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Do your homework and vote preferably early
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In most contests, whether it is an official chess match, a football game, or an election, the clock plays an important role. Letting a football game go on until there is no one left healthy enough to play the game would be foolish. Just as foolish would be to call the game when one side had just pulled ahead. Setting a time limit is fair to all concerned.
Just yesterday important information was finally released about one of the presidential candidates - potentially damaging information. That information had successfully been hidden since 2001. That information may become a big factor in the race - only time will tell.
By voting early, those who already voted cannot weigh the importance of that or any other late-breaking information. In a sense, it's like a jury deciding that the defendant is guilty before all of the evidence has been presented.
Early voting should be discontinued. So the lines might be a little bit longer; no worries you'll still be able to vote if you wish to.
Voting early is a new tradition that should be discontinued.
The date to vote has been set for years. Shouldn't we start following the Constitution?
The only date set for voting that are in the constitution that I can remember is for the Electoral College:
"The electors ... shall meet and give their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December..." This is found in the U.S. Code, 3 USC 7."
I had the same impression when I read the opinion this morning. After reading through the Constitution for awhile and not finding what I was looking for, I turned to Google and found some information on Wikipedia.
Bottom line, early voting appears to be legal.
I don't like it because I believe too many people vote impulsively. Going to the polls on election day adds a quiet dignity to the process as we wait with our neighbors to fulfil our civic responsibility.
"John McCain's campaign is demanding that the Los Angeles Times release a video of a party for a prominent Palestinian activist that Barack Obama attended in 2003."
There is no provision in the Constitution for a general election popular vote.
That is what I said, there is no provision / date set for the popular vote! Just the electoral college vote.
PJ,
I am sorry I thought @ first you were trying to refute that.
I fully support early / mail voting and have in fact already voted in SLC.
Democrats are requested to vote on Nov 5th. Your cooperation will assist in reducing crowds.
Repubs please do not vote, it will assist in reducing crowds that are not to smart.
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