• Early voting

    From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 11:40:58 2026
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    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each
    county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more convenient.
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 07:06:12 2026
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    On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:40:58 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    Probably want to do their best to get rid of early voting because a
    certain powerful politician does not like it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >convenient.

    I don't think that will happen until after they start losing elections
    because of it. Until that happens nothing will change.
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 12:28:19 2026
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    shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
    Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:40:58 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >>of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    Probably want to do their best to get rid of early voting because a
    certain powerful politician does not like it.

    That legislature stood up to Trump; no redistricting.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>convenient.

    I don't think that will happen until after they start losing elections >because of it. Until that happens nothing will change.

    The problem is Democrats tend not to nominate anyone to cross over for.
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@dtravel@sonic.net to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 07:12:03 2026
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    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more convenient.

    More likely they will have prevented the people who don't like what they
    are doing and might have voted against them from voting. At least
    that's what they're trying to do.
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    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.
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  • From suzeeq@suzeeq@imbris.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 08:18:27 2026
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    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more convenient.

    But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will
    actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in
    person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.
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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 18:50:46 2026
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    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting fucking ridiculous.


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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 18:52:07 2026
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    On Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that
    concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >> of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each
    county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will
    actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in
    person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.

    And the Democrats don't?

    California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering them out of existence.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 20:09:53 2026
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    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>>concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >>>of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>>voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>>county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>>own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>>convenient.

    But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will
    actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in
    person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.

    And the Democrats don't?

    California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering them >out of existence.

    Were you going to comment on "in reaction to Trump ordering Texas to do
    it" or simply ignore that this bad idea is entirely the fault of
    Republicans, esecially John Roberts? Republicans gave Democrats cover to
    go with their worst instincts. It's a bad day in America; John Roberts
    made it so.

    If the two pro gerrymandering decisions are ever to be reveresed, does
    the Equal Protection clause provide any hope of protecting minorities,
    in this case, voters who don't want to be represented by assholes?
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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 20:13:04 2026
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    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >>of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in >California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into >Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting >fucking ridiculous.

    Tell me about the 20 days after, please. I'm not yet outraged enough.
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  • From anim8rfsk@anim8rfsk@cox.net to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 13:36:10 2026
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    Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Enough time to separate the ballots by Likely Republican voter and take
    them out into the desert and burn them by the tens of thousands



    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more convenient.

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    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.
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  • From moviePig@nobody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 15:43:15 2026
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    On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that
    concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >> of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each
    county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting fucking ridiculous.

    Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting?


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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 16:26:18 2026
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    On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:09:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>>>concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>>office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >>>>of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew >>>>that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>>>voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>>Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>>using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>>>county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>>are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>>>own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>>>convenient.

    But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will >>>actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in >>>person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.

    And the Democrats don't?

    California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering them >>out of existence.

    Were you going to comment on "in reaction to Trump ordering Texas to do
    it" or simply ignore that this bad idea is entirely the fault of
    Republicans, esecially John Roberts? Republicans gave Democrats cover to
    go with their worst instincts. It's a bad day in America; John Roberts
    made it so.

    Agreed. California would never have done what they did without Texas
    making the first move and Texas would never had done what it did
    without Trump and the Supreme Court giving them cover to do so. Will
    this happen again after Trump leaves office? Sadly, I bet it will
    until a new Supreme Court steps in and says it isn't allowed.

    If the two pro gerrymandering decisions are ever to be reveresed, does
    the Equal Protection clause provide any hope of protecting minorities,
    in this case, voters who don't want to be represented by assholes?

    If that were the case would we have the politicians that are in charge
    now.
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  • From shawn@nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 16:29:02 2026
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    On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:50:46 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that
    concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >> of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each
    county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in >California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into >Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting >fucking ridiculous.


    I don't have an issue with allowing 40 days before the Election Day
    for early voting, but why the 20 days after? Having an extended
    pre-Election Day period hopefully just lessens the crowds on the
    actual Election Day. The only point of a post Election Day that I'm
    aware of was for delayed mail from military outposts across the globe.
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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 22:39:43 2026
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    On Feb 23, 2026 at 1:26:18 PM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

    On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:09:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
    <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
    Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>>>> concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>>> office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew >>>>> that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>>>> voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>>> Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>>> using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>>>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>>>> own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>>>> convenient.

    But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will
    actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in
    person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.

    And the Democrats don't?

    California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering them
    out of existence.

    Were you going to comment on "in reaction to Trump ordering Texas to do
    it" or simply ignore that this bad idea is entirely the fault of
    Republicans, esecially John Roberts? Republicans gave Democrats cover to
    go with their worst instincts. It's a bad day in America; John Roberts
    made it so.

    Agreed. California would never have done what they did without Texas
    making the first move and Texas would never had done what it did
    without Trump and the Supreme Court giving them cover to do so.

