Reply #7: It is embarrassing that Tennessee is the closest thing to a banana republic we have ...

[Fly by night]

... in this country right now when it comes to election integrity.

Tennessee:

The state that helped break the back of Jim Crow,

the state that put women's suffrage over the top,

the state that (with Baker v. Carr) brought some equivalence to our votes,

is now one of the ten most insecure states for election integrity in the country (according to the Brennan Report released today).

I expect Sergeant York and all the brave WW II veterans who fought the "Battle of Athens" in 1948 to rescue their ballot boxes from a corrupt sheriff are rolling over in their graves. (Google that if you want to read a very inspiring, patriotic (and perhaps prescient) story.)

I just hope that, when the time comes, we can (like in The Lord of the Rings) call their spirits from the grave to fight with us against the Rethug orcs and gremlins. We may need 'em.

PS: Was your fiance allowed to vote today? Did either of you have to cast a provisional ballot (that may or may not be counted in the end)? Please let me know -- I want as many examples as possible to share with the media.