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7 Things: Amy Coney Barrett confirmed, Alabama voting issues didn’t have to happen, Ainsworth very popular in Alabama and more …

7. New York Post has endorsed Trump

  • The New York Post, who recently broke the Hunter Biden story, has endorsed President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Throughout the opinion piece that was released, the Post mentions the unemployment rates before the coronavirus pandemic, rising wages, job creation and the economic health of the country.
  • The Post also takes aim at former Vice President Joe Biden, saying that his “administration would be beholden to a socialist left that sees an opportunity to remake the nation in its vision, one more dependent on government debt.”

6. Trump slams Biden for comments on the oil industry

  • While campaigning in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump brought up former Vice President Joe Biden’s stance on energy policies, telling the crowd that Biden would destroy the state’s economy.
  • This is in reference to during the final presidential debate when Biden said he would “transition from the oil industry,” which is in addition to his pledges to end fracking. When Trump brought this up, he simply stated that Biden “blew it,” adding that getting rid of the entire industry “mean no fracking, no jobs, no energy for Pennsylvania families.”

5. Ainsworth is well-liked

  • New polling data released by Cygnal shows that Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth is one of the most popular officials with Republicans in Alabama. While Ainsworth’s name ID with voters is significantly lower than Governor Kay Ivey’s, his likability ratio is much higher.
  • Ivey was viewed as favorable by 71% of Republicans, 39.8% of Democrats and 59.2% of independents, while Ainsworth was viewed as favorable by 30.3% of Republicans, but was only viewed as unfavorable by 5.4%. Ivey’s ratio was 3.51:1, while Ainsworth was at 5.61:1.

4. The Jones campaign doesn’t know when ballots are due

  • U.S. Senator Doug Jones’ (D-AL) reelection campaign recently had an ad taken down by Facebook because it had the incorrect dates for returning absentee ballots for Alabama, stating that they should drop off ballots by October 29 or mail them in by November 2.
  • Turns out, the last day to return a ballot to a county absentee election manager is on November 2, and the last day to request a ballot is October 29.

3. We may need to look at absentee voting

  • Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has brought up concerns about how “the left” could be using the pandemic to gain an advantage in the election. According to Marshall, this is due to courthouses being open over the weekend in Mobile and Jefferson counties for in-person absentee voting.
  • Marshall also predicted that in the “upcoming legislative session, as we kind of look at the pandemic and what has been the consequences of that, I would not be surprised if the legislative body looked a little bit about where we are on voting and how it is taking place.”

2. A judge created voter suppression in Alabama

  • Much has been made about voter suppression in Alabama, but actual voter suppression efforts have been harder to nail down, until now. Judge Abdul K. Kallon was able to change the rules by declaring absentee ballots no longer require witness signatures or notarization and waive the voter ID requirement for those 65 years or older who have pre-existing conditions,
  • This obviously did not stand, and the United States Supreme Court, giving us a preview of the future, put Alabama law back in play and reinstated absentee ballot requirements. This puts the ballots cast incorrectly in a situation where they will not be counted.

1. Notorious ACB confirmed

  • On Monday night, Judge Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the next U.S. Supreme Court justice along almost party-line vote where only U.S. Senator Susan Collins (D-ME) being the only Republican to vote against Barrett. Alabama’s junior Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) voted no, while Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) voted yes. Jones’ opponent, former Auburn head coach Tommy Tuberville said, “Instead of standing up for our conservative Alabama values and voting to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Doug Jones voted against her nomination and represented the liberal beliefs of his high-dollar campaign donors in California and New York.”
  • Not surprisingly, the reaction to the confirmation was swift and angry, with Democrats declaring that Republicans will “regret” this, that there will be consequences and the court will be expanded. Even former Vice President Joe Biden declared that he may set up a new rotational Supreme Court.

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