    Not true. California Democrats have been trying to get rid of the independent redistricting commission for years. They had the new maps drawn up in anticipation of it long before Trump was even reelected. This was not done in response to Trump or Texas. Even as Newsom was bloviating to the TV cameras that "if Texas backs down, so will we", the actual enabling legislation that put the constitutional amendment on the ballot specifically said, "This will
    be done regardless of what happens with Texas redistricting."


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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 22:42:28 2026
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    On Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43:15 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>> concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >>> of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>> voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>> own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in
    California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into >> Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting >> fucking ridiculous.

    Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting?

    Well, for one thing, if you vote in September, a whole lot of shit can happen around the world between then and November which could/would influence your vote. If you've already voted for a candidate and you find out afterward that she's actually guilty of a homicide, you can't that vote back.


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  • From super70s@super70s@super70s.invalid to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 16:51:59 2026
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    On 2026-02-23 22:42:28 +0000, BTR1701 said:

    On Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43:15 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>>> concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >>>> of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>>> voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>>> own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in
    California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into >>> Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting >>> fucking ridiculous.

    Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting?

    Well, for one thing, if you vote in September, a whole lot of shit can happen around the world between then and November which could/would influence your vote. If you've already voted for a candidate and you find out afterward that she's actually guilty of a homicide, you can't that vote back.

    Around Memorial Day is often cited by the people who study this stuff
    (and use historical data) as the time when most people have made up
    their minds about the fall election, there isn't a lot that can happen
    that will change their minds after that.

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  • From moviePig@nobody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 18:26:37 2026
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    On 2/23/2026 5:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43:15 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> >>> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>>> concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>> office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew >>>> that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>>> voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>> Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>> using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>>> own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>>> convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in >>> California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into
    Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting
    fucking ridiculous.

    Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting?

    Well, for one thing, if you vote in September, a whole lot of shit can happen around the world between then and November which could/would influence your vote. If you've already voted for a candidate and you find out afterward that she's actually guilty of a homicide, you can't [take] that vote back.

    But that'd be your choice, i.e., to forgo your chance to waffle.
    Thinking further on it, an election with a running tally of votes cast
    so far sounds potentially interesting...


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  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 18:31:28 2026
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    On 2026-02-23 1:50 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that
    concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful >> of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each
    county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting fucking ridiculous.


    Indeed! There should be some provision for people who simply can't vote
    in person like military folks who are on deployment and physically
    disabled people who can't get to a polling station but 40+20 days of
    early (and late) voting? That's preposterous. Sure, some people know
    they will be out of town on election day but surely not nearly enough to
    need that many early/late voting days. How many of the people who will
    be away even vote? Voter turnout seems to drop with every election as it
    is. It's all getting a bit ridiculous.
    --
    Rhino
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  • From Rhino@no_offline_contact@example.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 18:37:11 2026
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    On 2026-02-23 5:42 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43:15 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> >>> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>>> concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>> office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew >>>> that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>>> voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>> Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>> using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>>> own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>>> convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in >>> California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into
    Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's getting
    fucking ridiculous.

    Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting?

    Well, for one thing, if you vote in September, a whole lot of shit can happen around the world between then and November which could/would influence your vote. If you've already voted for a candidate and you find out afterward that she's actually guilty of a homicide, you can't that vote back.


    Not necessarily true. I read an article that said at least one state
    allows early voters to change their vote - and not just once!
    Apparently, they can change their minds up to FIVE TIMES! I don't
    remember which state though. Hmm. I just asked Gemini (the Google AI)
    and it says:

    ======================================================================
    In most states, your vote is final once it is submitted. However, the
    state you are likely thinking of is **Wisconsin**, which is widely known
    for having a unique "spoiling" law that allows voters to change their mindsrCothough the limit is **three times**, not five.

    ### The Wisconsin "Spoiling" Rule

    In Wisconsin, if an early voter (who votes by absentee ballot, either in person or by mail) decides they want to change their vote, they can
    request to "spoil" their original ballot and receive a new one.

    * **The Limit:** State law allows a voter to receive up to **three
    ballots** in total (the original plus two replacements).
    * **The Deadline:** This process must generally be completed by the
    Thursday or Friday before the election, depending on the specific method
    used.
    * **Process:** The clerk marks the original ballot as "spoiled" and
    issues a new one. Once the new ballot is submitted, the old one is
    legally void and cannot be counted.

    ### Other States with Similar Rules

    While Wisconsin has the most famous "change your vote" provision, a few
    other states have allowed similar practices in the past (though laws are frequently updated):

    * **Minnesota:** Voters can cancel their absentee ballot up until a
    certain deadline (usually about a week before the election) and cast a
    new one.
    * **Michigan:** Voters can "spoil" an absentee ballot by submitting a
    written request to their local clerk before a specific deadline (often
    the Monday before Election Day).
    * **Pennsylvania:** If you haven't returned your mail-in ballot yet, or
    if it hasn't been processed, you can sometimes "spoil" it at your
    polling place on Election Day to vote in person instead.

