caseyedwards
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People want to vote in person
I don't know about FL but when Trump does the rallies here, there are almost always a significant number of attendees who come from out of state. So they are not all state voters and many seem to follow him around like Grateful Dead devotees. They may go to ten rallies, but they still only have one vote, and that makes me feel a little better.Couple that with a Twitter comment I was reading the other day about Trump attracting a 2016-size crowd in Sanford, FL, and this has me a bit worried.
Narcissist-In-Charge.Trump complained that the news covered Iowa's flood issues instead of his (non-existent) Nobel Peace Prize. In Iowa.https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1316542704344469504
That is insane. In Australia we just apply for a postal vote online and they send it to you. You do have to get your envelope that encloses your vote witnessed but it is a very simple process. And all run by the Australian Electoral Commission who oversee the voting process.My process for voting:
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All in all, I think I will have spent three hours and paid at least $10 in fees trying to vote in an election where the popular vote doesn't even matter.
Thank god in Canada we aren’t in any type of election year. I have no idea how it would be done but likely more simple. Omg that is a bit crazy. I hope you do vote though. When I am caught between parties I still vote. If I don’t vote then I can’t complain lol.My process for voting:
1. Print out and sign a form. (At least I don't need to have it witnessed as some people do.)
2. Mail to the Board of Elections in my state of last residence. I need to do this for every election, even if I voted in the last one. No way to do this digitally, must be by mail.
3. Receive an email from my former state with a ZIP file. (I have to physically mail, but they can email.)
4. Unzip this file, which contains four files.
5. Read four pages of instructions on what to do
6. I then print out three pages - which need to be on US sized paper.
7. From that paper, I then have to cut three sheets of paper
8. I need to do a little craft project to make the "secrecy" envelop - cutting, folding, taping, and hoping I did it correctly
9. Then I need to paste on the front of the envelop from one of the sheets of paper I printed out. The envelop says postage paid, except that does not apply to international voters (who are the vast majority who receive this "special voter packet"), and the four pages of instructions don't mention that anywhere.
10. And after all of that, I have to hope that the UK and US postal services - both of which seem unreliable at best - actually work.
Unreal. Paying taxes on worldwide income doesn't even get me a ballot.... I have to do a craft project to create one. All in all, I think I will have spent three hours and paid at least $10 in fees trying to vote in an election where the popular vote doesn't even matter. Printing, especially on US sized paper, is not easy during a p*ndemic.
The ridiculous thing is that I can think of 3-4 far easier ways to vote illegally, where my vote would matter more, than the one way of voting legally in a place where my vote doesn't matter. Many of my friends in PA have had two or three ballots sent to them (all in heavily Dem areas.... hmmmmmm). Maybe I should just ask them to loan me one of their extras instead of going through this rigmarole.
By comparison: UK and Italy send me ballots in the mail for every election. Don't need to request anything. Postage paid, even internationally (return to the consulate). Takes 30 seconds and costs nothing.
What state is involved? Or, are the problems because you are outside the US? In CA, since vote-by-mail is statewide this year, everyone gets their ballot in the mail (complete with special envelope to return the ballot) ... you vote, get whatever signatures are necessary (depending on whether you are dropping it in the box yourself, having someone else do it, etc) and drop it in the appropriate receptacle (USPS box, official drop box, etc) and that is it.My process for voting:
1. Print out and sign a form. (At least I don't need to have it witnessed as some people do.)
2. Mail to the Board of Elections in my state of last residence. I need to do this for every election, even if I voted in the last one. No way to do this digitally, must be by mail.
3. Receive an email from my former state with a ZIP file. (I have to physically mail, but they can email.)
4. Unzip this file, which contains four files.
5. Read four pages of instructions on what to do
6. I then print out three pages - which need to be on US sized paper.
7. From that paper, I then have to cut three sheets of paper
8. I need to do a little craft project to make the "secrecy" envelop - cutting, folding, taping, and hoping I did it correctly
9. Then I need to paste on the front of the envelop from one of the sheets of paper I printed out. The envelop says postage paid, except that does not apply to international voters (who are the vast majority who receive this "special voter packet"), and the four pages of instructions don't mention that anywhere.
10. And after all of that, I have to hope that the UK and US postal services - both of which seem unreliable at best - actually work.
Unreal. Paying taxes on worldwide income doesn't even get me a ballot.... I have to do a craft project to create one. All in all, I think I will have spent three hours and paid at least $10 in fees trying to vote in an election where the popular vote doesn't even matter. Printing, especially on US sized paper, is not easy during a p*ndemic.
The ridiculous thing is that I can think of 3-4 far easier ways to vote illegally, where my vote would matter more, than the one way of voting legally in a place where my vote doesn't matter. Many of my friends in PA have had two or three ballots sent to them (all in heavily Dem areas.... hmmmmmm). Maybe I should just ask them to loan me one of their extras instead of going through this rigmarole.
By comparison: UK and Italy send me ballots in the mail for every election. Don't need to request anything. Postage paid, even internationally (return to the consulate). Takes 30 seconds and costs nothing.
The Trump Election Campaign Twitter account has been suspended.
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Trump threatens ‘big lawsuit’ after Twitter briefly locks campaign account
It’s the latest dust-up between Silicon Valley and the GOP over a disputed New York Post report about the Bidens.www.politico.com
Kayleigh McEnany's Twitter Account has also been locked.
Kayleigh McEnany's Twitter Account has also been locked.
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BREAKING: Twitter has locked the account of White House Press Secretary
@KayleighMcEnany
Apologies, @el henry. I live just outside Philly. My deceased dad still gets mail addressed to him to my address. Yesterday we received a postcard noticing that he had not voted in a few years, and inviting him to reregister. That should not have happened. Death records should be synched with voting records. Also, I think that voting registration should be national, not by municipality. Each of my kids could theoretically vote in two counties.I was born and raised in Philadelphia. I live in the Lehigh Valley.
no one I know and I mean no one, has had multiple ballots mailed to them. In fact, I am still waiting on my Lehigh County ballot.For the primary, it all came in one little package, and I mailed it back.
everyone I know who has family members who have died or moved has been stricken from the voting rolls. Every. Single. One.
I will match evey anecdote from elsewhere that Pennsylvania is seething with folks who can vote from beyond the grave or multiple times with three anecdotes to the contrary from here in the Commonwealth where it is actually happening.
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I just remind myself that the people at his rallies are the die-hard faithful and not undecided voters so he's not influencing someone new. He needs more than his base to win.
So I’m not a twitter person although I read it occasionally. Does this mean she is not able to post?
Of course we would never vote illegally, but I am curious as to how Los Angeles County, Calif. would find out that one of their registered voters also voted in Montco, PA.I bet the "3-4 ways" one can try to vote illegally will end up with that person a submitting a ballot that won't even be counted.