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Thread: Trump basically announces he's defunding Social Security and the Post Office.

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    My state has had mail-in voting for many years. The local news had a few interesting statistics. Less than 10% of people voted at polling stations and two thirds of the ballots were returned not by the post office, but by drop-off boxes located around the cities. It has never caused any problems and is far more convenient. I suspect with all the haggling delays it would be hard to gear up systems for mail ins by Nov., but the drop boxes partially solve the concerns about overwhelming the post office for timely returns.

    I have vague recollections of the last time I voted at a polling station. There was an early snow storm that messed up the streets, plus a rush to get to the polling station after work. I don't understand why it is not more common if the issue is to have as many people vote as possible.

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    The issue among many Republicans is not to have as many people vote as possible, though. Thus the many voter suppression tactics from poll taxes to limited polling places in poorer neighborhoods (or in some cases, none) to draconian ID schemes to culling voting rolls for spurious reasons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
    The issue among many Republicans is not to have as many people vote as possible, though. Thus the many voter suppression tactics from poll taxes to limited polling places in poorer neighborhoods (or in some cases, none) to draconian ID schemes to culling voting rolls for spurious reasons.
    Agreed. And a reminder... Trump did NOT WIN by popular vote to become president. It will be interesting to see what happens this time around.
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    Mail-in ballots was the thing I was most amazed about after moving to Colorado. No more standing in line for an hour at my Texas precinct site which happened to be a funeral home. There are drop-off boxes at the library which is a double plus.

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    With Trump's henchman, deJoy, f-ing with the post office, we all have to make sure to return our ballots as quickly as possible.

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    Republicans shutting down polling places in majority Democrat areas, 2020-style.

    https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...cite-declining

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    Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
    Republicans shutting down polling places in majority Democrat areas, 2020-style.

    https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...cite-declining
    Replacing mail drop off boxes with higher security ones, what a devious ploy! Could those Republicans running the Postal Service be more obvious?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    Replacing mail drop off boxes with higher security ones, what a devious ploy! Could those Republicans running the Postal Service be more obvious?
    I wonder when these new boxes will be installed? Probably sometime around November 4th. If this was an honest effort to provide better boxes they wouldn't be removing the old ones until they were ready to install the new ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
    I wonder when these new boxes will be installed?
    Your story didn't say, but in my experience removing the old before replacing with new seems like a logical sequence of events.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    Your story didn't say, but in my experience removing the old before replacing with new seems like a logical sequence of events.
    True. Although in my experience the two tend to happen in rapid sequence. A recent example in my life is the day they removed the old washing machine and then installed the new one.

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