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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“There is some sense that in the age of Trump there is some grand scheme to throw out election results and let the GOP win despite how people voted,” Kokai said. “I don’t think you’re seeing the stage being set for anything like that.” Historically, the board’s five members have been appointed by North Carolina’s governor, with three of them coming from the governor’s party. Since 2016, the governor has been a Democrat.

Translation: we don't need front doors. There are other doors, windows, chimneys, crawl space.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also: We are lying about not wanting the front door.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago

Correct. But also not hindered by it being closed.