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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Why are some seats still not decided?
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:27:49 -0800
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On 11/20/24 5:05 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 11/20/24 12:24 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 11/20/24 9:19 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>> Nov 20, 2024 at 8:03:59 AM PST, Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>:
> 
>>>>>>> . . .
> 
>>>>>> Not to mention that one of the two US political parties is fighting to
>>>>>> _stop_ use of the advanced technologies for voting, wanting to force it
>>>>>> back to hand marked paper ballots that can only be counted by hand.
> 
>>>>> But when we did it that way, we had elections completed within days, not
>>>>> months.
> 
>>>> The actual problem is "vote by mail" which is an idiotic system that no
>>>> other country in the world uses.
> 
>>>> And guess which political party is pushing that?... (Hint: It's the one
>>>> that cheats.)
> 
>>> Ian, don't be obnoxious. Trump pushed vote-by-mail and early voting
>>> among his partisans, which contributed to his victory.
> 
>> After it was a fait accompli, not before. He certainly did not do that
>> in 2020.
> 
> Trump lost that year. Seems he learned a lesson.
> 
>>> As per usual, you're wrong.
> 
>> It would help if you would get basic historic developments and facts
>> correctly.
> 
>> Republicans never pushed adoption of vote by mail - that has always been
>> the Dems.
> 
> And yet, in real life, there is a slight likelihood that voters
> voting by mail will be long-time Republicans simply because they are
> older. Republican party operatives never opposed vote by mail, fully
> understanding it was a tool to take advantage of.

WHY DOES NO OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD USE THIS SYSTEM?