You must ask the bunny.
Posted on 09/23/2008 2:36:03 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
Quoted from Article II, Section 1: "The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. "
Ok... I know, some parts of the process have been amended... but, I don't see anywhere that the requirement that we ALL vote on the same day has been over-ruled. How is this being so widely allowed now?
Personally... I don't think it's a good thing to have people voting 2 months early.. before any debates.
What’s the question? There’s some day (I think in December) when all the electors meet and deliver their votes), as per the Constitution.
You must ask the bunny.
Remember soldiers have to vote from overseas
Don’t do that. ACORN will see the skull, and make sure it is registered as a Dem, and cast an absentee for Obama - the rabbit too...
It's only a semantic difference, but think of it like this: you fill out the ballot, put it in an envelope, and give it to the election judge -- who doesn't actually put it in the ballot box until election day.
In reality (especially with electronic votes), you are casting your vote early. But, it's not really "counted" until election day.
That chunk of the Constitution is about the ELECTORS which is NOT us. The electors are the electoral college. Now how electoral college people are selected is left entirely up to the states.
Generally early/ absentee ballots aren’t counted until election day or even after. Which helps keep the spirit of that rule, sure the voter voted in Sept or Oct but the vote wasn’t counted until Nov4 so it’s all functionally at the same time. Not that it has to be that way, but as a country we like symbols, and by counting at the same time we keep the symbol.
The “Electors” are the electoral college. We the People can vote for those electors, whenever our States allow us to.
Sounds like a job for....
Aritcle 1, Section 4-
Section 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof;..
I have a problem with all the early voting, too. Three states have already started accepting ballots from voters. Estimates are that 1/3rd of the voters will be voting early. It’s insane that some states accept ballots so early in the process. I see this as a recipe for rampant voting fraud on the part of the Democrats.
Dhims had to introduce early voting when it was found that they could only bus a given person to seven or eight different polling sights during a single day.
So at first, states could chose their electors as they saw fit, so long as they decided before the day electors had to cast their votes. But since 1845, Congress has set a day aside for the choice of electors.
BTW, I'd heard that some states voted early in the 19th century. But it turns out that's not right. Those states had state elections in September or October, and in the days before opinion polls that was the best straw poll available.
That's where the once popular saying "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" comes from. Maine had state elections in September and the results were thought to be a good indication of what would happen in the national election in November.
Simple. November 4th, you’re not voting for McCain-Palin, you’re voting for electors pledged to vote for McCain-Palin. . .
The Constitution covers the vote of the Electoral College. The States determine the means of choosing electors. .
For years in AZ early voting was considered a big advantage for the GOP. This was because the GOP was much better at getting their people to sign up for early voting (AZ had a little card to fill out which you could request be sent to you, the state GOP figured out that you didn’t have to request the card just fill it out, they could request the card for all registered reps). Semi-recently they changed the rules to the election commission auto sent the cards to everybody and people could opt in once, opt in permanently or opt out permanently. Being a fan of voting in my living room I opted in permanently.
*snort*
I think it’s completely constitutional. But I agree that it’s not a great idea. It’s not the timing, it’s the lazyness of it. I even dislike absentee ballots.
I’d prefer that people have to actually drag their lazy butts to a polling place and cast a ballot. If you’re not willing to put in even that smallest of efforts— then don’t bother. IMHO.
I know people travel and legitimately must vote absentee.
I’d like to see a system someday with a electronic database-driven machine, nationwide, where you enter your home precinct and your ballot comes up complete with all the local issues there. Anywhere in the country, and even overseas in embassies.
The day the electors vote must be the same throughout the United States.
The electors may be chosen by any means determined by the legislatures of the several states.
Hey, it takes time & effort to vote more than once ... give ‘em a break, eh?
There are a lot of disabled and elderly folks that simply can’t make it to their polling place. I know, my mom is one of them.
I always vote early to avoid the lines. But in my state we aren’t allowed to vote months on advance of the election. Early voting starts maybe a week or two before the election and you still have to actually cast your ballot in person. It’s not done by mail. I bet most who vote early are doing it in person and only days before the election instead of months. It saves a you a lot of time you would have to spend finding a parking place and standing in line.
Or maybe we’re putting more work into it. When I vote at home I’ve got my computer right there so I can do last minute research on propositions and candidates. Maybe if you voted early it would be due to laziness, but there are plenty of good reasons to vote early, if only to get it done and go back to being a spectator.
And really in Tucson polling places suck. They’re always cold and surprisingly empty.
Love that early voting even for elections outside of the Presidential race. Nice to be able to pull the lever or mark your ballot at a time convenient to you as opposed to having to do it on a specified day.
Congressman Billybob
That rabbit is dynamite!
Ah.. of course. Sometimes, the answer is so simple, it’s hard to see.
Hah! In some districts, nearly 30% of the votes are "early". It would seem to not be in the "spirit" of what was designed.
Thanks... I guess it’s NOT required that we all vote on the same day.. but, I think it should be..
At least... in the same week. Too many factors could change things over two months time.
As others pointed out, the specific requirement was the electors voting. All of the early voting is State controlled and can be whenever the States decide. The electors voting happens all at the same time.
I’m probably one of the few here who like early voting. I travel quite often and it is very helpful for me.
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