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In response to "Absentee is pretty cool, but this polls being weeks before Election Day? I'm not getting it." by Qale

It is easier for everyone...the voters and the election officials...it's good for democracy -- nm

Posted by The Calico Cat Coalition (aka seandunham) Oct 24 '08, 12:26

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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

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