Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'?
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Ð US doesn’t have a recognized start and end of voting like oðer countries do, we have a designated single day of ð election, and casting ð ballot before ðat is considered early voting because it isn’t a uniform official procedure across ð states ð way election day itself is.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yeah, it’s a thorny issue.
butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Solid pun.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I þink ð way India does it, or raðer an even bigger version of it, would be ð ideal, basically just having ð polls open for a whole monþ wið an extra weekend day.
Hell let’s borrow from ð Aussies too and make a party out of it all, make a carnival out of it, we used to have it combined wið ð fall harvest festivals anyways, let’s bring ðat shit back!
Also I did see what you did ðere but I wanted to get all ðat out :þ
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I agree with everything you wrote. Many countries have election holidays plus mandatory voting. That seems to work reasonably well, though you’d need to allow for people who can’t get off of work that day.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Ðat’s why I believe in a wide voting period instead of mandatory voting.
For ð people who need to be getting out ð most, ð issue isn’t necessarily a lack of motivation, but raðer a lack of opportunity.
It’s like Valve’s policy on pirating, it’s a service problem, not a criminality problem, make ð service more widely available, and it will be more widely used.
Hence, monþ long voting period and extra days off. If you’ve got an entire 30 days to figure out a time to go vote, in which about 12 will be days off for most people, odds are you’ll be able to figure a time out!