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djg21

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7. Bullshit.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:51 AM
Mar 2020

Ohio didn’t cancel its primary. It postponed its primary. There is a big difference.

No one is being disenfranchised. To the contrary, many people, and especially seniors, presumably would not vote and would effectively be disenfranchised if the primary were held today. If the primary is put off, those persons may be able to vote assuming the pandemic subsides or they can vote remotely.

In the interim, measures can be taken by the States to allow everyone to vote by mail, or by absentee ballot, or remotely by other means. The federal government could take steps to require that each of the States allows voting by mail or early voting for federal elections. GOTV efforts going forward should include encouraging voters to apply for absentee ballots in those states where voting by mail is not the norm.

In NY, you can request an absentee ballot up to 7 days before an election. The application is at https://www.elections.ny.gov/votingabsentee.html. Do it now for both the upcoming primary and the general.

We are in a new world now.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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