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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a24662536/2018-midterm-election-hack-voter-registration-systems/
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Voting tomorrow 
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    I also think all this early voting, mail-in voting, etc has made fraud an even greater threat.  I mean, sure, maybe you get more turnout that way. But it seems to me that it would be a lot more difficult to keep track of what's going on and keep it honest with all these different outlets of voting methods.
    I think we need to make election day a Federal Holiday or make it Saturday/Sunday when most people don't have to work. And I think we need to make it a whole hell of a lot easier for people to register and get to the polls.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I also think all this early voting, mail-in voting, etc has made fraud an even greater threat.  I mean, sure, maybe you get more turnout that way. But it seems to me that it would be a lot more difficult to keep track of what's going on and keep it honest with all these different outlets of voting methods.
    I think we need to make election day a Federal Holiday or make it Saturday/Sunday when most people don't have to work. And I think we need to make it a whole hell of a lot easier for people to register and get to the polls.
    Sounds good to me!  While were at it, lets word propositions so that they are clear and understandable and have schools find interesting and engaging ways to teach the basics of how government works.
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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,961


    Falling down,...not staying down
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,961
    And yes! I did vote. :)
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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,245
    Kat said:


    Awesome! With pay, I hope?
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  • pjhawks
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    Pennsylvania has no early voting but Ill be there at 7:00 am before work when the polls open. 

    and yes agree with PJ it should be a holiday. they don't make it very convenient.
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,560
    Ms. Haiku said:
    When I was to vote in my first presidential election, I told my Dad that I didn't like the candidates, and I wouldn't vote. He is the son of immigrants, and his grandpa was a mayor of a town in Italy.

    He said if I don't vote, then I'm not part of the family. A little harsh, but obviously a pro-voting message.

    Anyone else have pro-voting family stories?

    My grandpa was mayor of his small town in Ohio. He’d run as an independent because he wouldn’t get elected if he ran as a Democrat. My parents would always volunteer in local races, like mayor and state rep and were friends with some of them. I never miss and couldn’t imagine not voting. It would feel lime I’m committing some sort of betrayal. 
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    brianlux said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I also think all this early voting, mail-in voting, etc has made fraud an even greater threat.  I mean, sure, maybe you get more turnout that way. But it seems to me that it would be a lot more difficult to keep track of what's going on and keep it honest with all these different outlets of voting methods.
    I think we need to make election day a Federal Holiday or make it Saturday/Sunday when most people don't have to work. And I think we need to make it a whole hell of a lot easier for people to register and get to the polls.
    Sounds good to me!  While were at it, lets word propositions so that they are clear and understandable and have schools find interesting and engaging ways to teach the basics of how government works.
    I had a pretty good US government/civics teacher -- thing is, everything he taught us is a charade. Same goes for my US history teacher.

    My kids are being taught to call out bullshit when it's brought up in class. My daughter made me very proud when I got a note from her teacher after their Columbus Day lesson.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    There is an Amendment to the Maryland State Constitution up for vote which will allow voter registration to remain open until the day of polling.  If this doesn't pass, I'll be pissed.
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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    applied online for early voting - no reason necessary
    voted by mail
    confirmed vote accepted online
    wonderful
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    edited November 2018
    Not enough ballots for early voters waiting in Miami (they did what they had to do to accommodate though). Good sign for voter turnout.


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  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,245
    CM189191 said:

    Multiple times in several states.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    pjhawks said:
    Pennsylvania has no early voting but Ill be there at 7:00 am before work when the polls open. 

    and yes agree with PJ it should be a holiday. they don't make it very convenient.
    in canada it's law for a workplace to allow a certain amount of time paid leave to go vote. I don't bother, I just vote after dinner, but it's a good thing they do that for folks that are too busy with kids, etc, to leave the house to vote. 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,675
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjhawks said:
    Pennsylvania has no early voting but Ill be there at 7:00 am before work when the polls open. 

    and yes agree with PJ it should be a holiday. they don't make it very convenient.
    in canada it's law for a workplace to allow a certain amount of time paid leave to go vote. I don't bother, I just vote after dinner, but it's a good thing they do that for folks that are too busy with kids, etc, to leave the house to vote. 
    Is there not a similar law in the US? Surely there is something that ensures all people can go vote, even if they have shit employers who don't want them to take the time??
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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjhawks said:
    Pennsylvania has no early voting but Ill be there at 7:00 am before work when the polls open. 

    and yes agree with PJ it should be a holiday. they don't make it very convenient.
    in canada it's law for a workplace to allow a certain amount of time paid leave to go vote. I don't bother, I just vote after dinner, but it's a good thing they do that for folks that are too busy with kids, etc, to leave the house to vote. 
    Is there not a similar law in the US? Surely there is something that ensures all people can go vote, even if they have shit employers who don't want them to take the time??
    some states have to give paid time off for voting.

    some do not.

    here in MN they do.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    PJ_Soul said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjhawks said:
    Pennsylvania has no early voting but Ill be there at 7:00 am before work when the polls open. 

    and yes agree with PJ it should be a holiday. they don't make it very convenient.
    in canada it's law for a workplace to allow a certain amount of time paid leave to go vote. I don't bother, I just vote after dinner, but it's a good thing they do that for folks that are too busy with kids, etc, to leave the house to vote. 
    Is there not a similar law in the US? Surely there is something that ensures all people can go vote, even if they have shit employers who don't want them to take the time??
    just assumed not with all the calls for a "national holiday". I think a full day off to vote is a bit much. but I guess it depends how far you have to go to vote. 
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,305
    Most people are given PTO to use as they choose.


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