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On 2026-02-23 1:50 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
> On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""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.
>
> If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in
> California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into
> Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting
> fucking ridiculous.
>
>
Indeed! There should be some provision for people who simply can't vote
in person like military folks who are on deployment and physically
disabled people who can't get to a polling station but 40+20 days of
early (and late) voting? That's preposterous. Sure, some people know
they will be out of town on election day but surely not nearly enough to
need that many early/late voting days. How many of the people who will
be away even vote? Voter turnout seems to drop with every election as it
is. It's all getting a bit ridiculous.
--
Rhino
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