I have been writing Postcards to Voters since 2020. The message is always vote early. Here in California, every registered voter gets a mail-in ballot and that’s 22,114,456 voters. That’s 22 million plus who don’t have to take a day off, don’t have to worry about the weather. You can sit at your dining room table and read all of the election material and make your decisions in your pajamas. It is a great thing for everyone, including the Republicans in this state; 47% are democrats and 24% are Republicans and 23% are independents. So it works here and can work everywhere else.
Here in PA, the Republicans enacted, via Act 77, no excuses mail voting; and they hyped it in early 2020 until Trump had his incessant hissy fit about 'fraud' and mail ballots. The process works great here, and that's a fact!
I agree. It's a great system, especially for the down-ballot races where there usually isn't much name recognition and some are "non-partisan", but often have hard-core partisans running (school boards, county supervisors, etc.). Being able to research these positions and vote at my leisure makes for better decisions.
I'm especially impressed with California's ballot tracking system. I get a text (I opted-in) reminding me to vote, then the day after I dropped my ballot in a drop box, I got a text that it had been received, and later another saying it had been counted.
I was concerned that the signature on the outside might cause trouble since I rarely sign my name anymore, so I really didn't know if it would match what they had on record from tyears ago. (Checkout signatures are now typically done with a finger, not a pen, and are irrelevant, so I usually use my right hand since the left one is busy putting my wallet away (I'm left-handed).)
George, I concur, our California voting system is wonderful, especially the drop boxes - don’t have to trust the USPS. They couldn’t make it any easier or safer if they tried. Plus the track your ballot texts and emails.
Not sure how today is going to pan out, but it looks like California will have a record low voter turnout for a presidential primary. Both presidential candidates almost completely assured, there will be a lot of down ballot races decided by very few voters. This morning I read the 18 to 34 early vote was at 4%! The largest share of returned ballots were the over age 50 registered Republicans. That and Adam Shiff’s underhanded ads which promote Garvey will likely mean Garvey, a Republican, will come in first in the Senate Primary! In California, a Republican! The Dems split their votes three ways.
I'm really annoyed with Schiff. Not only did he give up a pretty senior position in the house to go after a fellow Dem (Katie Porter declared really early to try to avoid just this), but he ran a ton of slimy ads to promote Garvey (plus the dark money ads spewing lies about Katie). Sad.
Coming up with policies that people support or passing legislation that improves the lives of their constituents are two avenues that simply don’t occur to them.
Only if the “normal” follow up their trust with action. Trusting the system will get to the right outcome without acting (voting, organizing, etc.) to cause that outcome is a good way to let the “non-normals” win.
Biden has a problem far greater than his age. It's his lack of policies, statesmanship to inspire younger Americans to vote. Pitching the fear of Trump is not enough. Many young people will not get off the couch to vote for Biden. Demonizing those who on the left who can't vote for corporate Democrats is a common fault of Democrats....it certainly won't win them over. If Trump wins it will be because Democratic ticket was uninspiring. Again, fear mongering won't do it...inspirational leadership will. Telling them all the wonderful things Biden has done won't do it either.
In other words, you've been called out on on your faux outrage and, recognizing your complaints are pure bullshit, you resort to a pathetic attempt at sarcasm.
You really are as small minded and reactionary as a Trumpian. I am voting for Biden, but I don't expect those young people who were inspired by Bernie Sanders to do so.
The man cannot recite a consistent message because he is descending into dementia, which should be obvious to everyone listening to his campaign rants...no MD in Neurology needed.
The increasingly repetitive more and more same sentence! self contradictory .. Drumpf Alzy? . .his Man Woman Person coggy test notwithstanding . . .His Cute Voice is becoming more than a little weird . . ..
As a resident of a virtually fraud-free state that has had mail in voting for donkey's years, I looked deeply into the security provisions governing that method. Without getting into details, I concluded that mail in voting with such security measures is way safer than in person voter, even with ID. ID is easy to fake--ask any teenager in search of booze. Signatures are much harder to change. I have from checks I wrote in the 60s. Same signature as today. And anyone who forges with any chance of success has to have an exemplar to copy from. That kind of precludes massive misuse.
You would think that rather than trying to pass laws to make mail in voting harder, the GOP would be passing laws to make it safer.
