Posted on 10/23/2022 9:41:51 AM PDT by Signalman
Last night I caught Dick Morris' show on Newsmax. In his first segment, Morris stated that Democrat early voting numbers were way ahead of the GOP. Morris acknowledged that many GOP voters intend to wait until election day to vote because they don't trust early voting. Morris opined that this was a mistake because "stuff can happen", a kid can get sick, a severe toothache can result in an emergency visit to the dentist etc. Waiting until the last day to vote, therefore, may not go as intended. Meanwhile, the majority of Dem ballots have already been submitted. Morris stated that this may have been one reason the 2020 election did not result in GOP victory.
I'm wondering if anyone has any opinions, pro or con, on this issue.
Remind me again how long the US has voted on the day of elections again, you know, long before there was the BS voting early, etc.?
Still say 4 days of voting...fri sat sun mon....Nationwide. You go to these early places...no one in line and 6 voters in the whole building
There are a number of people saying the same thing. I am voting on Election Day. I haven’t missed one in four decades. It’s that much of a priority.
You might even die!! Oh no.......
I am opposed to ANY extension of the voting process, any expansion of mail in balloting, or any relaxation of any limitations.
If people cannot get off their asses on ONE SINGLE DAY to exercise their right and duty as a citizen, they shouldn’t be allowed to vote, PERIOD. (with the exception of people who will not be able to vote on that day due to travel, military service, or confirmed infirmity.)
FULL STOP.
Early voting in person with a photo ID? Seems OK to me, except it does give fraudsters a better idea of how many ballots they need to harvest.
Mass mail-in balloting? Wide open to fraud.
Agreed, Sir/Ma’am.
My justification for early voting goes something like this: If I drop dead between the time I early vote and election day, I have the satisfaction of knowing my vote from the grave will cancel some long dead Democrat’s vote from a Chicago graveyard.
Dead people vote too.
Dicky has been wrong a time or three. I say vote when you want but in person and not by mail. Main reason why I early vote is my job can take me out of town and can’t chance not voting on Election Day because of it.
I vote early because what with my back the way it is I can’t stand erect for more than 60 seconds without severe pain. Standing in a queue is impossible. Absent the early voting option I’d have to vote an absentee ballot, and I trust that even less.
Dick, go suck a toe or something. What gives you that stupid
idea? Hitlary?
I tend to vote early.
Too many stories from other freepers that tried to vote on election day and found that their vote had already been cast.
Leaves them with the choice of a provisional ballot that may never get counted.
While I am in a Republican county, the election coordinator is a Dem through and through.
We’ve seen proof of how the post office treats our ballots. Vote early if you must, but in person. Do not use the mail.
I always vote a week early, in person.
I suspect that there is less likelihood of anything going wrong with the voting process (accidental or otherwise), and say I got sick on election day and didn't want to expose anyone.
Dick should stick to shoe sniffing.
I agree, early voting in person should be ok. I just don’t trust the mail
Vote early, vote often.
I don’t know about that. The fact that GOP waited in 2020 actually helped because the Rats didn’t know how much they needed to cheat. That’s why it was so obvious at 3AM when they dumped ballots to catch up.
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