This is a well-written essay about an issue vital to us all. Please have a look!
Wisconsin Voters waiting to vote. Photo by Mike de Sisti/USA Today Reuters
The Problem(s)
Wow! Said she who always endeavors to be optimistic. Are we in trouble! First and foremost, of course, is this pandemic hanging over and among us. But the November election isn’t far off, and with so much uncertainty about how wide the pandemic will spread and how long it will last, the concept of voting by mail is an obvious imperative.
Yet this President, who now insists his powers are absolute, is claiming that vote-by-mail is a giant fraud that shouldn’t be allowed. Why? If we allow the Democrats to include funding in the next coronavirus relief package to expand voting opportunities and allow more widespread vote-by-mail in response to the pandemic, he said, “you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.”
In this case, he is simply voicing publicly what Republicans…
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Thank you for the link to the original.
The alternative Vote by Mail in the UK works extremely well. I have voted this way for a number of years simply because of the convenience. I could be ill or out of town on the day and would not want to miss the opportunity of making my vote count. The envelopes are pre-paid by the government and votes must be received on or before voting day.
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Of course if Trump succeeds in closing down the mail system, then…..
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Then you won’t vote for him after all! 😂
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Ha..Funny, Sue.
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