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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr
It seems to me that all of this early voting and voting by mail has done nothing but cause problems.
Even if there haas been on impropriety, the impression that there has been has upset a lot of people.
I understand that it gives more people the opportunity to vote but I think that a better solution would be to hold election over one weekend. Twelve hours on Saturday and twelve hours on Sunday. If you can't fit that into your schedule, you just don't care enough.
There would have to be mail in ballots for people that are out of the country or away from their homes but those should have to be applied for and should be a minimal amount.
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I could not agree more. How and Why we (the people) ever started all this in the name of "fairness", "inclusion" is beyond my understanding. It has NOT "improved" access or insured accuracy, if anything, has greatly expanded the possibility of errors, "lost" ballots, "unauthorized" individuals and/or vehicles transporting ballots, just an endless list of circumstances for incorrect counts. When I was young election DAY was just that, the DAY an election was held. The hours were long, before sunrise to after sunset, to accommodate working people who worked any shift. If anyone had a problem, it was EXPECTED and in some places REQUIRED, the an employer give an employee permission to leave a few minutes early, or arrive a few minutes late, without penalty, to support voting. The votes were counted that night. My parents both worked at elections. I always had to stay with my grandparents, or at the home of friends, because they worked the entire night counting, and recounting to make sure there were no errors. I would not be opposed to two days to vote, perhaps a Sunday and a Monday; one weekday and one weekend day, but all we have done is INCREASE the possibility of errors rather than prevent them. By the way, when I was young it was not "easy" to get permission to vote before election day. While there have always been, and always will be, people who are out of the country, in the hospital, etc. etc. but in the past people took into consideration trying NOT to schedule things on election day if possible. It seems it mean more to people "back then" than it does today (?)