Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:01:40 -0700, Robert Woodward
<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <q4ptpk-4um.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au>,
"Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> wrote:
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On 26/08/2024 05:16, Chris Buckley wrote:

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

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

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

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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.
 
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.
 

 
Do it on a Saturday, when schools are closed, as are many, but not all,
businesses.
 
And if you allow early- and postal-voting, the problem just goes away.
 
Cheers,
Gary B-)
 
P.S.  Yes, yes, I know the USA chose Tuesday to restrict the number of
actual voters.

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It was adapted in 1845 to match the lifestyle of a mostly agrarian
society (after harvest, 1 day of travel to polling place, doesn't
interfere with Sunday).

Now, /that/ makes sense.

IIRC, the school year was also affected by the needs of agriculture.

Well, until some areas decided to steal August from their kids.
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