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demmiblue

(36,858 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2020, 10:27 PM Apr 2020

#BREAKING: All New Yorkers will be able to vote absentee on the June 23rd primaries.

#BREAKING: All New Yorkers will be able to vote absentee on the June 23rd primaries.

New Yorkers shouldn't have to choose between their health and their civic duty.

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#BREAKING: All New Yorkers will be able to vote absentee on the June 23rd primaries. (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2020 OP

people voting easier? The GOP is going to lose its shit Takket Apr 2020 #1

We need as many states as possible to move to mail ballots ASAP OrlandoDem2 Apr 2020 #2

Good to hear...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #3

I am hoping that one of the things that happens as a result of this virus PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #4

Takket

(21,573 posts)

1. people voting easier? The GOP is going to lose its shit

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Wed Apr 8, 2020, 10:30 PM

Apr 2020

OrlandoDem2

(2,065 posts)

2. We need as many states as possible to move to mail ballots ASAP

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Wed Apr 8, 2020, 10:31 PM

Apr 2020

Hopefully they would create momentum to spread the practice to all 50 states by this fall.

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)

3. Good to hear...nt

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Wed Apr 8, 2020, 10:31 PM

Apr 2020

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,861 posts)

4. I am hoping that one of the things that happens as a result of this virus

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 10:41 PM

Apr 2020

is a move to all mail in ballots.

I used to advocate strongly for good advanced voting, such as we have here in New Mexico. But if it's risky going out in public and standing in line, then all mail in ballots is a better solution.

Oregon, Washington State, and Colorado are already that way. It can't be that hard.

Plus, I'm thinking there will be no machines connected to the internet to be hacked.

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