The people in our auditors office have been diligent in verifying signatures on our mail in ballots. My husband's signature changed because he developed tremors. We got a call from them and he had to go in and sign a new signature card.
I don't think Trump deliberately goes back and forth on early/mail-in voting. He just doesn't remember the latest advice. It's called cognitive decline. In addition, he has always gone with his instinct on issues. It makes him sound decisive, but often isn't based on facts or decent reasoning, e.g., "global warming is fake news"; "it [COVID] is like a mild flu. It will just go away", and drinking Lysol will kill it. The kings of yore got away with their arrogance/instincts, too. That's why we find many incongruities in history. Their subjects would never dare to challenge them. Sound familiar?
We use the no-brainier mail-in ballot process here in California.
Easy-peasy and a "best practice" method overall too. Makes me feel sorry for others in those stone-age States that torture their electorate with cumbersome and oppression procedures.
Thank you. I didn’t realize they’re championing mail in on one side of there mouth while claiming mail in fraud out the other side. lol. Leave to the GOP to louse up even the simplest of concepts.
The blizzard on Election Day is a good illustration for both early voting and moving Election Day earlier. According to my mother-I -law, in Sweden it is in September partly because certain parts of the country can have severe winter weather late into the spring and early in the fall. Early voting is easy too. And there are public services that will pick up the elderly or disabled and take them to the polling place. It’s interesting though, across the political spectrum here no one truly understands why ID is a hot button issue in the United States. It’s been required in Sweden for decades to vote. Another thing I like about it here is that prior to my gaining Swedish citizenship, I could vote in the local elections, but not the federal. I’m sure that idea would make MAGA heads explode!😉
If you are an expat, you can sign up for Democrats Abroad and they will help you make sure your vote counts. https://www.democratsabroad.org/
I am voting from Germany, and my state, which is one that tries to make it easier to vote, has sent me a ballot that I can email in. There is also the Global Presidential Primary where one can vote in person just for the President in many countries. This helps Americans Abroad to get delegates which can represent issues for Americans Abroad, of which I have been told there are about 1 million, such as double taxation.
[And Republicans still haven’t figured out how to undo the damage that sowing mistrust in the underlying system has inflicted upon their turnout numbers.]
*If the 2024 election is a repeat of 2020 when it comes to mail-in balloting, that could give Democrats a winning boost in what are expected to be tight races, especially in the crucial battleground states.*
If Republicans can't prevent election fraud, despite being told repeatedly that there is going to be fraud, just how poor is their organisational skills that they can't prevent it?
Here in Florida you have to request a vote-by-mail ballot, either in person, by mail, or online. But it’s good for all the elections for that year, and anyone can do it. And we can track the status of our mail-in ballot, from printed to accepted, by email and/or text. Just confirmed mine based on your article, Jay.
I live in Hernando County (north of Tampa) and here are the registered voter stats (as a Democrat I am vast outnumbered):
I have been writing Postcards to Voters since 2020. The message is always vote early. Here in California, every registered voter gets a mail-in ballot and that’s 22,114,456 voters. That’s 22 million plus who don’t have to take a day off, don’t have to worry about the weather. You can sit at your dining room table and read all of the election material and make your decisions in your pajamas. It is a great thing for everyone, including the Republicans in this state; 47% are democrats and 24% are Republicans and 23% are independents. So it works here and can work everywhere else.
It works just fine in Washington state too!
It works in Oregon too!
And it worked just fine in Utah, which is GOP land!
Here in PA, the Republicans enacted, via Act 77, no excuses mail voting; and they hyped it in early 2020 until Trump had his incessant hissy fit about 'fraud' and mail ballots. The process works great here, and that's a fact!
I agree. It's a great system, especially for the down-ballot races where there usually isn't much name recognition and some are "non-partisan", but often have hard-core partisans running (school boards, county supervisors, etc.). Being able to research these positions and vote at my leisure makes for better decisions.
I'm especially impressed with California's ballot tracking system. I get a text (I opted-in) reminding me to vote, then the day after I dropped my ballot in a drop box, I got a text that it had been received, and later another saying it had been counted.
