Thursday, February 12, 2009

Reality Check


(h/t Allegheny County, Dept. of Elections)


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4 comments:

  1. SchultzFebruary 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM

    So what you're saying is we basically have between now and April 20th to pull off our own version of Operation Chaos?

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  2. Bram ReichbaumFebruary 12, 2009 at 12:31 AM

    I've had that idea, yes. Just now, I was thinking, what's with that May 15th rule? Why can't absentee ballots be received up through election day?

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2009 at 12:44 AM

    I don't know for sure Bram but it's probably so people don't vote twice.

    At each polling place there is a list of people posted somewhere inside the polling place that were sent out an absentee ballot.

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  4. Bram ReichbaumFebruary 12, 2009 at 10:24 PM

    Dan answered much the same during the Cyber Hall meeting. He didn't address the fact that recounts when results are close is becoming an ordinary fact of America life -- and in the primary, what is the problem if it takes a couple of extra months to go through the process?

    Local elections receive a lot more attention in the final week. That's how people remember to vote. I don't doubt out-of-towners and shut-ins who are victimized in this rule number in the thousands. We should do it by the postmark on the envelope.

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