All areas of the US need a vote-by-mail approach… along with mandatory participation as an “entry fee” to citizenship and civil (no pun intended) participation… such as the ability obtain a driver’s license or ID, receive benefits and services, etc.
Of course, a vote-by-mail option would remove the long-favored Republican roadblocks to voting… long waiting lines in the heat or cold, reductions in locally available polling places, intimidation and/or threats of violence by armed GOP vigilantes, and on and on.
Besides — say critics and those opposed to the convenience of voting by mail — there’s always absentee ballots… and their own sets of obstacles courses to navigate in order to obtain such a ballot.
It is helpful to recognize there are only two forms of true power in any democratic nation — organized money or organized voters — and then decide which camp you wish to support by your own actions… or inactions.
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All areas of the US need a vote-by-mail approach… along with mandatory participation as an “entry fee” to citizenship and civil (no pun intended) participation… such as the ability obtain a driver’s license or ID, receive benefits and services, etc.
Of course, a vote-by-mail option would remove the long-favored Republican roadblocks to voting… long waiting lines in the heat or cold, reductions in locally available polling places, intimidation and/or threats of violence by armed GOP vigilantes, and on and on.
Besides — say critics and those opposed to the convenience of voting by mail — there’s always absentee ballots… and their own sets of obstacles courses to navigate in order to obtain such a ballot.
It is helpful to recognize there are only two forms of true power in any democratic nation — organized money or organized voters — and then decide which camp you wish to support by your own actions… or inactions.
[rant mode: OFF]
We now return you to your local reality. Have a wonderful life! : )