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CK_John

(10,005 posts)
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 08:02 AM Oct 2016

It's just starting. Voters are now in decision mode. GOP will start

voter suppression plans and the voters still have to face the question of an female POTUS.

Hillary still has to face 1 more chance to have a bad performance.

IMO, she should wear a flak jacket with "back off pervert" across the back and she should ask or have the moderator ask if Trump is using his carry permit.

Something that would drive him bonkers.

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It's just starting. Voters are now in decision mode. GOP will start (Original Post) CK_John Oct 2016 OP
He's already bonkers. nt Cracklin Charlie Oct 2016 #1
As many as possible should vote early. sinkingfeeling Oct 2016 #2
IMO, early voting is great for those who need it but I have always felt CK_John Oct 2016 #3
That would only work with dishonest election supervisors csziggy Oct 2016 #4
In many rural areas all ballots are handled by volunteers and have CK_John Oct 2016 #5

CK_John

(10,005 posts)
3. IMO, early voting is great for those who need it but I have always felt
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:41 PM
Oct 2016

early ballots are too easy for crooked counters to stash away bundles of ballots until the final day of voting.

Then on the night of actual counting use the early ballots as leverage to adjust the count as needed to move the total one way or another.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
4. That would only work with dishonest election supervisors
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:47 PM
Oct 2016

And if they are dishonest they wouldn't have to mess with the early ballots to skew the results. The entire election could be bogus and we'd never know it. The machines used in early voting can be programmed to misreport the ballots as easily as they can misrepresent the ballots on election day, or misrepresent the vote by mail ballots.

We have to make sure that the people who run the elections are honest. After that the only way we can trust our elections to be valid is to have verifiable voting with vote counting methods that are secure.

CK_John

(10,005 posts)
5. In many rural areas all ballots are handled by volunteers and have
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 01:58 PM
Oct 2016

even stored ballots in their home garages.

The 50,000 voting entities are handled totally different across this country and it is totally based on trust.

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