Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >convenient.
Probably want to do their best to get rid of early voting because a
certain powerful politician does not like it.
If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in >California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into >Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting >fucking ridiculous.
Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting >> fucking ridiculous.
Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting?
So why don't we just have continuous elections? As soon as a new president is >sworn in, the next election starts and runs until November 7 four years >later?
Not necessarily true. I read an article that said at least one state
allows early voters to change their vote - and not just once!
Apparently, they can change their minds up to FIVE TIMES! I don't
remember which state though. Hmm. I just asked Gemini (the Google AI)
and it says:
I don't have an issue with allowing 40 days before the Election Day
for early voting, but why the 20 days after? Having an extended
pre-Election Day period hopefully just lessens the crowds on the
actual Election Day. The only point of a post Election Day that I'm
aware of was for delayed mail from military outposts across the globe.
If the two pro gerrymandering decisions are ever to be reveresed, does
the Equal Protection clause provide any hope of protecting minorities,
in this case, voters who don't want to be represented by assholes?
On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:06:12 -0500, shawn
<nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
Probably want to do their best to get rid of early voting because a
certain powerful politician does not like it.
Only time I ever voted early was when I was in the shopping mall and
saw a long line of people carefully spaced apart (if you guessed 2021
+ or - a couple of years you'd be right) and said 'what the hell -
let's get it done' and since I knew the official voting card was not
required but personal ID was I went for it.
I don't care WHEN you vote but do care that you DO vote.
Just as long as you don't "vote early and vote often" which is said to
be going on in certain ethnic communities who are said to be doing so
by misuse of the official polling card. (About the only exception has
been the election after my wife's passing where I checked to ensure
she was NOT still on the voters list as I didn't want anybody
fraudulently voting in her name. The poll clerks didn't want to tell
me so I gave my name and my daughters and asked if anybody else was >registered at my address - in Canada the there's a box on the tax form
you check to allow them to share info with the voting authorities
which makes things very easy - we DO have to declare citizenship on
our tax returns for that reason)
Except that's more of a joke than something that actually happens
because there are real legal consequences to trying to do that. Unless
the original meaning was to actual make sure you vote early AND you
vote every opportunity you can. Which is something more people should
do since many (including myself) tend to vote in the Presidential
elections but miss many of the more local elections.
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