Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem

On 25 Aug 2024 19:16:49 GMT, Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> wrote:

On 2024-08-25, Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 8/24/2024 3:37 PM, BCFD 36 wrote:

...
Only if that is how the election laws were written. I think it would be
wildly impractical to hold multiple national elections.

>
Why? Lots of countries have elections with multiple rounds. France just
had one.

>
Many things would have to change here.  Security procedures require
months of preparation now.  The voting/tallying period is now approaching
a month between early voting and delivery of mail ballots.  It certainly
won't allow a quick second round.

Which is why I suggested moving things back /two/ months.

And did you really mean to suggest that French elections are somehow
less secure than ours?

The French, to be sure, are very strange: a few years ago, one of
their traffic officers gave a ticket to a Muslim woman because her
veil covered her nose (not her eyes) and so prevented her from seeing
well enough to drive.

I have, of course, long been aware that the French are famous for
talking through their noses, but this is the only time I have heard
that they see through them as well.

Locally, all schools are closed on election day and even the day before
this year due to schools being polling places.  It's tough to have an
indeterminate calendar for schools.

Locally, schools tend to close whenever it snows. If they can do it
for snow, they can do it for elections. It's not tough to have an
indeterminate calendar for schools at all.

Of course, an all-mail system (with minimal physical places for voting
[1]) elminates the problem of schools being polling places.

[1] One per county, I think. These are for people who need assistance,
and people who decide to register and vote on voting day itself
(those, of course, cast provisional ballots which are counted once
their registration is validated).
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"