>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 13:12:22 -0400, Charlie E. wrote   
   (in article ):   
   > On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:43:29 -0400, Amy Guskin    
   > wrote:   
   >    
   >>>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:36:21 -0400, Charlie E. wrote   
   >> (in article ):   
   >>    
   >>> On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:25:19 -0700 (PDT), Dan Dassow   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>    
   >>>> On Nov 1, 12:41 pm, Amy Guskin  wrote:   
   >>>>> I hope all of our eligible US voters here will be voting tomorrow!  Just    
   >>>>> a   
   >>>>> quicky note reminding you all to behave :-) , as you will be one    
   >>>>> moderator   
   >>>>> short on election day.   I'm working the polls in my precinct, as usual.   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>> Amy   
   >>>>    
   >>>> Amy,   
   >>>>    
   >>>> Thank you for working the polls for your precinct. This is a highly   
   >>>> important, but under appreciated, part of our system of government. I   
   >>>> will exercise my franchise tomorrow as usual.   
   >>>>    
   >>>> It will be a relief to not see any more negative political   
   >>>> advertisements after today until the next election cycle gears up in   
   >>>> earnest. Let’s hope that we will be political ad free for at least a   
   >>>> year.   
   >>>>    
   >>>> Dan Dassow   
   >>>    
   >>> I will be so, SO happy not to be receiving political robo-calls 10   
   >>> times a day!   
   >>>    
   >>> Ballots all filled out, will drop them by the polling place in the   
   >>> morning.  The joys of an absentee ballot - time to really think and   
   >>> discuss the candidates and propositions! <<   
   >>    
   >> In our state, if you brought your absentee ballot in by hand, you'd    
   >> invalidate it.  Or, rather, you'd be asked to fill out a regular ballot    
   >> because obviously your plans must have changed and you weren't, in fact,    
   >> absent.   
   >>    
   >> Amy   
   > In California, they acknowledge that there are reasons for an   
   > absenttee ballot other than you would be out of town.  In our case,   
   > Pamela is blind, so I have to fill out the ballot for her.  That sort   
   > of thing is frowned on in the voting booth... ;-) <<   
   Really?  Pennsylvania acknowledges that there are reasons for requiring    
   assistance other than something shady going on.:-)  The only people not    
   permitted to help someone in the voting booth are a person's employer, a    
   union boss, and the judge of elections.  You can even fill out a form to get    
   temporary assistance (let's say you broke your writing arm, or you just had    
   cataract surgery).  We had people with help in the booth all day long,    
   yesterday.   
   >> Actually, they are calling on making more and more of the vote as mail   
   > in, as it saves time and costs at the polling places, and lets them   
   > spread out the counting period. <<   
   I do hope we eventually go in this direction, but I will be one of the people    
   who still comes out to the polling place to cast my vote.   
   Amy   
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