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Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
33. We need to stop pretending that late phone banking is the solution to everything
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 05:14 PM
Dec 2018

Nothing wrong with absentee voting as long as voters are contacted frequently and educated regarding every method and potential obstacle. Likewise with our voting specialists in regard to making sure ballot designs are simple, and not merely an unintentional form of suppression.

I have no idea how the NFL can become a year long obsession with the draft and OTAs, etc., but voting is crammed into two months in the fall every two years, with the same familiar problems and frequent new ones.

We are already losing ground in Florida regarding 2020. As I mentioned to a poster via PM a few days ago, I was polishing my car last week near dusk and a gray car stopped in my swale. A young attractive woman got out. I assumed she wanted directions or was mistaking me for someone else. Nope, she was a Republican canvasser. I gave her my standard line that I would never vote for a Republican in my life, but she was not deterred. She walked to my mailbox and dumped the material in there. Then I saw her stop 4 houses down the block and talk to the guy who was outside working on his lawn.

That is what the GOP is doing in Florida. It is not theft. We are being outworked with year long emphasis.

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We should be making it easier to vote, not harder. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #1
That is exactly my thought. And you said it better than I would have. marble falls Dec 2018 #2
Re: absentee voting I can certainly see why some working guy or gal DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #3
A lot of employers do everything to make it hard for their employees to vote. marble falls Dec 2018 #7
My boss was a Repug and a jerk in a lot of ways... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #11
Thats the way it used to be. Democrats and Republicans used to work together ... marble falls Dec 2018 #37
Even if the law requires time off for voting DBoon Dec 2018 #36
My DH gets an absentee ballot every year Bettie Dec 2018 #18
Which is WHY we need a whole MONTH of early voting SoCalDem Dec 2018 #40
Exactly! EffieBlack Dec 2018 #26
Amen wryter2000 Dec 2018 #30
That would be step 2. Baitball Blogger Dec 2018 #4
Government employees or corporate employees who are working overseas should be able to vote. haele Dec 2018 #5
So, let's see. Colorado has gone to all mail-in ballots (though there are same day polling spots) hlthe2b Dec 2018 #6
Kids off at college? People who travel extensively for business? etc. jpljr77 Dec 2018 #8
I completely disagree - what Democrats need to do is to educate voters csziggy Dec 2018 #9
Excellent response. Delmette2.0 Dec 2018 #20
+1! 2naSalit Dec 2018 #21
We just need to start keeping records of abentee ballot requests pecosbob Dec 2018 #10
You don't think it's already done? LisaL Dec 2018 #25
I really don't know...since the States get to control everything about the process pecosbob Dec 2018 #27
that is already done crazycatlady Dec 2018 #35
Would you also exclude those of us who live abroad? GoneOffShore Dec 2018 #12
I respectfully disagree Retrograde Dec 2018 #13
So I can NEVER go on vacation in leftynyc Dec 2018 #14
In NY it's been restricted for a while-- only certain excuses are valid for absentee ballots... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #15
In Virginia, early in-person voting is subject to the same limitations as absentee onenote Dec 2018 #24
No. Here in CA we use mail ballots for much wasupaloopa Dec 2018 #16
No. Here in WA it's all by mail. And you can check to see your ballot has been received. fierywoman Dec 2018 #17
As a former Washingtonian...I agree with you. Liberal Veteran Dec 2018 #39
Fix the fraud is the way to go Charlotte Little Dec 2018 #19
The big push among Democrats is for more vote by mail mcar Dec 2018 #22
There are a lot of issues with vote by mail. LisaL Dec 2018 #28
You user name suggests you are from California. LisaL Dec 2018 #23
Some people don't get that the voting rules are different in every state jberryhill Dec 2018 #31
Please specify which state you are talking about jberryhill Dec 2018 #29
I like the way you want to charge handicapped people a poll tax jberryhill Dec 2018 #32
We need to stop pretending that late phone banking is the solution to everything Awsi Dooger Dec 2018 #33
Many changes needed to voting laws. northoftheborder Dec 2018 #34
Actually, we should have a voting week. The national holiday is good in theory, but... Liberal Veteran Dec 2018 #38
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