On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Bill Stewart wrote:
At 07:46 PM 11/10/00 -0500, William H. Geiger III wrote:
Eliminate them completely would be an even simpler solution. Too many people give elections the proper respect that they deserve. You go and plan your vacation at voting time too bad you made your choice. The only ones that have any legitimate excuse for not being in the town that they are registered to vote is those that are either on military deployment or in the diplomatic corps. Polling stations can be set up on military bases and US Embassies to accommodate the majority that fall into those catagories.
Oh, nonsense. Sometimes you've got business to do. Sometimes your family is sick. Sometimes you're sick.
Sometimes you're in school. I am currently in Massachusetts, but I'm registered in Nevada. My absentee ballot contains numerous NV state questions which I'd like to vote on; a registration here in MA would not be the same. In my case, I'm a transplant to Nevada - I don't actually have strong opinions on most of the state questions (with some specific exceptions). For someone who lived in one state for most of his or her life, then left for school in another, however, absentee balloting seems to have a stronger case. -David Molnar