Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 22:53:43 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:

On 8/26/24 18:03, Jay E. Morris wrote:

On 8/25/2024 2:16 PM, Chris Buckley wrote:

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.
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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.

 
Here, southwest Texas, I don't know of a polling place that's in a
school. Churches, fire stations, city hall, county courthouse but no
schools.

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In San Francisco we use any space available, the lobby of a big
building may have space or a closed store.(too many of those around).But
I vote at home then carry my ballot to a collection box.  I used to drop
it at City Hall but that is very tiring(for me) and for many years now I
have voted at home and hand carried my ballot to a collection box. With
DeJoy trying to put the Post Office out of business I would not entrust
it to the US Mail.

Dubious as I am of DeJoy, I must report this:

every month I mail two checks out on the 1st
one is to a local charity (in Seattle, WA)
one is to an international charity (in Washington, DC)
in March 2024, the local check cleared on the 7th and the
international check cleared on the 11th
in August 2024, they both cleared on the 8th

So I would say that there has been some improvement recently.
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