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Wow, New York has no early voting? Amazing how far they are behind the times compared to other states. -- nm

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Apr 19 '16, 03:53

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- There are some things NY is great about with voting but there are a number of things I would like to see improved. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 05:40 3
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    - When I lived in TX, voting was very easy. Early voting (in which you could vote anywhere in the county). They have since added a stringent voter i - ty97 Apr 19, 05:55
  - (in which ty97 makes a list of some of these things) - ty97 Apr 19, 05:43
- I just learned yesterday that those generous hours are only in certain counties apparently. - ty97 Apr 19, 05:31 15
  - As I said below, I wonder if historically they don't vote in the morning so there's no need to have early hours. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:37 14
    - Based on this map, I don't think it's fair to call Early Voting a "liberal" thing. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 19, 05:40 3
      - Good thing it's not based just on that map, then. - znufrii Apr 19, 06:02
      - I call it a liberal thing because we're the ones that tend to be the ones fighting for easier voting while the other side - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:42 1
        
        But that map does show a couple of blue states that need to get their act together, especially the one I'm sitting in right now. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:44
    - I grew up in one of the counties that opens at noon and while it's not urban, it's certainly not rural either. - ty97 Apr 19, 05:39 9
      - I don't think I have ever seen a voting hours that starts at noon. - Will Hunting Apr 19, 05:52
      - Oh, I agree. I'm all for making it easier for people to vote. I was just unsure if those counties have a history of not going to vote early in - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:42 7
        
        I'm assuming the law (which has been around since 1976) has longer hours in the populated counties simply because they are so populated - ty97 Apr 19, 05:46 6
        
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        I guess commuting from an upstate farm is now out of the question. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:51 3
        
        There are people in my childhood county who commute to NYC - ty97 Apr 19, 06:14 2
        
        Poughkeepsie? I can see it being close enough but is that farm country? -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 06:20 1
        
        Parts of the county are rural, parts are not. It's built up a lot. - ty97 Apr 19, 06:22
        
        That would make sense though it's NY and politics so that would be surprising. - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:49
- The October deadline is just fine and wasn't a problem until this year. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:22
- nobody has voter ID laws, do they? -- nm - unbreakable mandy jones Apr 19, 05:20 4
  - Ours sure does. -- nm - Dark Callisto Apr 19, 05:48
  - lots of red states do now, in order to disenfranchise minority voters. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 05:32
  - nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 19, 05:22
  - Lots of states do and it's awful. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:21
- I'm reading 1 example of rural locations opening at Noon. - Strongbad Apr 19, 04:18 1
  - Where over the years they likely didn't vote early so they learned there's no need to open polls at 6am. Or, it's just antiquated rules that need to - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:16
Reading about opaque and oppressive voter laws. Party registration had to have been changed by 10/9/15 in order to vote today. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 19, 03:57 11
- That is neither opaque or oppressive. I like our primary rules and I wouldn't want them changed. They're fair if you're paying attention to things. -- nm - Krusty Andromedon Apr 19, 05:19
- And if your party affiliation somehow got changed from Democrat to Unaffiliated without your knowledge or consent, like happened to a friend of mine - znufrii Apr 19, 04:11 9
  - There's also a lawsuit claiming mass voter roll purges -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 19, 04:20 8
    - I'm interested in the 60K people who disappeared in Brooklyn (which I posted about yesterday) but I'm not willing to call it a purge yet. - ty97 Apr 19, 05:34
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      - to be fair, of all the primaries, NY's is the only one happening today... -- nm - znufrii Apr 19, 05:10 3
        
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        To be fair, nobody really cares about Wisconsin anyway. -- nm - znufrii Apr 19, 05:52
        
        nmbl -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 19, 05:19 [Backboard]
      - Chik Fil A and the NY Primaries is all I care about. -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 19, 04:35
    - I would assume this type of thing has a snowballs chance in hell of succeeding on Election Day. -- nm - znufrii Apr 19, 04:29

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