[yldstrk]

Let’s change that headline to dead people and multiple voting in elections should be made illegal.....

[Eagles6]

I agree.

[buccaneer81]

Damn straight! I live in Columbus and watched this farce for weeks.

[Reagan69]

I completely agree. How did this pass any constitutionality test? Was it ever challenged?

The Constitution clearly and specifically states that the election will be held on ONE day in all states... the same day.

[Repeal The 17th]

I’m with you, pal. Where do I sign up?

[cripplecreek]

I’m no fan of early voting either. Democrats shouldn’t have so many chances to cheat.

[SpaceBar]

agree also

[mysterio]

I strongly believe that one of the most important factors if not the most important factor that we lost this elections is due to early voting.

I strongly believe you are totally incorrect. The Republicans lost because the candidate was unappealing and did not believe in and could not sell smaller less intrusive government to the average voter.

Would early voting have caused Carter to beat Reagan? Nope.

Run appealing small government conservatives who can sell the message.

[webheart]

The democrats amassed the necessary votes in the early voting to win.

That's because they voted by mail, then again in person on election day. We probably beat them in turnout, but they beat us by multiple voting. The biggest failure of the Bush administration and the Republican majority congress was their inaction on legislation which would have better protected our electoral system. There were plenty of examples of why such legislation was necessary, after the 2000 and then the 2004 elections.

[Nik Naym]

I have been saying this right along. Also I think absentee voting should be reserved for military personnel only. Everyone else show up at the polls on election day or do not vote.

(In cases of extreme hardship, IE: a severe physical handicap of some sort there could be exceptions made on a case by case basis. But it should be RARE rather than common.)

Early voting and absentee voting makes vote fraud too easy and should be done away with.

[jazusamo]

Agreed, it just makes voter fraud easier.

[cripplecreek]

I also think the arbitrary decisions to keep polling places open longer should be stopped.

[NonValueAdded]

Disagree, at least as it pertains to Florida. We do not have same day registration and voting, so that bogeyman doesn't apply. ID scrutiny is as tight if not tighter. We had 80%+ turnout in our county and without early voting it would have been a total disaster at the polls.

Early voting is another form of absentee voting when it comes down to it. I think you would lose the Constitutional Argument. I prefer early voting to absentee so I'm free to work on election day. I'd rather have my vote count than sit in a pile of absentee votes waiting to be challenged on some stupid technicality like a poll worker with wet hands smudged the signature or something. Comparing early voting to absentee voting, there is LESS of a chance for fraud since someone has to actually show up with an id.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

You’ve got that right! Early voting used to be using the absentee ballot, and only our military and Americans overseas who would not be in the country on election day were meant to use this courtesy. Now it’s weeks and weeks of dragging out the coke addicts, the lazy bums and having ample time to bring out your dead family members! It’s insane. The ‘rats are destroying the United States. Good grief, they’re worse than an infection.

[Faith]

Ping!

[autumnraine]

Yes, it’s a shame too many Republicans in power are too stupid to have figured this out BEFORE the election and contested it.

I also disagree with the Motor Voter deal. If you are too lazy to go to an application to vote, you don’t need to vote. I remember proudly marching to the courthouse on my 18th birthday to register to vote. It was a proud day for me. Now it’s an afterthought after figuring out if you should smile or not in your Driver’s license photo.

Of course that would go against the seemingly natural instinct of rolling over and exposing the belly to any Democrat in the area.

Odd how the “hawks” are so wimpy when it comes to worrying about public perception.

[smalltownslick]

I agree. Though it was convenient, it always seemed obvious that it was open to fraud, but also any last minute revelations didn’t matter, because so many had already voted. Election DAY, plain and imple.

[FrankR]

This "early voting" crap is what cost us the election, I am convinced about that.

And I'm just going to say it, most state and county offices are almost fully staffed with...yes...obama supporters. These are the people who are in charge of receiving, storing, and registering these votes for the final talley.

There is not secure way of knowing who handled these votes; no way of knowing if any (GOP) votes were thrown out, or dead democrats votes were added.

Election day is election day...and that's it. Absentees only for military personnel overseas. No dual (state) citizenships or vacation home voters either.

We should go and do like we had Iraq do, the purple finger voter verification. If your finger is already purple, you don't get to vote again...period.

[meyer]

It's not "early voting" that is the problem. It's multiple votes by individuals that travel from precinct to precinct while not having to prove that they are who they say that they are. It's lack of voter ID, along with election workers stuffing the ballot box before and after hours.

We definitely need a means to ensure that only eligible people vote and only one time.

[DennisR]

I agree, but what about those states that have every voting via mail-in ballot? Like Oregon and soon-to-be Washington. Our election period lasted for about two or three weeks.