Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2024 18:11:27 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 03:11:24 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d64b3f03d6255d20582b8e6ec3ca4d6d"; logging-data="3359874"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18cpYI8R70EfOwHrJ42+yFs" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:/u1YF3Sm/tudcFuqAxZx+YSYeLI= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3453 On 8/27/2024 9:19 AM, Paul S Person wrote: > On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:53:43 -0700, Bobbie Sellers > wrote: > >> On 8/26/24 18:03, Jay E. Morris wrote: >>> On 8/25/2024 2:16 PM, Chris Buckley wrote: >>>> Many things would have to change here.  Security procedures require >>>> months of preparation now.  The voting/tallying period is now approaching >>>> a month between early voting and delivery of mail ballots.  It certainly >>>> won't allow a quick second round. >>>> >>>> Locally, all schools are closed on election day and even the day before >>>> this year due to schools being polling places.  It's tough to have an >>>> indeterminate calendar for schools. >>> >>> Here, southwest Texas, I don't know of a polling place that's in a >>> school. Churches, fire stations, city hall, county courthouse but no >>> schools. >> >> In San Francisco we use any space available, the lobby of a big >> building may have space or a closed store.(too many of those around).But >> I vote at home then carry my ballot to a collection box. I used to drop >> it at City Hall but that is very tiring(for me) and for many years now I >> have voted at home and hand carried my ballot to a collection box. With >> DeJoy trying to put the Post Office out of business I would not entrust >> it to the US Mail. > > Dubious as I am of DeJoy, I must report this: > > every month I mail two checks out on the 1st > one is to a local charity (in Seattle, WA) > one is to an international charity (in Washington, DC) > in March 2024, the local check cleared on the 7th and the > international check cleared on the 11th > in August 2024, they both cleared on the 8th > > So I would say that there has been some improvement recently. They have momentarily given up on privatizing the USPS. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.