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minionofmidas
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« on: September 08, 2012, 06:08:09 AM »
Absentee / by-mail voting, except for a few select groups, makes no sense whatsoever, has massive secrecy issues, and should be flat-out outlawed. By the SC if necessary.
Early voting has all its advantages and no such problems, though two months seems way excessive.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2012, 04:12:52 AM »
If early voting is to ensure nobody may miss (or decide to skip) an election due to tight life schedules, seven days should suffice really. That would also still be close enough to the concept of a snapshot of the mood at one specific point.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2012, 01:10:17 PM »
Quote from: Tender Branson on September 22, 2012, 12:23:17 PM
Iowa absentee ballot requests so far:

Total: 153,542

Democratic: 103,200
No Party: 32,918
Republican: 17,282
Other: 142

No joke ... Wink

http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2012/general/absenteestats.pdf

A state GOP official smiled at the numbers, saying: "The Democrats always vote early in huge numbers since at least 2004 ..."
Do you have comparison figures on that?
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