Oh that’s another thing… We get a UV-inkmark when we vote (no need for purple fingers). I can just imagine what the outcry would be in the States if that were proposed.
Let me see if I understand this. For every base overseas, you want to set up voting booths to accommodate ballots for each voting jurisdiction that the soldiers on the base belong to. So, if the base has soldiers from forty different places, the voting booths will need to deal with ballots for forty different jurisdictions. And then you want poll workers who are authorized to handle ballots for each of those jurisdictions to be present at the base – perhaps soldiers who have been deputized as poll workers. Which means the military will have to set up a system to create authorized poll workers for each jurisdiction needed on each base.
And then you also want to do this for bases in potentially hostile areas. So, if there was a forward operating base in Afghanistan, it would have been setting up voting booths on election day. Is this actually what you’re proposing?
A transparent attempt to disenfranchise the thumbless. Don’t think we’re not on to you!
Do you mean “early-voting”? Because that’s not absentee voting.
What state are you in? Let’s go check its laws on absentee voting and see if you really know how the law “actually is” in your state.
Missouri. We do not have early voting, which is a shame.
She said it would work just like mail-in but they’d just have to fill the ballot and place it in the envelope at a designated place. Doesn’t sound that complicated.
There is nowhere in her post where she said it would work just like mail in. What she described is a system that sounds like in-person voting, except that it takes place on a base and the ballots are mailed in afterwards, instead of being trucked in to the counting location like stateside.
However, that raises a whole host of logistical issues, which I’ve pointed out. So, she can come back in and lay it out for us in detail how this is going to work.
Of course it doesn’t sound complicated, when you can be completely vague about the logistical details.
“seal their ballots in envelopes addressed to their home district. The base is responsible for mailing them back to the home district in a secure way.”
Think you are just trying to make it sound difficult. Set up some booths at the base post office and voila, done.
So, I checked the absentee ballot requirements in your state, and this statement of yours…
Is extremely misleading, because your state does have mail-in ballots. Now, the absentee ballot rules in your state are a bit convoluted, so I’m going to assume that you didn’t do this purposely. But, if you are going to lecture us about the law “as-is,” it’s bad form for you not to actually know what the law “is.”
I’m not going to even bother. I’ve raised the logistical issues with this setup, and you didn’t even try to address them. Bye, again!
Your “logistical issues” are pure blather. Toodles!
The only blather here is your posts. See ya!
Say good bye one more time and then I’ll believe you. Lol.
Um, those aren’t necessarily terms that mean “goodbye” exactly, nor do they mean that I’m the one leaving the thread. So, I’ll keep responding every time you try to respond to me with more blather. Hasta la vista, baby.
The military overseas already has to fill out a ballot and put it in an envelope, so the only additional “logistical problems” is finding a private space they are required to fill it out and have a guy standing in the room. I guess that sounds really complicated to you but it really isn’t.
Lol. Does not even remotely address the issues I laid out. More blather.
It directly addresses
“For every base overseas, you want to set up voting booths to accommodate ballots for each voting jurisdiction that the soldiers on the base belong to. So, if the base has soldiers from forty different places, the voting booths will need to deal with ballots for forty different jurisdictions.”
They can just keep using the same method they do now, which already accomodates the various jurisdictions, and just do it in a specific room instead of the barracks or wherever. But I think I’ll give up now. You’re determined to imagine it’s so complicated because you don’t like the idea. Fair enough.
Plus, the issue of military ballots doesn’t address the issue of overseas ballots at all. Now, I’m sure people will have some clever idea about making everyone go to the nearest consulate or embassy to vote in-person, but that’s just adding an unnecessary layer of complexity to the voting process for a non-existent voter fraud problem anyway. And what if someone isn’t near the embassy or consulate? Someone may have to travel far to get to it, and they might not be able to in time. Let’s hear how that’s going to work.
“Our way or the highway!” Right, Frank?
Good. Less blather. Perhaps someone else will actually try to engage in serious debate. Bye now!