Voting should be one day and in person, here's why:

[Deuce]

I love the idea but think exceptions are certainly necessary.

Why, though? "Voting should be inconvenient" gets tossed around by right wingers all the time but they never actually give a good reason for it. They just turn to personal attacks. "Oh if it's important to you, you'll make the effort to do it!!"

 

[gbg3]

Why, though? "Voting should be inconvenient" gets tossed around by right wingers all the time but they never actually give a good reason for it. They just turn to personal attacks. "Oh if it's important to you, you'll make the effort to do it!!"

I don't think "Voting should be inconvenient" is something that "gets tossed around by right wingers all the time". In fact, that sentence made me laugh at what an impressive twisting of reality.
Voting must be secure and have as few open fraud doors as possible. That, by its very importance and nature, might actually make voting slightly less convenient, but that's what it is that is that "right wingers" toss around all the time - the absolute importance and necessity of election integrity!
I think we have a long way to go in numerous states and I hope identifying weaknesses and tightening election processes is a high priority to many a state legislature, going forth.

 

[Citizen]

well of course it is, you are a liberal

And you are not. The is why you think everything is black and white

 

[JasperL]

Where did I say anyone should agree with me?

Who knew this entire thread was all about when YOU would quit voting?

 

[Liberal7360]

The goal to ensure only mature, experienced Americans with some life experience vote.

Oh really?

I joined my state's National Guard when I was 20 years old. I helped save lives when Mt. St. Helens blew up.

I was also going to college and had a job.

So you're saying I was mature enough to serve our nation, pay taxes, have a job, go to college, pay rent on my apartment and make payments on my car, enter into a legal contract and be held accountable for my actions, get married and divorced, have a child, could have been incarcerated and even be put to death but I wasn't mature enough to vote.

Did you pay any attention in school when you were supposed to learn US History? Does taxation without representation ring a bell?

Why do you hate our constitution? It seems to me you don't know what is in that document. Read it and pay attention to the 26th amendment. Then read about how that constitution can be amended.

Meanwhile, you need to understand that you can never have what you typed in the OP. No one cares what you want. You can't change the constitution and laws here in our nation. You don't matter to the people who can change our laws. Especially if those people are republican. They don't know you. They don't know you exist and don't care if you do.

So you are complaining and whining for absolutely no good reason.

If you don't like to live in a constitutional democratic republic then move.

 

[JasperL]

well of course it is, you are a liberal

It's also a dumb idea based on dumb assumption, which is that anyone can plan to be free on a given day. The simple example of someone having to work is the easiest one.

But the big question is what problem is "everyone vote on a single day" trying to solve? Why NOT have two weeks of early voting, including some days on the weekend? Is there some virtue in voting on a single day that I've missed all the times I've voted early, whenever it's most convenient?

 

[Deuce]

I don't think "Voting should be inconvenient" is something that "gets tossed around by right wingers all the time". In fact, that sentence made me laugh at what an impressive twisting of reality.
Voting must be secure and have as few open fraud doors as possible. That, by its very importance and nature, might actually make voting slightly less convenient, but that's what it is that is that "right wingers" toss around all the time - the absolute importance and necessity of election integrity!
I think we have a long way to go in numerous states and I hope identifying weaknesses and tightening election processes is a high priority to many a state legislature, going forth.

"Election integrity" isn't an argument against early voting, though. The election doesn't get more secure with 1 week of voting vs. 3. It's not more secure on a Thursday than it is on a Sunday. Sunday voting was removed in Georgia because a lot of black church groups were organizing voter drives after church.

 

[IQ57]

And you are not. The is why you think everything is black and white

Another self-burn.

Thanks for exposing yourself.

 

[Citizen]

Another self-burn.

Thanks for exposing yourself.

What are you talking about?

 

[pocket aces]

It would give a true picture of where the nation is on one particular day and in unison.
Early voting ensures people make a decision before new information is presented.
Voting by mail is suspect because of the logistics - this applies to both parties.
If you're away on vacation or business on voting day - TOUGH LUCK.
Voting is a choice and a right, but the citizen has to put effort as well.
The only exception is our soldiers and fed employees who should vote where ever they're stationed, but in person.
Voting Day should become a mandatory holiday so every citizen has a chance to vote in person.

What say you ?

I say nobody gives a **** what anti Americans think about voting.

 

[Hamish Howl]

It would give a true picture of where the nation is on one particular day and in unison.
Early voting ensures people make a decision before new information is presented.
Voting by mail is suspect because of the logistics - this applies to both parties.
If you're away on vacation or business on voting day - TOUGH LUCK.
Voting is a choice and a right, but the citizen has to put effort as well.
The only exception is our soldiers and fed employees who should vote where ever they're stationed, but in person.
Voting Day should become a mandatory holiday so every citizen has a chance to vote in person.

What say you ?

Why should anyone agree to this? What do you offer in exchange?

 

[pocket aces]

This is what I'm saying !
If you love democracy so much, and you know when voting day is a year in advance, prove it by showing up that day.

I'm filling out my mail in ballot tonight. Don't like it? Too ****ing bad.

