From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, "suzeeq"  wrote:   
      
   > On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>  Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that   
   >>  concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post   
   >>  office enough time.   
   >>   
   >>  Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful   
   >>  of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew   
   >>  that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of   
   >>  voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily   
   >>  Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters   
   >>  using it and liking it.   
   >>   
   >>  My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each   
   >>  county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there   
   >>  are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.   
   >>   
   >>  Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their   
   >>  own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more   
   >>  convenient.   
   >>   
   > But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will   
   > actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in   
   > person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.   
      
   And the Democrats don't?   
      
   California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering them   
   out of existence.   
      
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