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jmowreader

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18. If they could amend the Constitution for this...

Reply to diva77 (Reply #17)

Fri Feb 10, 2023, 01:10 AM

Feb 2023

…we could solve a lot of problems by setting the election to be a week starting July 5th. The 4th is Patriotic Fervor Day so people are already pumped up, and by the time the election has come in November they’re down to calling each other bad names.

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Five Voting Laws Needed To Protect Democracy - By Marc Elias, elections lawyer extraordinaire [View all] diva77 Feb 2023 OP

Voting should be quick, easy, convenient, and verifiable by the voter. GOP hates that. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #1

Agree 100% with first statement. diva77 Feb 2023 #2

Rule #3 Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2023 #3

Wow - thank you doing that and for having the courage to take action to break up republican campaign diva77 Feb 2023 #4

Unfortunately, in Texas our right to vote keeps being challenged by republicans MagickMuffin Feb 2023 #5

If you find out more about this please let us know! diva77 Feb 2023 #10

While Republicans Mad_Machine76 Feb 2023 #14

K&R brer cat Feb 2023 #6

Good stuff, diva77! calimary Feb 2023 #7

Me too!!! diva77 Feb 2023 #12

K&r questionseverything Feb 2023 #8

K&R, uponit7771 Feb 2023 #9

K&R UTUSN Feb 2023 #11

I'm disappointed that there's nothing about mailed ballots in his treatise FakeNoose Feb 2023 #13

The OP article mentions what he recommended in 2020 for mail-in voting diva77 Feb 2023 #16

Let me add a sixth jmowreader Feb 2023 #15

I like this idea diva77 Feb 2023 #17

If they could amend the Constitution for this... jmowreader Feb 2023 #18