[Magdalen] Vote by mail.

[Jay Weigel]

Many states, particularly those run by Republicans, have cut early voting
hours, closed polling places, and made absentee voting more difficult, all
in the name of combatting that nonexistent bogeyman "voter fraud". In
reality, it makes it more difficult for registered voters to exercise their
constitutional right.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In the past two elections, I've voted early at our neighborhood branch
> library. Easy! Although in some elections I might prefer to wait until
> Election Day because I haven't decided on a key race and something
> could happen to sway me to one or the other choice. This seems
> unlikely for the November general election, but we've got a few more
> months of campaign torture first.
>
> I really want us to adopt a more reasonable campaign season, like five
> weeks or so as in some other countries. But I'm thinking free speech
> means anyone can start saying they want to and should become president
> at any time. There would possibly be constitutional problems with
> saying nobody can run campaign ads until a certain date. If it's a
> free-speech issue, I retract my request.
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > We vote by absentee ballot, and have for years.  There's a little red
> tape
> > with this locally, but it works for us.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>