I was concerned that the signature on the outside might cause trouble since I rarely sign my name anymore, so I really didn't know if it would match what they had on record from tyears ago. (Checkout signatures are now typically done with a finger, not a pen, and are irrelevant, so I usually use my right hand since the left one is busy putting my wallet away (I'm left-handed).)
George, I concur, our California voting system is wonderful, especially the drop boxes - don’t have to trust the USPS. They couldn’t make it any easier or safer if they tried. Plus the track your ballot texts and emails.
Not sure how today is going to pan out, but it looks like California will have a record low voter turnout for a presidential primary. Both presidential candidates almost completely assured, there will be a lot of down ballot races decided by very few voters. This morning I read the 18 to 34 early vote was at 4%! The largest share of returned ballots were the over age 50 registered Republicans. That and Adam Shiff’s underhanded ads which promote Garvey will likely mean Garvey, a Republican, will come in first in the Senate Primary! In California, a Republican! The Dems split their votes three ways.
I'm really annoyed with Schiff. Not only did he give up a pretty senior position in the house to go after a fellow Dem (Katie Porter declared really early to try to avoid just this), but he ran a ton of slimy ads to promote Garvey (plus the dark money ads spewing lies about Katie). Sad.
Agree
Con man trick. Heads I win. Tails you lose.
2016: "The election will be rigged."
2020: "The election will be rigged."
2024: "The election will be rigged."
Trump to Alyssa Farah, Communications Director in his WH: "It doesn't matter what you say. Just repeat it and they will believe you."
Oooh, are the Republicans running out of ways to win dishonestly? Since they don't know any other way?
Coming up with policies that people support or passing legislation that improves the lives of their constituents are two avenues that simply don’t occur to them.
The desperate amoral un- nornal minority that sows distrust in all norms can be defeated by the normal trusting in the norms.
Only if the “normal” follow up their trust with action. Trusting the system will get to the right outcome without acting (voting, organizing, etc.) to cause that outcome is a good way to let the “non-normals” win.
The mistrusting unbalanced abnormal desperate minority can be defeated by the normal trusting majority voting more than they normally do.
Biden has a problem far greater than his age. It's his lack of policies, statesmanship to inspire younger Americans to vote. Pitching the fear of Trump is not enough. Many young people will not get off the couch to vote for Biden. Demonizing those who on the left who can't vote for corporate Democrats is a common fault of Democrats....it certainly won't win them over. If Trump wins it will be because Democratic ticket was uninspiring. Again, fear mongering won't do it...inspirational leadership will. Telling them all the wonderful things Biden has done won't do it either.
His lack of policies? Yeah. I get that. I mean, maybe if he'd had policies he could push for on things like things like
- increasing US production (highest factory production in 14 years)
- strengthening unions and the resulting wage increases for workers (the Cemex decision among other actions)
- improving infrastructure ($1.2 trillion of investment into the nation’s roads, waterlines, broadband networks, airports, and more)
- reducing greenhouse gasses and growing the use of renewables (Inflation Reduction Act)
- passing the first significant gun safety law in 30 years (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act)
- preventing another Jan 6 (Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act)
- countering China by forcing them to open their books and strengthening America's defense partnerships with Asian allies
- reducing "junk fees" and overdraft charges (the CFPB's overdraft rule would save consumers up to $3.5 billion a year)
- protecting citizens rights (executive orders on reproduction and LGBTQ+)
Gosh, if only he'd stand for something!
Yes he is Mr Wonderful ...to you
In other words, you've been called out on on your faux outrage and, recognizing your complaints are pure bullshit, you resort to a pathetic attempt at sarcasm.
You really are as small minded and reactionary as a Trumpian. I am voting for Biden, but I don't expect those young people who were inspired by Bernie Sanders to do so.
"It's his lack of policies ... all the wonderful things Biden has done won't do it either."
So you won't vote for him because he has no plans to do things and ... you won't vote for him because he's done things.
If Biden did exactly everything you said you wanted you'd find some new reason to complain about him.
You're fooling nobody. You should just go put on the red hat already.
Un-normal minority
The man cannot recite a consistent message because he is descending into dementia, which should be obvious to everyone listening to his campaign rants...no MD in Neurology needed.
The increasingly repetitive more and more same sentence! self contradictory .. Drumpf Alzy? . .his Man Woman Person coggy test notwithstanding . . .His Cute Voice is becoming more than a little weird . . ..