 

[Hamish Howl]

It's an unfair advantage because mail in voting is subject to fraud, and early voting encourages mostly liberals and moderates to vote before all the evidence is in. Case in point, there were a lot of on the fence Americans who voted for Biden after the first debate where Trump looked horrible. In the second debate, however, Trump was composed and many Americans regretted voting for Biden.
Look at where that early voting has gotten us: A failing economy and a depressed nation !

The fact is, the more people that vote, the less right wing nut jobs get elected.

Cry about it.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Why, though? "Voting should be inconvenient" gets tossed around by right wingers all the time but they never actually give a good reason for it. They just turn to personal attacks. "Oh if it's important to you, you'll make the effort to do it!!"

I made the effort to mail my vote in on Wednesday.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Voting should be available for 24 hours a day for a two week period.

 

[roguenuke]

It would give a true picture of where the nation is on one particular day and in unison.
Early voting ensures people make a decision before new information is presented.
Voting by mail is suspect because of the logistics - this applies to both parties.
If you're away on vacation or business on voting day - TOUGH LUCK.
Voting is a choice and a right, but the citizen has to put effort as well.
The only exception is our soldiers and fed employees who should vote where ever they're stationed, but in person.
Voting Day should become a mandatory holiday so every citizen has a chance to vote in person.

What say you ?

So **** military families? You do realize that military families, wives, husbands generally go with their spouses and have to mail their vote in too, right? There are also ships/boats out to sea. You cannot vote on a ship in a day. All our submarines cannot surface just to vote.

And **** people in long term care, hospitals, just generally stuck in bed?

 

[roguenuke]

It's an unfair advantage because mail in voting is subject to fraud, and early voting encourages mostly liberals and moderates to vote before all the evidence is in. Case in point, there were a lot of on the fence Americans who voted for Biden after the first debate where Trump looked horrible. In the second debate, however, Trump was composed and many Americans regretted voting for Biden.
Look at where that early voting has gotten us: A failing economy and a depressed nation !

Every voting system is subject to some level of fraud. Thousands of people a day get fake IDs or IDs for people they have stolen their identity from. They can vote fraudulently, in person, at a voting place. You don't think that if they were able to get a driver's license from the DMV that they couldn't register to vote?

 

[Queen Margo]

There’s no evidence of any significant amount of errors or deception.

Didn't stop Abrahams from her election results denial!

 

[roguenuke]

If we want to raise the age of maturity to 25, fine.
The difference is, one is a personal choice that doesn't effect me.
The other, voting, effects me and my family.
I hate that some 18 year old gender studies clown at Berkley offsets the vote of a hard working middle class husband/wife with two kids and a mortage.

You assume that hard working middle class couple votes red. Hint, I don't. I have a husband, 2 kids, and a mortgage. I voted for Biden, voting blue completely. You essentially want to take votes from Ds because you don't approve of certain things, like how they/we see the world.
Why not take votes away from those who reach a certain age too, like say 65? Afterall, if you are saying that adults age 18-24 can't vote, no reason we can't make an upper voting age limit for adults as well.

 

[holbritter]

Police, Fire, and MES work on federal holidays - even today.
This is a false assertion. No American is more than 30 minutes away from the nearest polling station - there's no reason fire/ems/police couldn't vote. Heck, I wouldn't mind if they were allowed to vote in their own stations.

 

[rickc]

Police, Fire, and MES work on federal holidays - even today.
This is a false assertion. No American is more than 30 minutes away from the nearest polling station - there's no reason fire/ems/police couldn't vote. Heck, I wouldn't mind if they were allowed to vote in their own stations.

30 minutes? Maybe to get there. All these people are standing in line to vote.

 

[less right]

The fact is, the more people that vote, the less right wing nut jobs get elected.

Cry about it.

I think you mean fewer right wing nut jobs.

There is no such thing as a less right nut job.

 

[pocket aces]

You assume that hard working middle class couple votes red. Hint, I don't. I have a husband, 2 kids, and a mortgage. I voted for Biden, voting blue completely. You essentially want to take votes from Ds because you don't approve of certain things, like how they/we see the world.
Why not take votes away from those who reach a certain age too, like say 65? Afterall, if you are saying that adults age 18-24 can't vote, no reason we can't make an upper voting age limit for adults as well.

Yeah why should someone who may not be around very long decide how things are for those who may be around for a long while?

 

[Port & Starboard]

I never once had a problem voting, or submitting a absentee ballot when I was stationed overseas, or on the ship when I was overseas, and I have been voting since 1976.

Democrats have invented new scenarios to cry about voting laws because they know that a larger part can't be bothered to show up to the polls.

 

[911Sparky]

It would give a true picture of where the nation is on one particular day and in unison.
Early voting ensures people make a decision before new information is presented.
Voting by mail is suspect because of the logistics - this applies to both parties.
If you're away on vacation or business on voting day - TOUGH LUCK.
Voting is a choice and a right, but the citizen has to put effort as well.
The only exception is our soldiers and fed employees who should vote where ever they're stationed, but in person.
Voting Day should become a mandatory holiday so every citizen has a chance to vote in person.

What say you ?

I voted by mail in 2020 due to the pandemic and I liked it. I've already voted by mail this year and intend to do so as long as the option is available to me.
Whackjobs who think mail in voting is unsecured or subject to fraud can wait in line as they wish. I can foresee a day when I can vote from my laptop, or my phone.