Was there early voting for either of the Bush elections?? I don't recall.
..was there early voting for the Bush elections?..etc..
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I believe the absentee ballot was originated so that those in the Military could have a say in who governed them, even though I am also sure that the original intent was for the registrars to be able to look the voter in the eye and KNOW who it was as everything was basically local and people ‘knew’ each other.
I am not sure what year it started but the absentee ballot became ‘hip’ to travelers and people who would not be at home on election day....
This again opens to fraud as I remember an ‘old’ joke that had the semi-retirees (Canada refers to them as ‘snow birds’) mailing in an absentee vote for their home in the Northeast while voting in person at their home in Florida (or vice versa)...what was once considered a ‘joke’ may have been, for the most part, true....
The purple digit isn’t really a bad idea......but when your ATM card can be used in a store in Va and within seconds your account is charged with the purchase, no matter where it is located, there has to be a way to control this electronically......