As a resident of a virtually fraud-free state that has had mail in voting for donkey's years, I looked deeply into the security provisions governing that method. Without getting into details, I concluded that mail in voting with such security measures is way safer than in person voter, even with ID. ID is easy to fake--ask any teenager in search of booze. Signatures are much harder to change. I have from checks I wrote in the 60s. Same signature as today. And anyone who forges with any chance of success has to have an exemplar to copy from. That kind of precludes massive misuse.
You would think that rather than trying to pass laws to make mail in voting harder, the GOP would be passing laws to make it safer.
The people in our auditors office have been diligent in verifying signatures on our mail in ballots. My husband's signature changed because he developed tremors. We got a call from them and he had to go in and sign a new signature card.
Yes. They are very good at verifying--they have been trained in it--and very good at notifying and accommodating.
I don't think Trump deliberately goes back and forth on early/mail-in voting. He just doesn't remember the latest advice. It's called cognitive decline. In addition, he has always gone with his instinct on issues. It makes him sound decisive, but often isn't based on facts or decent reasoning, e.g., "global warming is fake news"; "it [COVID] is like a mild flu. It will just go away", and drinking Lysol will kill it. The kings of yore got away with their arrogance/instincts, too. That's why we find many incongruities in history. Their subjects would never dare to challenge them. Sound familiar?
We use the no-brainier mail-in ballot process here in California.
Easy-peasy and a "best practice" method overall too. Makes me feel sorry for others in those stone-age States that torture their electorate with cumbersome and oppression procedures.
Plus California’s track your ballot after you’ve voted. Wonderful.
Thank you. I didn’t realize they’re championing mail in on one side of there mouth while claiming mail in fraud out the other side. lol. Leave to the GOP to louse up even the simplest of concepts.
The blizzard on Election Day is a good illustration for both early voting and moving Election Day earlier. According to my mother-I -law, in Sweden it is in September partly because certain parts of the country can have severe winter weather late into the spring and early in the fall. Early voting is easy too. And there are public services that will pick up the elderly or disabled and take them to the polling place. It’s interesting though, across the political spectrum here no one truly understands why ID is a hot button issue in the United States. It’s been required in Sweden for decades to vote. Another thing I like about it here is that prior to my gaining Swedish citizenship, I could vote in the local elections, but not the federal. I’m sure that idea would make MAGA heads explode!😉
If you are an expat, you can sign up for Democrats Abroad and they will help you make sure your vote counts. https://www.democratsabroad.org/
I am voting from Germany, and my state, which is one that tries to make it easier to vote, has sent me a ballot that I can email in. There is also the Global Presidential Primary where one can vote in person just for the President in many countries. This helps Americans Abroad to get delegates which can represent issues for Americans Abroad, of which I have been told there are about 1 million, such as double taxation.
Let's hope this continues.
[And Republicans still haven’t figured out how to undo the damage that sowing mistrust in the underlying system has inflicted upon their turnout numbers.]
*If the 2024 election is a repeat of 2020 when it comes to mail-in balloting, that could give Democrats a winning boost in what are expected to be tight races, especially in the crucial battleground states.*
If Republicans can't prevent election fraud, despite being told repeatedly that there is going to be fraud, just how poor is their organisational skills that they can't prevent it?
The stupid is SO STRONG with the GQP. It's amusing to see them prove this once again . . .
Why the confusion? Obviously mail-in voting is safe and secure if Trump wins, and it’s not if he doesn’t. Simple! 🤷♀️
Here in Florida you have to request a vote-by-mail ballot, either in person, by mail, or online. But it’s good for all the elections for that year, and anyone can do it. And we can track the status of our mail-in ballot, from printed to accepted, by email and/or text. Just confirmed mine based on your article, Jay.
I live in Hernando County (north of Tampa) and here are the registered voter stats (as a Democrat I am vast outnumbered):
Democrats 33,827
Republicans 65,969
Other 37,887
Total 137,683 Source https://www.hernandovotes.gov/Ways-to-Vote/Vote-by-Mail/Request-Vote-By-Mail-Ballot
Our population is 213,143. There are 160,518 adults, 52,781 of whom are seniors. Source https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-counties/fl/hernando-county-population