    ### Why "Five Times"?

    The "five times" figure you mentioned might be a common piece of misinformation or an exaggeration that has circulated in political
    commentary. During the 2020 and 2024 election cycles, there were viral
    claims that voters in certain states could change their votes multiple
    times, but no U.S. state currently allows for as many as five replacements.

    If you have a specific state in mind or are looking at a particular
    legal module or document regarding this, **please share the text or code
    with me** so I can verify the exact language for you.

    Would you like me to look up the specific "spoiling" deadlines for any
    other states? =============================================================================== --
    Rhino
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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Tue Feb 24 01:25:03 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:26:37 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 5:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43:15 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: >>
    On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> >>>> wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that
    concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>>> office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew >>>>> that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>>> Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>>> using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each
    county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>>>> convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in >>>> California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into
    Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's >>>> getting
    fucking ridiculous.

    Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting? >>
    Well, for one thing, if you vote in September, a whole lot of shit can
    happen
    around the world between then and November which could/would influence your >> vote. If you've already voted for a candidate and you find out afterward
    that
    she's actually guilty of a homicide, you can't [take] that vote back.

    But that'd be your choice, i.e., to forgo your chance to waffle.
    Thinking further on it, an election with a running tally of votes cast
    so far sounds potentially interesting...

    So why don't we just have continuous elections? As soon as a new president is sworn in, the next election starts and runs until November 7 four years
    later?


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  • From moviePig@nobody@nowhere.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 22:04:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2/23/2026 8:25 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:26:37 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 5:42 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 12:43:15 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 1:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 3:40:58 AM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
    wrote:

    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that
    concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>>>> office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew >>>>>> that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>>>> Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>>>> using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each
    county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there
    are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    If we're making early voting extend outward 40 days before and now (in
    California) 20 days after Election Day, we've now turned Election Day into
    Election Quarter. Fully 25% of the year is now "Election Day". It's >>>>> getting
    fucking ridiculous.

    Rhetorical question: What's the inherent virtue of synchronized voting? >>>
    Well, for one thing, if you vote in September, a whole lot of shit can >>> happen
    around the world between then and November which could/would influence your
    vote. If you've already voted for a candidate and you find out afterward >>> that
    she's actually guilty of a homicide, you can't [take] that vote back.

    But that'd be your choice, i.e., to forgo your chance to waffle.
    Thinking further on it, an election with a running tally of votes cast
    so far sounds potentially interesting...

    So why don't we just have continuous elections? As soon as a new president is sworn in, the next election starts and runs until November 7 four years later?

    In my (plausible, afaics) world of complete and secure connectivity,
    that might be worth trying. For one thing, a continually announced
    tally would get voters off their butts as November approached.


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  • From suzeeq@suzeeq@imbris.com to rec.arts.tv on Mon Feb 23 19:37:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.tv

    On 2/23/2026 10:52 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that >>> concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post
    office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew
    that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of >>> voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily
    Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters
    using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their >>> own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more
    convenient.

    But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will
    actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in
    person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.

    And the Democrats don't?

    California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering them out of existence.

    Texas Rs tried it first, under Trump's wishes.

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  • From BTR1701@atropos@mac.com to rec.arts.tv on Tue Feb 24 04:24:51 2026
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    On Feb 23, 2026 at 7:37:25 PM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 10:52 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
    On Feb 23, 2026 at 8:18:27 AM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

    On 2/23/2026 3:40 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Today's rant is about in person early voting. March 17 primary. Not that
    concerned as two years ago, I already voted by mail, giving the post >>>> office enough time.

    Indiana just cut early voting in half. It is a Republican state. A handful
    of Republican legislators were familiar with the statistics and knew >>>> that this is popular with their own voter and in a few counties, half of
    voters vote early. But the idiot Republican legislators in a heavily >>>> Republican state still want to eliminate it despite their own voters >>>> using it and liking it.

    My state has 40 days since COVID. However, it is not full time and each >>>> county sets its own hours with 1 location. For the last 15 days, there >>>> are an expanded number of locations and weekend hours.

    Some day, Republicans will come to understand they are pissing off their
    own voters with their false claims and fears about making voting more >>>> convenient.

    But they're trying to make it harder to vote so less people will
    actually vote. And they believe only the Rs will acutally vote in
    person, ensuring that they'll get to stay in office.

    And the Democrats don't?

    California just disenfranchised 40% of the electorate by gerrymandering them
    out of existence.

    Texas Rs tried it first, under Trump's wishes.

    Nope. California Dems have been trying for years, long before Trump was elected.

    They've been trying to get rid of the redistricting commission since it was passed by referendum in 2011.


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