In Washington, all voting is absentee by mail, now. So anyone could jack my ballot from the mailbox and fill it out as me! But they'd have to get into the mail on the right day, fill it out, buy a stamp...
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Sep 07, 2012 7:29:20 am PDT #21315 of 30001
Theodosia - Sep 07, 2012 7:29:36 am PDT #21316 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Also why I feel secure voting in MA, we have a Scantron ballot system, so you fill out a paper ballot by shading in circles, then it gets fed into a networked counting device and then the paper ballot goes into a lockbox, so if there's election count issues, they can recount accurately.
Jesse - Sep 07, 2012 7:35:22 am PDT #21317 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In Washington, all voting is absentee by mail, now. So anyone could jack my ballot from the mailbox and fill it out as me! But they'd have to get into the mail on the right day, fill it out, buy a stamp...
Really, what anyone could do (per the guy on Fresh Air recently) is go to, say, a nursing home, and "help" all of the residents fill out their ballots.
Sue - Sep 07, 2012 7:39:48 am PDT #21318 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I need to hire someone to make decisions for me. I feel incapable of deciding anything lately.
Jessica - Sep 07, 2012 7:41:42 am PDT #21319 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Really, what anyone could do (per the guy on Fresh Air recently) is go to, say, a nursing home, and "help" all of the residents fill out their ballots.
Even in 2000, you would have had to do that in EVERY nursing home in the disputed counties to actually change the election results. And you'd have to hope that none of the staff was watching over your shoulder either.
msbelle - Sep 07, 2012 7:43:19 am PDT #21320 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sue, we are here to help. Burrito for lunch. Red shoes. Move to Texas. What else?
Sue - Sep 07, 2012 7:47:07 am PDT #21321 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I did have a burrito for lunch!
I'm not sure about the moving to Texas part. I was thinking France. Or Ireland. (This is just a subset of what should I do for my midlife crisis.)
Should I have a birthday party? What day should it be on? (Actual birthday or the friday after.)
-t - Sep 07, 2012 7:51:44 am PDT #21322 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Out for drinks maybe dinner on actual birthday, party Friday after.
I'm not sure about the moving to Texas part. I was thinking France.
Split the difference, move to Paris, TX.
Jessica - Sep 07, 2012 7:53:03 am PDT #21323 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was just about to get a burrito for lunch. Clearly it's that kind of day.
flea - Sep 07, 2012 7:53:55 am PDT #21324 of 30001
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Sue, I suspect it is a birthday thing. I spent the whole first part of this week having a midlife birthday crisis. It seems to have abated now, and I didn't even buy a motorcycle!