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Nhstadt said:
INB4 Dank gets here for "well achshualllly there's 3 counties in NW jersey that are rolling farmlands of beauty"
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The only shitty part about Jersey is the straight line from NYC to PHL and 10 miles north/south of that line.
 
Nhstadt said:
1) I don't pretend to be an expert on the electoral systems of other countries. I can however, say that many other countries have done a much better job of updating thier systems to the day and age we live in, which we fail to do. Hell it's the first Tuesday of the month of November because of antiquated ideas about when the most people would be in town selling crops after market Monday to vote.
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I can agree there. In today’s age of technology, votes should be integrated with it. That’s why I find it boggling that anti-gunners push for a “universal background check” system from frickin 1994. We can clearly come up with a better, more modern system, but they propose the exact same bill every Congressional session, and whine when it doesn’t pass.

Nhstadt said:
And kind of hard to get things in on time when you have a certain someone who was actively working to remove mail sorting machines from post offices for just this reason. Or are we ignoring that too?
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Even that doofus Nate Silver thought the mail sorting machine removal conspiracy theory was bogus:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1296846364874334208

Nhstadt said:
2) it's not contradictory in the least bit. If they've handed their ballot to the government entity who is supposed to get it to the election office for counting, it's no different than me walking in on the third, filling out a paper ballot, and handing it to the election official. There's no reason that person should have less time to evaluate candidates and wait for information shortly prior to an election to make a decision than you or I voting on election day if they so choose.
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That doesn’t make sense. If you get your absentee ballot in the mail in early October, you have much more time to evaluate your choices than someone walking into the polls on November 3rd. You get an absentee ballot because you will be “absent” on Election Day, and you’re making up your vote beforehand. I don’t see even the lefty UK up in arms about changing when their ballots are due back, so I think trying to extend that deadline is pretty fringe



Nhstadt said:
3) the only thing you are consistent on is your ability to be inconsistent if it justifies your worldview. (edit) and I would say our system is far from good, and needs change, and I'm not alone in that view (end edit)
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I still don’t see any inconstsient

Nhstadt said:
4)im not calling *you* an authoritarian, just saying you are fine with authoritarianism so long as you get your way. Slow erosion of rights or norms doesn't just apply to the second amendment.
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Having a deadline of evening on Election Day to have ballots be counted in is not a “slow erosion of rights,” it’s a rule to guarantee fairness that other countries have too, because it’s common sense.
 
Homsar said:
Having a deadline of evening on Election Day to have ballots be counted in is not a “slow erosion of rights,” it’s a rule to guarantee fairness that other countries have too, because it’s common sense.
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I agree, if 3rd world countries can tally up their votes and have way more citizens than we do, there’s no reason why we can’t do the same.
 
CF said:
That’s a tough one. Probably go with blink.
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I’ve seen both live. Actually, it was the tour they did back in...2002? 2003? I thought Green Day was better live, but I liked Blink’s studio stuff. If I could only listen to one, it would be Blink.
Maybe it’s my age, but I really had no idea the impact Green Day had on the punk scene. Reading/listening to Nofx’s book and hearing each of them describe the first time they heard ‘Dookie’ was a bit of a shock to me.
 
Homsar said:
If you get your absentee ballot in the mail in early October, you have much more time to evaluate your choices than someone walking into the polls on November 3rd.
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um, how do you have more time to evaluate your choices with an absentee ballot? If you vote Nov 3rd, you have until Nov 3rd. If mail in ballots are required to be mailed before Nov 3rd, you have less time. It’s not like what’s on the ballot is a secret that’s only revealed in the voting booth.

GBDCZF said:
Blink 182. I hear Green Day and it makes me want to drive my electric vehicle off a cliff.
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even Dookie? That’s just a great album right there.
 
DankVectorz said:
um, how do you have more time to evaluate your choices with an absentee ballot? If you vote Nov 3rd, you have until Nov 3rd. If mail in ballots are required to be mailed before Nov 3rd, you have less time. It’s not like what’s on the ballot is a secret that’s only revealed in the voting booth.
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Last time I checked, having a ballot in your hand from early October until you mail it is more of a time period than ~30 minutes at a polling booth.
 
Homsar said:
Last time I checked, having a ballot in your hand from early October until you mail it is more of a time period than ~30 minutes at a polling booth.
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Omg what are you talking about. You don’t need the ballot to decide who your voting for. States send out voter guides months in advance. Are you seriously walking in on Tuesday not knowing who your gonna pick for president or hour or your state bills?
 
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