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Ain't that the truth!
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If the biggest superpower in the world can't arrange an election that both uses postal voting, as one of the methods of exercising your right to vote, AND make it free of significant fraud, you will have no right to call yourself either a superpower or The Land of the Free. It's surely not beyond the wit of the best minds in the USA to come up with a system that "works"? You still have until the 3rd November to sort it out, for fuck's sake!
I also call "bullshit" on the assertion that postal ballots lead to widespread fraud. The evidence shows otherwise:
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You must not have a mail box at the end of your drive way.
It must be a post office box or on the wall beside your door or something.
Most Americans have a mail box,that any dipshit crook can reach in and grab the contents and spin tires leaving.
As you also know, " The total number of voters who voted early, absentee or by mail more than doubled from 24.9 million in 2004 to 57.2 million in 2016, representing an increase from one in five of all ballots cast to two in five of all ballots cast."
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To put that number of 57.2 voters who voted by mail into perspective, there are about 26 million eligible voters in all of Canada.
"It's surely not beyond the wit of the best minds in the USA to come up with a system that "works"?"
Do you disagree with that statement, phart?
Having said that:
Why not have nominated mail boxes specifically made for the election, that are tamper-proof?
Why not instruct people to drop off their completed ballots at Town Halls, Police Stations or other government-run buildings?
Why not install webcams pointed at ballot drop-off points?
Could you insist that people enter their Social Security number on the ballot paper, so you can cross check votes if there is a dispute?
If you fear ballots being stolen from your, end of drive, mail box why not instruct people who have not received theirs by a cut-off date to take remedial action of some sort?
There you go: 5 ideas from someone with a modest IQ who isn't that familiar with your voting system. A brainy US psephologist could, I'm sure, do even better.
I still think that those who are bleating against postal voting have a hidden agenda.
Here is a link explaining some of the postal services issues. Postal service was supposed to be bankrupt by June of this year,but somehow,suddenly,during congressional hearings it is capable of handling millions of ballets? All the while I am sitting here waiting on something that has been stuck 40 miles away in a distribution center?
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What is wrong with voters walking their lazy ass's into the voting booth? Something even Lord Dr.Falchy said he saw no reason we couldn't do it come november?
A system designed before either of us was born that worked ok until the Wuhan thing came along and got weaponized by the liberal agenda.
Your ideas are feasable.Edit,keep getting interupted by phone calls.
Social security number was not designed to be used for id,but for whatever reason people seem to think it is a great idea.
You always say it aint your job to solve a problem.Why do you think it is your job to identify 1? Just curious.
As I mentioned elsewhere, I will NEVER be in favor of MASS mail-in voting, period! The exception is, REQUESTING an "absentee ballot". If someone is SO afraid, then I encourage them to use THAT option. Otherwise, there's NO excuse for NOT being able to go to your local polling place, none!
Most voting centers are within 5 miles or less of it's resident's. Wear a mask, observe proper spacing, present valid legal identification to a REAL person, receive your ballot, make your selections in private, and YOU physically place the ballot into the machine. Where it's then counted.
How or why is that SO difficult?
Need some sort of "special allowance" because of the virus, fine! Open the polling locations for 3 days, Sunday 6am until Tuesday 8pm. There's your compromise... NO EXCUSE!
As far as voter fraud is concerned, you're wrong! There's 2 elections that remain undecided because of mail-in voting. I would have to go search for the proof and then post it here. It would be as many as 6 stories I can think of off the top of my head.
No offense, but the only ones I see bitching about our election process are from outside this country and 1 internal nutjob (from the U.S.). Therefore, I have NO desire to search for all the proof that mass mail-in voting HAS and can continue to invite fraud into the process.
The current in-person system is about as close as you can get to perfection and fair. If it works just fine, why fuck with it? Makes NO sense.
What does make sense...
Let's stray from the current system in place, that works just fine, muddy the water, so that come election night EITHER decision will be a clusterfuck for ALL. Gee! 🤔 I wonder who started all this bullshit with mail-in voting nonsense, to begin with. Maybe, just maybe, it was the same slobs running the same cities that are under assault every single night. Maybe?
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Nobody is talking about 'straying from the current system in place'. Why do you keep saying that????? Mail in voting is legal in every state and every American voter currently has the right to vote by mail. Right?
Your solution might not be "difficult" but, given human nature, I would assert that it raises the risk of covid transmission.
TWO elections, without proof, is a pretty weak counter in my opinion. Do you dispute the evidence in the BBC news link I provided? Shouting "voter fraud" has been used in the UK to threaten the enfranchisement, so this isn't a point I'm making to be "anti-Trump" (believe it or not!).
In these strange times (covid) I just find it perplexing that a rich, mature democracy can't run an election (with a significant proportion of votes being cast by mail) without people bellowing "FRAUD"!
Finally, do you think that there are people in the US that will not vote at all - unless they are allowed a postal vote, because they fear becoming infected?
Makes more sense than the mail man throwing my ballot off a bridge into the creek to disappear into the sea.
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And U.S.P.S employees are known to go postal, too.
The "superpower" thing, eh,I would just as soon drop the title,keep the strength,just drop the title. It tends to make small countrys think they can come running to us like mama bear everything shit hits the fan and we are supposed to solve their issues.
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Me, in a BLT, I like a little wiggle!
You and your missus must enjoy bacon. Is it possible that you are observing a keto diet/lifestyle?
The keto diet must be working out for you and your missus if you've been following it for approximately 4 years. What do you consume on a typical day? What foods are in your weekly menu? Is there anything that you think you "miss"?
Is keto now your way of life, have you ever "fallen off the wagon"?
I went on low carb + intermittent fasting, lost about 40 pounds in half of a year. Now women are interested in me again.
Now offer a lettuce bun for their burgers. Most of the chain sub shops such as Jimmy John's now offers a lettuce rap. Grocery stores are now starting to carry 0 carb bread, keto crackers and other low carb foods. We have an explosion food services that are now cooking pre-made keto, vegan, and Paleo meals and delivery service to your house twice a week. My initial weight loss when I started keto 4 years ago was 40 lb 16 weeks. I have now maintain that weight for almost four years.
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I wonder why Wendy's removed that burger from their menu? I read that they're doing well during their breakfast hours and the breakfast baconator was specifically mentioned as their morning leader.
I went to McDonald's today and ordered a small coffee, large unsweetened ice tea and a small fry. The girl told me $ 4.23 and you could have knocked me outta my socks. McDonald's charges $ 1.99 for a small fry. Their hamburger, cheeseburger and McDouble cost less than a small fry! Boy, have I lost touch with the world during this quarantine.
A hundred years ago, my mother could take a short can of tuna and make 4 to 5 sandwiches out of it and it was because she always added chopped onions and CELERY. I normally do not have celery in the house because it goes limp before I use it all and it has been so darn expensive BUT, yes, the crunch of celery in a chicken salad sandwich sounds heavenly!
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In 30 minutes and after she toasted bread, added some lettuce, sliced some tomatoes and assembled her version of a BLT. Oh, I almost forgot, the vegan mayonnaise......
Love this quote from Terry Pratchett (Discworld author):
"Sham Harga had run a successful eatery for many years by always smiling, never extending credit, and realizing that most of his customers wanted meals properly balanced between the four food groups: sugar, starch, grease, and burnt crunchy bits.”
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