[Magdalen] Mail-in, digital voting; was Cruz on Trump.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Some places make it easy to vote within a time period in advance of
election day.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:26 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> >>>The State of New York allows employees time needed to get to the polling
> place and cast a ballot if they need it. I think that's a reasonable
> alternative to shutting down.<<<
>
> I think if "mail-in" ballots were more the norm, there'd be more
> participation.  Monterey County utilizes it, but only by choice, and I
> think most County residents take the advantage.  (I put mail-in in "quotes"
> because I receive it by mail -- as now does Everett --, but turn it in in
> person (I live within walking distance of the Elections Office [and will
> soon be in the same building, alas, palm to forehead]) so as to receive my
> "I Vetoed" sticker.
>
> I believe any county can enact mail-in-only, which is why I think that
> without the hassle, long lines, heat (thank you, climate-change deny-ers),
> etc, mail-in-only might actually be the national answer to why we can't,
> feasibly, ever truly enact "one-person-one-vote" phone and/or digital
> voting.
>