Re: OT Politics Re: Three Body Problem

On 8/28/2024 5:45 AM, Mad Hamish wrote:

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:

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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.

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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.
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Voting on Saturdays works in Australia

But that way the wealthy can't force the workers to not vote by not letting them have time off from work to vote!
:P
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