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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:11 PM Original message |
The problem with Early Voting and Mail In Voting: |
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littlewolf (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. K & R |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R...n/t |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. We're 100 percent vote-by-mail in Oregon, and I like the system. |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. heh! |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It's really easy to drop voters though. Miss a couple ballots, you don't get one |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. In my county you can check that it's been received |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I will agree that Mail In is convenient, but |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. One good thing is we have a 100 percent paper trail. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Do you really? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Last I heard, messing with the mail is a federal felony nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Like THAT is a deterrent for TPTB. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
37. mail in is great...i slowly complete my ballot |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Love mail in voting in Washington state too. |
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oldtime dfl_er (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Independent Exit Polls? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Was 2008 "stolen?" |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Was 2008 "stolen?" |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. 30% of ballots cast in 2008 were mail-in or early. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. You can have my Early Voting |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. +1 n/t |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Really.... hurricanes, for example, do not respect the concept of "voting holidays." n/t |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Other democracies with transparent/verifiable elections... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Well, as long as you are comfortable trusting... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Actually, each campaign is allowed to have a poll watcher present |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Exit Polls Are Meaningless |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You just proved the OP's point |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. But Bush Still Got to Be President |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Exit Polls Are Meaningless ? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. If the situation was reversed, I would expect a full accounting for |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. K & R |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R'd |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. Huh? |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, there are some draw-backs with mail voting. |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yeah, but it negates the voter intimidation bullshit |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Voter intimidation at the polls is illegal. |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. unless we make voting days actual days off from work |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. It would be possible to exit polling for early voting in NC: in fact it would be easier |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. So...early voting (and not the corporations that buy off our politicians!) is the problem? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
38. It's harder for poor people without cars to get to the polls. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I'll stick with Oregon's Vote By Mail system... |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I wish we had this in CT. |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. One more comment about by mail voting... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. If Democrats somehow survive this election, it will be due completely to early voting |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Do you have something to base that on? |
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