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[dolari]

So get this. Washington state MAILS you their ballots. They come with a nice booklet about everyone running, including Governatorial candidates "Goodspaceguy" and "Uncle Mover." You just fill in the circles you want and mail it...AHA! THAT'S HOW THEY GET YOU! YOU NEED A STAMP! WHAT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD A STAMP, HUH! THAT'S VOTER....

...there are drop boxes? At least three miles from every address in King County? Are you telling me...you WANT people to vote? You're not trying to keep them out with arcane Voter ID laws, phone calls with intimidation tactics, closing polling places and blatant lies designed to scare you away from voting? You're not even politically gerrymandered? 90% of the candidates aren't Republicans running unopposed except to other Republicans?

AND HOW THE HELL DID I GET A BALLOT ANYWAYS?! I'M BROWN!

#sarcasm #texaspoliticssuck

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[lovelyangel.livejournal.com]

I’m proud to say that Oregon led the way for Vote-by-Mail!

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Every time I read of some Republican (as, sadly, it only appears to be them) effort to disenfranchise voters through some added Byzantine procedure - on the basis of either vaporous or non-existent fraud - I can only think of the British system, which amounts to being sent a polling card, which you can bring with you, but it's not necessary. You turn up, say who you are, and you're given the ballot(s) to mark appropriately.

Exactly as complex as it needs to be. (Though I shan't, here, get into the insanity of FPTP schemes, used only by the UK and US, versus the manifold flavors of proportional representation and its friends everywhere else in the world) There are postal ballots too, if you'd like, but with stations as easily found - well, the one here's about a four minute walk away, at a local school. And they're all open from 7am to 10pm, so if you do want to vote, you do have quite a good window of opportunity.