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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:15 AM Original message |
FL & MI Re-vote By Mail? Any Problem With That? |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here in FL mail-in elections are allowed only for votes on issues... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Could they call it a special election, or get around it another way? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Right! Break the law to pacify Hillary's tantrum. Let her turn blue! |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yes they could, but it would require legislation. You've seen how our state senate "operates" LOL |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. do you have a link for that? |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Link from newsweek: |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I wonder what that means - "tiny provisions" n/t |
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JBoris (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I assume it means that it wouldn't take much to amend the law. n/t |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I would think so . . . or one open to a broad spectrum of interpretation |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. It's not a state election - it's a Democratic party function |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds good to me. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Governors Corzine in NJ, said they could raise they could raise the money. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think the states should pay, but in the interest of expediency... |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Why does Hillary want the poor to go hungry? I think NJ better house and feed their homeless. |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. It's ironic to me as a NJ citizen that Corzine can fix Fla's election but |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. It is by far the cheapest way and allows for maximum participation |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well, I think it time to bite the bullet, and let what happens, happen. |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. I heard the FL gov on MTP say they could send ballots to "all |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Hillary supporters better guard their mailboxes |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Are you serious? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I wouldn't put it past them |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Well, I don't think so. |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I believe they said all who did not vote Republican in the primary |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. But that isn't fair either |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. If they chose to vote puke, then they may have to live with it. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. But the GOOD Democrats who crossed over to vote were told their vote did NOT count |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I do see the problem. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You tell me. In the interest of fairness...yes. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. The whole thing is screwed up. What a mess. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. The postage will have to be paid for |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
28. Oh great, now that we've bastardized the votes of millions, let's try to repair it on the cheap. |
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pinkpops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Sorry - that's not what it is about. What it is about is that |
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Maribelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. The real shame, that very few acknowledge, is that the DNC could have done 50% like the RNC did. |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
31. Officials are saying it would be a 90 day process |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. An unworkable, logistical nightmare |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. Seems inexpensive enough. Use absentee ballots. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
35. It seems like it would be a solution that would be very time consuming |
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joeranscot (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. mail in votes |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-10-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. The Superdelegates from FL & MI have been stripped, as well. |
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