Voting Poll

[Bret Ripley]

Gravity worked.

Hug a scientist.

[Jersey Girl]

Admission: For the first time in my life, I gave my ballot a little kiss for luck before putting it in the drop box. I'm not joking here.

[Res Ipsa]

Gravity worked.

Hug a scientist.

But from a distance.

[Dr. Shades]

What's the difference between "No" and "Will vote before or on election day?"

[Jersey Girl]

What's the difference between "No" and "Will vote before or on election day?"

I don't know. Leave me alone.

[msnobody]

I’m planning to stand in the long line again at the poll.
Hopefully this COVID-19 vaccine I think I got will protect me.

[Chap]

From another thread, but probably belongs here:

Chap what do you think about the controversies you see happening in the US regarding voting? Republicans limiting the number of drop off boxes or anything else you'd like to share an opinion about on voting?

If you could manage to put the conduct of elections beyond political control, that would (from my outsider's viewpoint) probably be a good thing for democracy. But since such things are settled at state rather than federal level, bringing that about would seem to be something of a challenge to the ingenuity of any would-be reformer.

[subgenius]

From another thread, but probably belongs here:

Chap what do you think about the controversies you see happening in the US regarding voting? Republicans limiting the number of drop off boxes or anything else you'd like to share an opinion about on voting?

If you could manage to put the conduct of elections beyond political control, that would (from my outsider's viewpoint) probably be a good thing for democracy. But since such things are settled at state rather than federal level, bringing that about would seem to be something of a challenge to the ingenuity of any would-be reformer.

Yes, if only there was not any politics in politics... outsider indeed.

[Chap]

Chap what do you think about the controversies you see happening in the US regarding voting? Republicans limiting the number of drop off boxes or anything else you'd like to share an opinion about on voting?

... If you could manage to put the conduct of elections beyond political control, that would (from my outsider's viewpoint) probably be a good thing for democracy. But since such things are settled at state rather than federal level, bringing that about would seem to be something of a challenge to the ingenuity of any would-be reformer.

Yes, if only there was not any politics in politics... outsider indeed.

C'mon now. You know very well what is at issue here. If you are a member of party X, and that party wins a majority in a given year in district D, should you have the untrammelled power to alter electoral boundaries, change voter registration procedures, and make voting more or less difficult in given areas under your control, with the aim of making it next to impossible for your political opponents to win an election again? Should all that be a simple 'political' decision taken by whoever happens to be then in power?

Or should there be some mechanism in place that does not allow a temporary political advantage to be turned into a permanent hold on office by anyone who is unscrupulous enough? I don't like certain aspects of the UK electoral system, but I have never so far been in a situation where I have found myself seriously concerned that a government for the time being was engaged in rigging the conduct of the next election to its own advantage. That is because there are bodies such as this one (have a look) which are not under immediate political control, whose job is to ensure that elections are free and fair:

The Electoral Commission

That's the kind of thing I was talking about - as I am sure you knew very well.

[canpakes]

Technically, no one can truthfully select the fourth option.
: )