Perhaps if an entire day is lost, then once the line is back up they can allow people to register for one extra day. Personally I am not sure why same day registration isn't everywhere. Everyone should be able to get to vote and excercise their fundamental right without these barricades which seem artificial somewhat. Mass voting by all of the Citizens should be the goal.
Mass voting by all of the Citizens should be the goal.
Perhaps. But that is not a politically neutral goal.
Democrats are more numerous, but also more apathetic and more dysfunctional. It takes more effort to get them to register and to get them to show up and vote.
So any effort to get more people to vote helps Democrats, and anything that suppresses voting helps the Republicans, even bad weather on election day.
Election day is set by federal law, but not set by the Constitution, so congress could vote to change it.
There are several proposals to either move election day or make it a federal holiday. One proposal is to merge election day with the Veterans Day holiday.
But as more and more people move to vote-by-mail, the exact date makes less and less difference.
I switched to permanent vote-by-mail years ago and don't plan to ever stand in line at a polling place again.
The one day you'd sell your soul for something, souls are a glut.
Then Perhaps the Citizens get another Day (Score:5, Insightful)
Perhaps if an entire day is lost, then once the line is back up they can allow people to register for one extra day.
Personally I am not sure why same day registration isn't everywhere.
Everyone should be able to get to vote and excercise their fundamental right without these barricades which seem artificial somewhat.
Mass voting by all of the Citizens should be the goal.
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Mass voting by all of the Citizens should be the goal.
Perhaps. But that is not a politically neutral goal.
Democrats are more numerous, but also more apathetic and more dysfunctional. It takes more effort to get them to register and to get them to show up and vote.
So any effort to get more people to vote helps Democrats, and anything that suppresses voting helps the Republicans, even bad weather on election day.
Re:Then Perhaps the Citizens get another Day (Score:2)
It takes more effort to get them to register and to get them to show up and vote.
This doesn't imply the first.
Democrats tend to have more restrictive hours on their jobs.
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Democrats tend to have more restrictive hours on their jobs.
States that have gone to vote-by-mail have not seen any significant change in voter preferences.
If restrictive job hours were the root cause that wouldn't be true. The window for mailing a ballot is open for weeks.
Democrats are less likely to go to the polls. They are also less likely to walk to their mailbox.
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Can we move the election off a freaking Tuesday?
Just sayin...
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Can we move the election off a freaking Tuesday?
Election day is set by federal law, but not set by the Constitution, so congress could vote to change it.
There are several proposals to either move election day or make it a federal holiday. One proposal is to merge election day with the Veterans Day holiday.
But as more and more people move to vote-by-mail, the exact date makes less and less difference.
I switched to permanent vote-by-mail years ago and don't plan to ever stand in line at a polling place again.