Re: Come in, or stay out!


Larry Kearns wrote:
> I've voted in every election since 1992. Most of the time, it has been
> nothing more than trying to choose between a thief and a ghoul. In a
> few rare circumstances a real person would run and I'm delighted to
> vote for him even when everybody else is just claiming that I'm bettng
> the long shot.
>
> One thing I'd rather not do however is cast an "absentee" ballot. An
> absentee ballot, as originally intended, is to ensure that those who are
> physically infirm could still excercise the important role as a voter. I
> will either be at the ballot box in person or show you the X-ray photo
> of my shattered hip, the thing that stopped me from being there.
>
> I see that absentee ballots are being misused. Anybody who claims
> to have a sniffel or a sneeze can fill out the form and be an absentee
> voter. That leaves far too much room for election fraud.
>
> Election day has not even come nigh as of this day, but already, a few
> scoundrels have come to my door, asking me to cast an absentee
> ballot for their candidate. One had a check book ready.
>
> Fifty bucks to vote for a ghoul? No identity verification?
>
> I slammed the door in their faces.
>
> I can report them, but what good would that do? The ghoul's
> campaign committee can just call them "rogues" and deny all of it,
> tying it up in sluggish courts for the whole four years.

Report them.

Fight for what is right, fight against corrupt arrogance, even if
you're the only one.

I think you'd be surprised how mevements can grow.

If you feel it, it's most likely others do, too.


>
> Bottom line? Absentee ballots should be resreved only for those
> who are absolutely physically incapable of reaching a ballot box.
> Sniffels and such don't count.

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