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AverageOldGuy

(4,219 posts)
1. My plan:
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:53 PM
Monday

We moved from deep rural VA to fully-urban Northern VA to be close to our children so we can be a burden on them.

Our area is heavily Hispanic with a visible presence of South Asians. My not-exactly-legal barber tells me ICE is all over the place here.

My plan to vote is simple:

-- Empty my pockets of everything except driver's license and voter ID card -- don't carry anything that could be construed as a weapon.
-- Leave my cane at home as it could be called a weapon.
-- Refuse to show ID to anyone except the poll worker inside who is checking the pollbook. And refuse and refuse and refuse.
-- Be exceedingly polite.
-- If they block my path, try to walk around them, and try and try again.
-- Two friends making videos the whole time. I'll do the same for them.
-- If they knock me down, arrest me, or whatever, I'll do the same as I did when I was a college student in Alabama in the 1960's marching in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma -- GO LIMP.

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