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In response to "I've been thinking about it, and I believe I'm against this early voting thing. It seems like the primary caucus type thing is getting out of hand. -- nm" by Qale

I'm out of vacation time, so it's the only way I can vote. I guess I could have gotten an absentee ballot. -- nm

Posted by Amy (aka momstravaganza) Oct 24 '08, 12:22

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Absentee is pretty cool, but this polls being weeks before Election Day? I'm not getting it. - Qale Oct 24, 12:24 25
- I think the idea of an "election day" is ill suited to our current times - znufrii wants pie Oct 24, 12:28 8
  - Should the government set up a social networking website for voting as well because that's more suited to our current times? Hehehe. - Qale Oct 24, 12:30 7
    - I actually think that would be a great idea once we can make electronic communication more secure. -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 24, 12:31 1
      - You'd make it ORANGE too wouldn't you? BASTARD!!!!! - Qale Oct 24, 12:35
    - What corruption issues? -- nm - psilotum Oct 24, 12:31 4
      - That's the original topic of this thread. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:32 3
        
        The original article talks about issues at the polling place. They would not be helped by reducing the hours/days the polls were open. -- nm - psilotum Oct 24, 12:38 2
        
        Pardon my conspiracy theorist mentality but I read "glitches" and I think it can lead to corruption. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:43 1
        
        true. Or they are a result of corruption. But all this has happened on election day before. -- nm - psilotum Oct 24, 12:49
- It is easier for everyone...the voters and the election officials...it's good for democracy -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 24, 12:26 14
  - Maybe voting shouldn't be easy though. Maybe it should be hard and take time and effort. I mean there was a story on Drive-Thru voting I believe? WTH? -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:27 13
    - let's reinstate literacy tests and poll taxes, then. - znufrii wants pie Oct 24, 12:29 9
      - How about making it only for landowners, men, white people again -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 24, 12:31 1
        
        YES!!! -- nm - John McCain Oct 24, 12:32
      - I think that's taking what I said too far, obviously. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:30 6
        
        of course, but it makes my point. Barriers to voting do a disservice to democracy. -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 24, 12:32 5
        
        How big of a barrier is it to just have people either vote absentee or show up on a certain day? - Qale Oct 24, 12:34 4
        
        z wants us all to vote by beaming a hanging chad from our imbedded mind chips to a satellite. -- nm - TFox Oct 24, 12:39 3
        
        The Electorate is SELF AWARE!! -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:44
        
        mi mi mi mi mi mi mi - Beaker SI Oct 24, 12:44
        
        *shrug* the fundamental idea is sound -- nm - znufrii wants pie Oct 24, 12:43
    - I really don't understand the argument that it should be harder to vote. -- nm - psilotum Oct 24, 12:29 2
      - Not harder, but certainly not so easy that it becomes unappreciated. -- nm - Qale Oct 24, 12:31 1
        
        I don't think that's what the issue has been recently -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Oct 24, 12:33
- I'm voting Nov. 1. Close enough. -- nm - Amy Oct 24, 12:26

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