On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 08:14:11 -0400, Amy Guskin    
   wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:43:07 -0400, Duggy wrote   
   >(in article    
   >):   
   >   
   >> On Nov 3, 3:12 am, Charlie E.  wrote:   
   >>> 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?  It's allowed in Australia. <<   
   >   
   >It's allowed in parts of the US, too.  Actually, I've never heard that it's    
   >NOT allowed anywhere in the US, so this California thing is new to me.     
   >Still, I don't know how they could get away with it.  Seems like it's    
   >discrimination against...well...anyone who requires assistance.  And in fact,    
   >what Charlie is doing at home with his wife's ballot is assisting her,    
   >anyway.   
   >   
   >Amy   
   It is not that they don't allow it, they just don't like it!  8-)   
   You always get strange looks when there are two of you trying to   
   squeeze into a little space...   
   Charlie   
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