From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 2/23/2026 8:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:26:37 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/23/2026 5:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   On Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43:15 PM PST, "moviePig"    
   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>     On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""    
   ahk@chinet.com>   
   >>>>>   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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   Rhetorical question:  What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting?   
   >>>   
   >>>   Well, for one thing, if you vote in September, a whole lot of shit can   
   >>> happen   
   >>>   around the world between then and November which could/would influence   
   your   
   >>>   vote. If you've already voted for a candidate and you find out afterward   
   >>> that   
   >>>   she's actually guilty of a homicide, you can't [take] that vote back.   
   >>   
   >> But that'd be your choice, i.e., to forgo your chance to waffle.   
   >> Thinking further on it, an election with a running tally of votes cast   
   >> so far sounds potentially interesting...   
   >   
   > So why don't we just have continuous elections? As soon as a new president is   
   > sworn in, the next election starts and runs until November 7 four years   
   > later?   
      
   In my (plausible, afaics) world of complete and secure connectivity,   
   that might be worth trying.  For one thing, a continually announced   
   tally would get voters off their butts as November approached.   
      
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