Tennessee doesn't offer absentee ballots?

Bathia_Mapes: Tennessee doesn't offer absentee ballots?

They do, she's eligible (pops), and no photo ID is required (PDF) for it.

cmunic8r99: Bathia_Mapes: Tennessee doesn't offer absentee ballots?

They do, she's eligible (pops), and no photo ID is required (PDF) for it.

Makes me thankful that Oregon is a 100% vote-by-mail state.

Bathia_Mapes: cmunic8r99: Bathia_Mapes: Tennessee doesn't offer absentee ballots?

They do, she's eligible (pops), and no photo ID is required (PDF) for it.

Makes me thankful that Oregon is a 100% vote-by-mail state.

explain to me why all states are not required to be vote-by-mail for federal elections?
FFS, for ALL elections?!! this pretty much solves a shiat ton of the problems which we have with elections.

whoops, guess neither party actually wants to solve those problems.
voter turnout? HAHAHA no problem. everyone got their ballot.

I wonder how hard would it be to get illinois to go vote-by-mail.
Maybe just the city.

the cost savings alone should justify doing it.

cmunic8r99: Bathia_Mapes: Tennessee doesn't offer absentee ballots?

They do, she's eligible (pops), and no photo ID is required (PDF) for it.

why isnt EVERYONE eligible? seriously.
farktards

namatad: Bathia_Mapes: cmunic8r99: Bathia_Mapes: Tennessee doesn't offer absentee ballots?

They do, she's eligible (pops), and no photo ID is required (PDF) for it.

Makes me thankful that Oregon is a 100% vote-by-mail state.

explain to me why all states are not required to be vote-by-mail for federal elections?
FFS, for ALL elections?!! this pretty much solves a shiat ton of the problems which we have with elections.

whoops, guess neither party actually wants to solve those problems.
voter turnout? HAHAHA no problem. everyone got their ballot.

I wonder how hard would it be to get illinois to go vote-by-mail.
Maybe just the city.

the cost savings alone should justify doing it.

Oregon is 100% vote-by-mail for all elections, federal, state & local. We had a limited version prior to 1998 for mostly special elections, but since 1998 all election ballots are by mail. Being able to vote at home & then mail in your ballot seems to encourage more people to vote too.

I agree, this system should be adopted by all states, but I don't see that happening anytime in the near future.

the issue here is that we are still standing at the dmv. they need to give you one of those little tickets with a letter and a number, some decent bench to sit on, then call it when a lane opens up. that's like a 1920's innovation.

Pretty sure not having seats for the elderly/disabled at the DMV is a massive violation of ADA laws.

Hey, as long as less black and poor people vote (for Democrats), that means we can get this country back on track...

To financial ruin so that wealthy employers can force through legislation that benefits them, stripping all hard-won 20th-century workers' rights and we can be a nation of serfs blithely serving a very small oligarchy of wealthy people. For Jesus. Also, too.

Just wit for the voter feedback from Alabama. These poor people can't get their new license tags without personally showing up and showing proof of citizenship.. The lines are going to be long, and there already PO'd

/Sorry I know slightly wrong thread , but state laws, heh

Bathia_Mapes: Oregon is 100% vote-by-mail for all elections, federal, state & local. We had a limited version prior to 1998 for mostly special elections, but since 1998 all election ballots are by mail. Being able to vote at home & then mail in your ballot seems to encourage more people to vote too.

I agree, this system should be adopted by all states, but I don't see that happening anytime in the near future

last time I was in portland I got to see one of the ballots (FFS, one of the original ballots)
all I could think was, this is an idea who times has come. now for the rest of us to enter the 20th century.

relcec: the issue here is that we are still standing at the dmv. they need to give you one of those little tickets with a letter and a number, some decent bench to sit on, then call it when a lane opens up. that's like a 1920's innovation.

LOL
cant believe that they have FINALLY done this at the illinois DMV. figured that we would be the LAST to change. actually makes going to the DMV, easy ???? WTF

pisceandreamer: Pretty sure not having seats for the elderly/disabled at the DMV is a massive violation of ADA laws.

maybe they just didn't have enough?

Lane83: Hey, as long as less black and poor people vote (for Democrats), that means we can get this country back on track...

To financial ruin so that wealthy employers can force through legislation that benefits them, stripping all hard-won 20th-century workers' rights and we can be a nation of serfs blithely serving a very small oligarchy of wealthy people. For Jesus. Also, too.

This is exactly it, several states have recently enacted similar laws and when you get down to it, its just voter suppression. Here in WI they recently passed something like this. Then they decided to close a bunch of DMV branches (in poorer neighborhoods of course). And to top it all off, the DMV employees arent allowed to tell people they can get their voter ID for free. Its just sickening.

I really hope that koch puppet walker gets recalled...

I think there should be a maximum voting age. Like age 75.

How can you vote for the future of your country when you aren't going to be here?

namatad: Bathia_Mapes: Oregon is 100% vote-by-mail for all elections, federal, state & local. We had a limited version prior to 1998 for mostly special elections, but since 1998 all election ballots are by mail. Being able to vote at home & then mail in your ballot seems to encourage more people to vote too.

I agree, this system should be adopted by all states, but I don't see that happening anytime in the near future

last time I was in portland I got to see one of the ballots (FFS, one of the original ballots)
all I could think was, this is an idea who times has come. now for the rest of us to enter the 20th century.



Exactly. You fill out the ballot, It goes into the ballot secrecy envelope (top right), which goes into the envelope shown in the lower right hand side of the photo. You have to sign that envelope, slap on a postage stamp & mail by the deadline date. If you miss the deadline for mailing, all Department of Election offices have drop-off boxes, plus others located around each county.

Pancoaifo: Do you have to request the ballots or are they automatically sent to you?

Once you register to vote, they're automatically sent to you, along with a voter's pamphlet listing all measures & candidates being voted on for that particular election.

If you move, you have to re-register to vote, but that's easy. The post office has the forms for that along with the post office change of address forms.

Fark that ol' biddy. She was prolly just gonna vote dimocrat anyway.

browntimmy: I THINK The ideal future for a 75 year old is making things the way they used to be (even though that's not possible). And all their decisions are based on the fear of losing what they have.

FTFA

starsrift: Okay, no, they cannot. The only way you can justify this is if you believe that every human is a sociopath, or that after 75 years they become sociopaths.

So the only way you can justify a minimum voting age if you believe that all minors are sociopaths and somehow stop being sociopaths on their 18th birthday?

I really have trouble coming up with a reason children aren't allowed to vote that, if the same reasoning were applied to another group, wouldn't sound racist/sexist/etc.

profplump: I really have trouble coming up with a reason children aren't allowed to vote

Because children are our future, so we gotta slow them down a bit.

randomjsa: Get an ID to vote, the only people who are opposed to this are people who want people to be able to vote without proving who the hell they are.

But why is it necessary to prove who you are in the first place? There are virtually no impersonation-based voter frauds. Really the only sort of personal voter fraud seen at all in the US is people attempting to vote who are not properly registered (a good deal of which is unintentional). And since impersonation is all but unheard of, a simple declaration of identity is perfectly sufficient to verify registration.

Election fraud is a terrible thing. IMHO denying legitimate voters their rights due to some "voter fraud" bogeyman is election fraud, and we should be going after the legislators who are committing such crimes.

In-Person Voter Fraud Myth, Justin Levitt Before Senate Committee (new window)