Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Drop boxes part 2: Colorado encourages the use of drop boxes. Georgia just imposed strict limits. In the 2020 general, both Denver and Atlanta's Fulton County had 38 boxes. Denver can keep that number. Fulton says it is being forced down to 8 boxes. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Drop boxes part 1: Colorado's drop boxes are open 24 hours a day until the evening of Election Day. Georgia's now have to be inside, available only during early voting hours, and shut down the Friday before Election Day. 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Mail-voter ID: Colorado doesn't require additional ID from mail voters after a newly registered person has their ID verified once; from then, it's a signature system. Georgia now requires a form of ID for every mail vote. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

In-person voter ID: Colorado allows various non-photo ID for in-person voting, including a birth certificate, recent bill/bank statement/check. Georgia requires photo ID. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Mail ballots: Colorado sends a ballot to every active registered voter. In Georgia, a voter must request a ballot. The Secretary of State and other officials are now banned from even sending *applications* to everyone. 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's a non-comprehensive thread on how Colorado's elections law is extremely different than Georgia's. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

PS: I understand some tweeters' points about how Republicans' current focus on comparing ID rules draws attention away from the many non-ID-related complaints about the new Georgia law. But people keep getting the facts of the ID rules wrong, so here I am, tweeting. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

This is a misleadingly incomplete list of the ID Colorado allows for in-person voting (which, again, fewer than 8% of voters use!). CO allows bank statement, birth certificate, utility bill, other non-photo docs. The list is online: https://t.co/JMBGD0N7QS https://t.co/8IO6Ey0CJC — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

What’s happening on TV and social media today is that some prominent Republicans are portraying themselves as debunkers of Georgia-related misinformation while spreading Colorado-related misinformation. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

3) The Georgia law bans “any person” from giving out food and drink in the vicinity of voters in line (with an exception for election staff setting up a water station), not just campaign workers. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

2) Colorado sends a mail ballot to all active registered voters. In 2016 and 2020, more than 90% voted by mail. Unlike Georgia’s new law, Colorado doesn’t require ID for mail voters except for first-timers. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

1) This viral tweet is false: Colorado does NOT require photo ID to vote in person. Unlike Georgia for in-person, Colorado allows a bank statement, birth certificate, utility bill, and various other non-photo documents. The list is one Google search away: https://t.co/yjC8jMzZVI — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Colorado also has drop boxes available 24 hours a day until the evening of Election Day. Under the new Georgia law, boxes can be available at most half the day, and only during the early voting period. Anyway: I shall write an article. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@gunrwilson @ClarkPetulant Yes, much stricter. For in-person, GA requires photo ID. CO allows bill, bank doc, birth certificate, other non-photo ID - the kinds of things GA permits for mail voting but not for in-person. And for mail, Colorado doesn't have a post-registration ID requirement, just signature — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

I'm leaving aside the fact that the number of early voting days in primaries and generals (the number Scott referred to) is not critics' issue with the new Georgia law -- it's a bunch of other stuff -- and the pedantic point that the Braves play in Cobb County, about 29% Black. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Absurd comparison. 1) Georgia's ID requirements are much stricter. 2) *Colorado mails every active registered voter a ballot.* 90-plus percent voted by mail even in pre-pandemic elections. 3) Colorado allows people to register on Election Day. https://t.co/ZCqOf7rLWa — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@SheaSerrano The Raptors spent most of March down between 7 and 14, it was the worst — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's what Buttigieg said after Wolf Blitzer told him we'd found his Sunday claims wrong and asked him to set the record straight. https://t.co/CZXHb7Card — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Just saw that on CNN with Wolf this evening, Buttigieg was perfectly precise about the figure he was wrong about yesterday - correctly explaining the nuances of the Moody’s analysis. I’m not used to thorough post-fact-check improvements from politicians, so that’s good to see. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

No, Moody’s didn’t say the Biden infrastructure plan will “create 19M jobs.” Moody’s said its passage would result in *2.7M* more jobs than we’d have without passage - that 19M jobs would be gained with passage, 16.3M jobs gained without. Fact check: https://t.co/gYx8ZaDdIi — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/NlMNxVd6fN — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@bradyswenson Not picking on you, but this defense is inaccurate. Deese and Buttigieg claimed Moody's said *this plan* would create 19 million jobs. Not that 19 million jobs will generally be created; they said this plan will create 19 million. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@NatsMusicTeachr @abbydphillip I don’t mean to pick on you, but this is not a fair criticism of me personally! — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@WineAndCheezit ? No — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

A Department of Transportation spokesperson just called to say Buttigieg also misspoke and intended to say the infrastructure plan will “help” create 19M jobs, not to attribute all 19M jobs to the plan. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Biden said, “Independent analysis shows that if we pass this plan, the economy will create 19 million jobs...” True! But Biden very much didn’t make clear that this analysis found the economy will add 16.3 million of those jobs if they don’t pass this plan. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Biden’s own Friday description of the “19 million jobs” estimate was literally correct, certainly more artful than the inaccurate claims from Buttigieg and Deese - but I’d argue still pretty misleading by omission. https://t.co/gYx8ZaDdIi — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

In response to my inquiry, a White House official conceded economic council director Brian Deese had misspoken. The official said Deese meant to say Moody’s found the plan would “help” create 19M jobs, not that it would create 19M jobs itself. https://t.co/gYx8ZaDdIi — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Biden admin officials falsely said on TV yesterday that Moody’s estimated his infrastructure plan will create 19M jobs. Moody’s estimated 19M jobs will be added if the plan is passed — or 16.3M jobs added if it isn’t. So the plan adds *2.7M*, not 19M: https://t.co/gYx8ZaDdIi — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

These are preliminary estimates, but Biden repeated as recently as two weeks ago (https://t.co/1Rq8rCSFjP) that "suicides are up" amid the pandemic, and there continues to be no good national evidence for that claim. https://t.co/vjx9QUdD10 — PolitiTweet.org