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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Why are some seats still not decided?
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:56:39 -0000 (UTC)
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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>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 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?

Because of judicial retention, I vote a bedsheet ballot. It took almost
two hours to look up recommendations. Other countries don't have
elections like ours. It's much easier for me to vote by mail.