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Victory plan (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 months ago by mulcahey@lemm.ee to c/electoralism@hexbear.net

I have this weird plan to dissuade fascists from voting. It's totally legal and I kinda think it could work.

  1. we buy rolls of "I Voted" stickers off Amazon

  2. On Election Day, we go to polling places in swing states. Pick a district that's heavily fash, and with long lines.

  3. As people line up outside, go down the line and hand out the stickers. People in line get frustrated by the wait, but they figure "I already have the sticker. I can post on social. Good enough." They go home without voting.

  4. The fascists lose.

I don't think this is totally nuts. And as long as it's just a generic "I Voted" sticker it's totally legal. What do y'all think?

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[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago
[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

This would work on liberals who use voting as a way to virtue signal and not chuds that understand the entire system is catered to them so that their vote counts way more than everybody else's and it's a way to hurt people they don't like.

Libs vote for the sticker, chuds vote in the hope of using the power of the state to inflict violence on people they dont like.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago
[-] thebartermyth@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

i don't think we could dissuade enough people for Claudia to win

[-] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

PLS does not have access to enough electoral votes to win, at best they can get first going into a "vote of the house by states"

[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Be careful this doesn't get considered "voter disenfranchisement" and get attention from the local piggies.

If you want to be spicy First Amendment style, maybe hand out a zine or one-pager explaining why electoralism is a dead-end, how corporations own both parties, and Capitalism is the ultimate enemy of everyone in line?

[-] mulcahey@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Tbh I think the zine is more likely to get you in trouble. Many states ban any kind of campaigning within a certain distance of a polling place. But I don't think handing out "I Voted" stickers would qualify as campaigning. A zine, on the other hand ..

[-] MayoPete@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

There's markers that clearly mark where you can and can't do "electioneering". Poll greeting at busy locations is common. You'll be fine.

[-] bumpusoot@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Does dissuading fascists from voting actually help? The more important part is convincing proles that voting is immaterial and they need to do other stuff to effect change. Whoever and however anyone votes, fascists will get into power.

[-] Zvyozdochka@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

My victory plan involves driving my t34 to the polling station and fedposting [redacted]

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