still no one cares.
 
Why not hold the next No Kings rally during the election on Nov 3rd?
We can do both.
Well *I* will be out at my local poll with my protest signs on election day. I've done that twice now.
My local poll is miles away from the county seat where the rallies usually are.
I don't know what other rally attendees do on election day.
Risks running afoul of local electioneering laws, given that no kings events and election sites both cluster in downtown areas.
That doesn't bother the local republicans. Every election a few are right outside the door of the poll. Handing out business cards, and hyping their candidate. Nobody seems bothered by it (except me). The poll is next door to our police station, and still no one cares.
Like most things election-related, rules on electioneering differ from state to state, so they may not be breaking the law. Though if they are, it strikes me that filiming them do it and filing suit would be a much more tangible and useful form of civil action than standing about with a funny sign of a Saturday.
 
The next No Kings rally is set for October 17th. This time the theme will be getting out the vote.
Why not hold the next No Kings rally during the election on Nov 3rd?
While they are out protesting they can vote too.
Might improve the turnout.
Anyone participating in the rally would already be a voter. Being proactive and encouraging others to vote is a far better plan.
 
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