Are their provisions to delay voting if an Election Day storm hits New England?

[Ken Burch]

Since New Hampshire is still theoretically in play, this is kind of important.

[SCliberal091294]

1. ..

supposed to hit the day after

[Ken Burch]

2. OK...but it that's wrong and it hits early?

n/t.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. How would one determine what constitutes a reason to delay?

I smell "slippery slope" here.

[TorchTheWitch]

4. they can't delay

All states must vote on the same day to ensure fairness for national elections (too bad primaries aren't like that though). This country has never once delayed or cancelled elections even during the civil war. Bad weather happens somewhere in the country all the time on election day, so if even war isn't a good enough reason to delay weather certainly wouldn't be, and it shouldn't. Though bad weather often makes overall voter turnout less it effects both sides of the aisle in a given area, so shouldn't really change the outcome anyway. It's those people on both sides that just aren't that enthused to go vote that may not bother in bad weather... here's to hoping more Repubs than Dems don't feel like getting off their arse to go vote bad weather or not.

[LisaL]

5. So if election was this Tuesday when Sandy was hitting a number of states,

they would all lose out? This is crazy.

[Earth_First]

6. Everything I am reading pushes this out further NE into the ocean

affecting Atlantic Canada more than the Mid Atlantic...